precious stone

In a hierarchy of materials, glass would have sat slightly beneath silver and gold and would have been valued as much as precious stones were.

Martin is a true admirer of diamonds, and because of it, the book is cut a bit like the precious stone itself.

Always wear a precious stone in a ring; hold a crystal in your mouth; for the virtue of precious stones is great.

Gunsang means hermit, and Ngurbu is a very common name signifying precious stone.

He wore a tall brimless Astrakhan hat, with a single precious stone on the front.

Sometimes they are as richly diaphanous as a precious stone, and glow from within with a deep, inexplicable light.

And the waves strewed the strand with gold and amber and ivory and pearls, and every sort of jewel and precious stone.