lapidary

Example Sentences

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Two layered discs carved out of Dalmatian jasper support a pink-hued thulite bowl; the materials were selected by the brand’s gemologists and cut and polished by lapidaries to bring out their full character.

From New York Times

Art and dance studios lined the left side and lapidary labs the right.

From Literature

When you conduct your search, look for a digital jewelry scale that has the ability to weigh gemstones, lapidary materials and jewelry.

From Encyclopedia.com

Its heyday was in the 1950s, when there were an estimated 2 million home lapidary shops in operation across the nation, and rockhounding was encouraged by the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

Readers were clamoring for literary works that deployed irony, lapidary prose and an artful yet steely-eyed glimpse into the conflict.

From Los Angeles Times