Cryptic crossword clue
Reflective eyepiece captures short fastening of gemstone 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SPINEL

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What does SPINEL mean?

SPINEL noun
  1. Any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium and are used as gemstones of various colours.
  2. Any crystalline material, not necessarily an oxide, that possesses the same crystal structure as this mineral.
  3. Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle.

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