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What makes one mineral so precious or costly compared to another?
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∙ 9y ago
first off it depends on what type of rocks your talking and or asking about. for example rubies emralds saphires and dimonds are considered precous stones because they can be used as a soort of currancy so to speak but mainly because they can be converted quickly to cash by them being liquiasssests.
if you need more information look up things like "the importance of precious stones and the stock marketand money feild "
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 13y agoSome rocks are more valuable than others because some are hard to find(rare)like diamonds and others like quartz are easy to find and are more common.
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∙ 11y agoRocks are valuable natural resource because we use rocks for lots of things like cement and brick like those stuff
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∙ 9y agoGenerally its scarcity and/or usefulness.
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As an adjective luachmhar: valuable, costly, precious maoineach: propertied, wealthy; precious, beloved
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Precious isgwerthfawr: valuable, preciousprid: costly, deardrud: dear, precious, costlygorddethol:mindlws: simpering, affected, precious.
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precious dear important priceless costly expensive
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Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone., Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved; as, precious recollections., Particular; fastidious; overnice.
what is the meaning of Precious?
Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone., Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved; as, precious recollections., Particular; fastidious; overnice.
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Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone., Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved; as, precious recollections., Particular; fastidious; overnice.
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Very costly or valuable basically something that belongs to you and you take care of It like it is related to you
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What is the synonym for dear?
beloved, valued, favourite, prized, treasured, precious, intimate expensive, costly, high-priced, pricey, exorbitant
