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Gemstone (Gem) is described as precious or semiprecious stone that may be used as a jewel when cut and polished. It includes diamond, beryl, emerald, chalcedony, agate, onyx, tourmaline, chrysolite, sapphire, ruby, spinel, topaz, turquoise, zircon, cubic zirconia, jacinth, hyacinth, carbuncle, amethyst, alexandrite, cat's eye, bloodstone, hematite, jasper, moonstone, sunstone, and many others.
Garlic (allium sativum) have been used for thousands of years and has been recorded in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, China, Japan, India, Russia and Europe. Garlic was dedicated by Roman soldiers to Mars, their god of war. It has been used to ward off demons. It has been known as russian penicillin and has been used to treat ear infections, cholera and typhus.
The term grout may refer to the following:
- a type of construction material used to fill or connect gaps or spaces in other construction materials
- a type of early steam-powered automobile manufactured by the Grout Brothers
- a civil township of Gladwin County, Michigan in the US
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"Grout" is in the UNSPSC Code "30111606"
Grout
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Greenwich Mean Time (GMT, Zulu) refers to the mean solar time as observed from the prime meridian (0° longtitude) at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, which became adopted as a global time standard.