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,
Come with Us with all other albums by The Chemical Brothers, some of the tracks segue into the next. These are 2 into 3, and 7 into 8. Come with Us Come with Us is the fourth studio album by English electronic music duo The Chemical Brothers, released in January 2002 by record labels Virgin and Freestyle Dust in the UK and Astralwerks and Ultra in the US. It features Richard Ashcroft (ex-The Verve) and Beth Orton as guest vocalists. The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart. It was certified Gold by the BPI on 1 February 2002. The