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Our one quest, oddly, finding semiprecious stone (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

turquoise

'semiprecious stone' is the definition.
(turquoise is a semi-precious stone)

'our one quest oddly' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'I' (Roman numeral).
'oddly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'our'+'i'+'quest'='ouriquest'
'ouriquest' anagrammed gives 'TURQUOISE'.

'finding' is the link.

(Other definitions for turquoise that I've seen before include "Aquamarine colour" , "Shade of blue - gemstone" , "Greenish-blue gem" , "Birthstone for December" , "not quite green" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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