lapidaries
Gem cutting experts
Lapidaries are people who cut, polish, or engrave gemstones, or the places where such work is done.
The word also refers to texts about precious stones—medieval lapidaries catalogued gems and their supposed magical properties.
As an adjective, lapidary describes the precise, polished quality of carefully crafted prose: lapidary prose, a lapidary style.
Those who shape stones
- jewelersGem and precious metal merchants
- stonecuttersThose who shape rock
- engraversThose who carve designs
- polishersThings that create shine
artisans · gemologists · diamond cutters · apprentices · master craftsmen · setters · finishers · grinders
Group learning sessions
- studiosCreative production spaces
- ateliersArtists' creative spaces
- showroomsRetail exhibition spaces
- trading housesBusinesses conducting commercial exchanges
retail stores · guild halls · equipment suppliers · auction houses · marketplaces
Criteria for assigning scores
- pricing guidesValue reference materials
- ancient manuscriptsVery old handwritten documents
- PlinyRoman scholar-writer
- classification systemsFrameworks for organizing entities
gem cutters
Those who shape stones
- jewelersGem and precious metal merchants
- stonecuttersThose who shape rock
- engraversThose who carve designs
polishers · artisans · gemologists · diamond cutters · apprentices · master craftsmen · setters · finishers · grinders · sawyers
workshops
Group learning sessions
trading houses · retail stores · guild halls · equipment suppliers · auction houses · marketplaces
grading standards
Criteria for assigning scores
- pricing guidesValue reference materials
- ancient manuscriptsVery old handwritten documents
- PlinyRoman scholar-writer
classification systems · trade publications · scholarly journals
lapidarieswoodworkers
Artisans who craft timber
weavers · potters · textile workers · papermakers · metalsmiths
lapidariesminers
Ore extractors
quarrymen · prospectors · excavators · jewelers · wreckers
lapidarieswreckers
Those who dismantle structures
lumberjacks · blacksmiths · stevedores · navvies · roughnecks