false diamond

noun

any of a number of semiprecious stones that resemble diamond, such as zircon and white topaz

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A man with a false diamond shuns the society of lapidaries, and it is upon this principle that superstition abhors science.

A man with a false diamond shuns the society of lapidaries, and it is upon this principle that superstition abhors science.

He was always dressed in a black tail-coat, shiny at the elbows; and he wore a shabby, narrow black tie, with a false diamond stud in his dickey.

"But I shouldn't think it would be worth your while to keep false diamond rings."

False diamond set in flint! hard heart in haughty breast!

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