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,
Wedding Song (There Is Love) 1972 recording sessions at Trident Recording Studios in London for her album "Now" produced by Mike Curb with the album's arranger Don Costa. "Wedding Song" was issued in September 1972 as the second advance single from the "Now" album which would be a December 1972 release: "Wedding Song" would chart at #9 on the Adult Contemporary Music charts and reached #65 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. In the UK "Wedding Song (There Is Love)" had a October 6, 1972 single release being Clark's first UK single release since "I Don't Know How to Love Him" in November 1971. "Wedding Song"