priceless gem
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Refers to a jewel of inestimable value.
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- The crown was set with a single priceless gem that caught the light like fire.
- Dealers agreed the recovered brooch contained a priceless gem and should go straight to the museum.
- For her eighteenth birthday, her grandmother passed down a priceless gem, cut in the old style.
- In the auction catalog, the ring was described as a rare, priceless gem from the Mughal era.
- He tightened a belt studded with priceless gems around the mannequin for the final fitting.
- No insurer would name a figure for such a priceless gem, so the owner kept it in a vault.
- Our divers have surfaced with what appears to be a priceless gem, still embedded in coral.
- The stone was quietly appraised as a priceless gem after months of testing.
- Under magnification, the supposedly priceless gem revealed tiny inclusions.
- If it truly is a priceless gem, handle it with gloves and document every movement.