See also: GEM and Jem

Gem can mean:

• Gemstone, a cut rock or mineral

Scientific abbreviations

• Gemini (constellation); "Gem" is the standard astronomical abbreviation
• A geminal compound in chemistry

Places

• Gem, Kenya, a sub-region of the African nation of Kenya
• Gem, India
• Gem, Indiana, a small town in the United States

Entertainment

• Gem, the title character of The Empath (TOS episode), a third-season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series
• Gem (The Inside episode), an episode of The Inside
• Gem (band), an indie rock band from the Netherlands
• Gem scratcher, of British rock group assis

Other uses

• Rolls-Royce Gem, a helicopter engine made by Rolls-Royce plc
• The Gem, an early 20th century British story paper
• A package format of Ruby library under RubyGems
• Gem (moth), a moth of the family Geometridae

A gemstone or gem, also called a precious or semi-precious stone, is a piece of attractive Mineral, which &mdash when cut and polished &mdash Gemini (ˈgɛmɪnaɪ Twins, symbol, Unicode ♊ is one of the Constellations of the Zodiac known as "the twins" In Chemistry, the term geminal (from Latin gemini = twins refers to the relationship between two Functional groups that are attached to the same Gem is an unincorporated town in Sugar Creek Township, Hancock County, Indiana. " The Empath " is a third season episode of Star Trek The Original Series, and was broadcast December 6, 1968. The first 7 episodes of the first and only season of The Inside originally aired on FOX between June 8 to July 13, 2005. GEM is a band from Utrecht, The Netherlands. The five-piece founded in 2003 plays energetic rock mixing grit with melody WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Gem (1907 – 1939 was a Story paper published in Great Britain in the early 20th century featuring the activities of boys at the fictional school "St Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, general purpose Object-oriented programming language that combines syntax inspired by Perl with Smalltalk RubyGems is a Package manager for the Ruby programming language that provides a standard format for distributing Ruby programs and libraries (in a self-contained The geometer moths or Geometridae are a family of the order Lepidoptera.

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