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Ring with lithium-infused glass resembling a gem (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

opaline

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'glass resembling a gem' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'ring with lithium-infused' is the wordplay.
'ring' becomes 'O' (letter resembling a ring).
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'lithium' becomes 'Li' (Li is the chemical symbol for lithium).
'infused' becomes 'pane' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'li' put within 'pane' is 'paline'.
'o'+'paline'='OPALINE'

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(Other definitions for opaline that I've seen before include "white!" , "of stones" , "Photographic plate" , "not entirely clear" , "Milk glass" .)

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