Edelstein

Edelstein is the German word for "gemstone". Edelstein is also a surname of German origin which means "noble stone" or in its literal sense "precious stone".

Surname:
 * People with this surname include:
 * Arnold Edelstein, Austrian-American cartoonist known as Ed Arno
 * David Edelstein, American film critic
 * Erez Edelstein, Israeli basketball coach
 * Eric Edelstein, American actor
 * Frances Edelstein, American businesswoman
 * Gershon Edelstein, Israeli rabbi
 * Gordon Edelstein, American theatre director
 * Jakob Edelstein, the first Judenältester (Jewish Elder) in the Theresienstadt ghetto
 * Joseph Edelstein, American Yiddish Theater Theatrical Manager and Theater Owner and Director.
 * Pauline Edelstein, American Yiddish Theatre actress and wife of Joseph Edelstein.
 * Lisa Edelstein, American actress
 * Ludwig Edelstein, German-born American classical scholar and historian of medicine
 * Melville Edelstein, sociologist
 * Morris Michael Edelstein, American lawyer and politician
 * Neal Edelstein, American film producer
 * Oscar Edelstein, Argentinian composer
 * Robert Edelstein, American economist
 * Samson Samsonov (né Edelstein), Russian film director and screenwriter
 * Stuart J. Edelstein, Swiss-American biophysicist
 * Victor Edelstein, British fashion designer
 * Yoel Edelstein, Israeli politician
 * William A. Edelstein, American physicist
 * Variations:
 * Charles Edelstenne, French billionaire
 * Vladimir Zhirinovsky (né Eidelstein), Russian politician, nobleman
 * Sigmund Zois Freiherr von Edelstein

Toponymy:
 * Edelstein, Illinois

Other :
 * Edelstein Award (known as the HIST Award for Outstanding Achievement in the History of Chemistry), prize given by the American Chemical Society
 * The Edelstein Center for Social Research, Brazilian think tank
 * Edelsteinaspididae, taxonomy
 * Precious Stones (film), German title Edelsteine, 1918 German silent film
 * Rashba–Edelstein effect, physics