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Lithoglyphic :: Lithoglyphic (a.) Of or pertaining to the art of cutting and engraving precious stones.

Jewel :: Jewel (n.) An object regarded with special affection; a precious thing.

Choice :: Choice (superl.) Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable.

Sweepy :: Sweepwasher (n.) One who extracts the residuum of precious metals from the sweepings, potsherds, etc., of refineries of gold and silver, or places where these metals are used..

Jewel :: Jewel (n.) A precious stone; a gem.

Solitaire :: Solitaire (n.) A single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious stone of any kind set alone..

Glyptics :: Glyptics (n.) The art of engraving on precious stones.

Lapidary :: Lapidary (n.) A virtuoso skilled in gems or precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work.

Garland :: Garland (n.) A wreath of chaplet made of branches, flowers, or feathers, and sometimes of precious stones, to be worn on the head like a crown; a coronal; a wreath..

Tabernacle :: Tabernacle (n.) Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or precious things was deposited or kept..

Miner :: Miner (n.) One who mines; a digger for metals, etc.; one engaged in the business of getting ore, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; one who digs military mines; as, armies have sappers and miners..

Glyptography :: Glyptography (n.) The art or process of engraving on precious stones.

Invaluable :: Invaluable (a.) Valuable beyond estimation; inestimable; priceless; precious.

Occidental :: Occidental (a.) Possessing inferior hardness, brilliancy, or beauty; -- used of inferior precious stones and gems, because those found in the Orient are generally superior..

Mound :: Mound (n.) A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross; -- called also globe..

El Dorado :: El Dorado () A name given by the Spaniards in the 16th century to an imaginary country in the interior of South America, reputed to abound in gold and precious stones..

Gold :: Gold (v. t.) Figuratively, something precious or pure; as, hearts of gold..

Onycha :: Onycha (n.) The precious stone called onyx.

Valuable :: Valuable (n.) A precious possession; a thing of value, especially a small thing, as an article of jewelry; -- used mostly in the plural..

Ruby :: Ruby (n.) A precious stone of a carmine red color, sometimes verging to violet, or intermediate between carmine and hyacinth red. It is a red crystallized variety of corundum..

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