See also:

• PRECIOUS (O. Fr. precios, mod. precieux, Lat. pretiosus, of high value or price, pretium)

PRECIOUS (O. Fr. precios, mod. precieux, See also:

• LAT

Lat. pretiosus, of high value or See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

price, pretium)  , costly or of high value, particularly used in See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• ECONOMY

economy of those metals which are " valuable enough to be used as a See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard of value and abundant enough for coinage " (The See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

Century See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary) . The See also:

• TERM

term is thus practically confined to See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold and See also:

• SILVER

silver . See also:

• PLATINUM [symbol Pt, atomic weight 145.0 (0=16)]

Platinum in theory may he included as it was used for coinage in See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia in 1828; the fluctuations in the value of the See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal caused its discontinuance in 1845 (see Goias, SILVER and See also:

• MONEY

MONEY) . " See also:

• PRECIOUS (O. Fr. precios, mod. precieux, Lat. pretiosus, of high value or price, pretium)

Precious stones " include those gems which are valued for See also:

• ORNAMENT (Lat. ornare, to adorn)

ornament and See also:

• JEWELRY (O. Fr. jouel, Fr. joyau, perhaps from joie, joy; Lat. gaudium; retranslated into Low Lat. jocale, a toy, from jocus, by misapprehension of the origin of the word)

jewelry . " Strictly speaking the only precious stones are the See also:

• DIAMOND

diamond, See also:

• RUBY (Lat. rubeus, red)

ruby, See also:

• SAPPHIRE

sapphire and See also:

• EMERALD

emerald, though the term is often extended to the See also:

• OPAL

opal, notwithstanding its lack of hardness, and to the See also:

• PEARL
• PEARL, THE

pearl . . . strictly an See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal product," G . F . Kunz, Gems and Precious Stones of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICA

America (189o) (see See also:

• GEM (Lat. gemma, a bud,—from the root gen, meaning " to produce,"—or precious stone; in the latter sense the Greek term is > d>os)
• GEM, ARTIFICIAL

GEM, and See also:

• LAPIDARY

LAPIDARY AND GEM-CUTTING) . A particular use of " precious " as meaning fastidious, over-refined, is taken from the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French precieux, See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar in the appellation of See also:

• LES

Les Precieuses, given to the social and See also:

• LITERARY

literary circle of ladies which centred See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the Hotel de See also:

• RAMBOUILLET
• RAMBOUILLET, CATHERINE DE VIVONNE, MARQUISE DE (1588-1665)

Rambouillet in the 17th century (see RAMBOUILLET; See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

CATHERINE DE VIVONNE, MARQUISE DE) .