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,
Join With Us (album) average score of 66, based on 8 reviews. Join With Us (album) Join With Us is the second full-length studio album from the British rock band the Feeling. It was released on 18 February 2008, preceded by the first single from the album, "I Thought It Was Over". The album sold 41,676 copies in the UK during its first week, debuting at #1. This was lower than the first-week sales of their debut album "Twelve Stops and Home", which sold 43,304 copies despite peaking at #2 in the UK Albums Chart. On 24 February 2008 "Join With Us" entered the