A large handful of identical gemstones, totaling 195 carats (one carat has a mass of 200mg) at a temperature 73.2 degrees C, is placed in a calorimeter filled with 0.59 kg of water at 13.6 degrees C. After thermal equilibrium is established, the water temperature is 14.1 degrees 

C. What is the specific heat of the gemstone material?

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