gem
/dʒem/ noun [C]Definition
STONE › a valuable stone, especially one that has been cut to be used in jewellery
SPECIAL PERSON/THING informal › someone or something that you like very much and think is very special: She's an absolute gem.
(Definition of gem noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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