What is the known as the gem of the Antilles in the Caribbean?
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St. Vincent & the Grenadines is a state consisting of 32 islands called "The Gem of the Antilles" and for good reason.  Here you have sheer beauty, quite unlike any other in the Caribbean.  We have a variety of vegetation, scenery, beaches and people.\nIn 1996, the British magazine, Caribbean World, voted us "Island Destination of the Year".   In 1995, they voted us, "Yachting Destination of the Year".  The Caribs, one of our ancient indigenous peoples called the island, "Hairoun", meaning "Land of the Blessed".\n\nThat is how most Vincentians feel about our country, wherever they happen to live.  The Garifunas, another ancient indigenous people called it "Youromei" that is, "The Beauty of the Rainbows in the Valleys
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Grenada is the actual name of the country. It is known as the spice isle and a major export is nutmeg. I don't know the economy in the 1970s but it was probably nutmeg, bananas and tourism.
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West Indies, archipelago, between North and South America, curving c.2,500 mi (4,020 km) from Florida to the coast of Venezuela and separating the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico from the Atlantic Ocean. The archipelago, sometimes called the Antilles, is divided into three groups: the Bahamas; the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico); and the Lesser Antilles (Leeward Islands, Windward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados) and the islands off the northern coast of Venezuela.\nThe British dependent territories are the Cayman Islands, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Anguilla, Montserrat, and the British Virgin Islands. The Dutch possessions are Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, Saba, and part of Saint Martin). The French overseas departments and administrative regions are Guadeloupe and its dependencies and Martinique. Puerto Rico is a self-governing commonwealth associated with the United States, and the Virgin Islands of the United States is a U.S. territory. Margarita belongs to Venezuela.\n\nMany of the islands are mountainous, and some have partly active volcanoes. Hurricanes occur frequently, but the warm climate (tempered by northeast trade winds) and the clear tropical seas have made the West Indies a very popular resort area. Some 34 million people live on the islands, and the majority of inhabitants are of black African descent.
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the definition of a gem is a mineral or stone that is of great value.  diamonds are very valuable, so they are indeed a gem.
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Tiger's Eye (Alexandrite)\nIt's cool the way the gem is one color is indoor light and another color in sunlight.
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Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka  in Sinhala,  known as Ceylon before 1952 is a predominantly Buddhist island nation in South Asia, located in just  about 31 kilometres (18½ mi) off the southern coast of India. Its nearest country is India.  It is often popularly referred to as the Pearl of the Indian Ocean. It is home to more than 20 million people-.
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Sanabel Island, or Marco Island. Also try St. Augustine
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On the Caribbean side, around Cozumel.
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check these out:\n\nhttp://www.volcanolive.com/caribbean.html\n\nhttp://www.caribbeanvolcanoes.com/\n\nhttp://www.theoceanadventure.com/CS2000/CS4.html\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Plate
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check this:\nhttp://www.gemstone.org/gem-by-gem/gem-by-gem.html
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1 The island of Saint Lucia is divided into 12 quarters:\n2 As a Commonwealth Realm, Saint Lucia recognizes Queen Elizabeth II as the Head of State\n3 The capital city of Saint Lucia is Castries\n4 The majority of the population are Roman Catholics (ca. 68%)\n5 One of the secondary languages is Kreole, a form of French patois.\n\nPHIL M
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Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of the Dominican Republic.
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go to this website...\nwww.gempakstarz.com
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bahrain is the island of pearls
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http://www.stinsv.com/cgi/search.pl?S=jewel+staite&C=57
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Among the scoundrels who based their plundering in Nassau, at least for part of their freebooting careers, were Henry Jennings, Henry Morgan, Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, Charles Vane, Stede Bonnet, Capt Benjamin Hornigold, Woodes Rogers, "Calico Jack" Rackman and Capt John Wyatt. There were others of less infamy, such as Thomas Anstis, Henry Every, Richard Worley and Samuel Belamy as well as Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts. \n\nHenry Morgan (1635-88) was one of the early successful privateers who preyed on Spanish ships. The Spanish, in reprisal, nearly demolished Charles Town. Morgan was knighted at age 34, in December 1675. At 45 Sir Henry was acting governor of Jamaica, Commandant of the Port Royal Regiment, Judge of the Admiralty Court and Justice of the Peace. He died in August, 1688, apparently of jaundice. Four years later, the original capital, Port Royal, was swallowed into the bay by a huge earthquake. The British founded Kingston above the ruins in 1693.
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http://www.lifegem.com/\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LifeGem\n\nThe gems are called Lifegems, you can find information about them at the above sites or by searching for "lifegem."\nHope this is helpful :-)