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lapidary

[lap-i-der-ee] / ˈlæp ɪˌdɛr i /
NOUN
precious stones expert
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John Lizzadro, 76, has been involved with the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art since his father started it in 1962.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2017

Rock and Gem Show: North Seattle Lapidary & Mineral Club activities, displays and demonstrations, vendors, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 18, 2011

A Lapidary, with a medical—not a moral—purpose, by Marbode, Bishop of Rennes, was translated more than once into French, and had, indeed, an European fame.

From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Gosse, Edmund

It lost also its Chief Lapidary and seventy-eight other company employees who had been in the station dome at the time.

From The Star Hyacinths by Finlay, Virgil

The cutting of gem-stones is explained under Lapidary.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various




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