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Lapidary logo #10101) Crystal 2) Diamond dealer 3) Expert in stone engraving 4) French word used in English 5) Gem cutter 6) Gem worker 7) Gemologist 8) Gemstone cutter 9) Hardstone carving 10) One who makes cameos 11) Stonecutter
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Lapidary logo #10101) Lapidarist 2) Lapidist
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Lapidary logo #21000 A lapidary (lapidarist, lapidarius) is an artist or artisan who forms stone, minerals, or gemstones into decorative items such as cabochons, engraved gems, including cameos, and faceted designs. The primary techniques employed are cutting, grinding, and polishing. Carving is an important, but specialised technique. Hardstone carving is the term us...
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Lapidary logo #21000[text] A lapidary is a text, often a whole book, giving `information about the properties and virtues of precious and semi-precious stones`, that is to say a work on gemology. Lapidaries were very popular in the Middle Ages, when belief in the inherent power of gems for various purposes was widely held, and among the wealthy collecting jewe...
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lapidary logo #22641gem-cutter
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Lapidary logo #21002• (n.) An artificer who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones; hence, a dealer in precious stones. • (n.) A virtuoso skilled in gems or precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work. • (a.) Of or pertaining to the art of cutting stones, or engraving on stones, either gems or monuments; as, lapidary ornamentation. • (a.)...
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lapidary logo #22290 An individual who facets gemstones as a trade, and the shop of such an individual. Also used in adjective form when relating to gems.
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lapidary logo #22291 An individual who facets gemstones as a trade, and the shop of such an individual. Also used in adjective form when relating to gems.
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Lapidary logo #20972Lap'i·da·ry noun ; plural Lapidaries . [ Latin lapidarius , from lapidarius pertaining to stone: confer French lapidaire .] 1. An artificer who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones; hence, a dealer in precious stones. 2. A virtuoso skilled...
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lapidary logo #22109A person who cuts and polishes gemstones
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lapidary logo #20400[adj] - of or relating to precious stones or the art of working with them 2. [n] - an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them 3. [n] - a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones
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lapidary logo #21009lapidary 1. Concerned with stones.2. A specialist who cuts, polishes, or engraves gems or precious stones.
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lapidary logo #20974 noun an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them
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lapidary logo #20974 adjective of or relating to precious stones or the art of working with them; `the ring is of no lapidary value`- Lord Byron; `lapidary art`
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lapidary logo #21692the craft of forming shapes, items, gemstones from rocks & minerals
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