Gemstone characteristic that lends value to a gemstone. Apart from jewelry, from earliest antiquity engraved gems and hardstone carvings, such as cups, were major luxury art forms. A gem maker is called a lapidary or gemcutter; a diamond cutter is called a diamantaire. The traditional classification in the West, which goes back to the ancient Greeks, begins with a distinction between "precious" and "semi-precious"; similar distinctions are made in other cultures. In modern use the precious stones are diamond, ruby, sapphire and emerald, with all other gemstones being semi-precious. This distinction reflects the rarity of the respective stones in ancient times,
Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition is a two-disc compilation released by the Carpenters in early 2004. The cover has the same look as the 1992 "" compilation album by ABBA. The album is essentially the expanded US release of a European compilation released in 2000, titled Gold: Greatest Hits (the same title as ABBA's). It peaked at #4 on the UK Albums Chart. This version contained just one disc with 20 tracks, all of which were featured on the American version; it simply has "Greatest Hits" in place of where "35th Anniversary Edition" is on the US