hard stone
noun
: an opaque usually semiprecious stone that can be shaped or carved (as for jewelry or mosaics)
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The clear water in the hard stone, the light-brown colors shining through it, the mountain above us, the valley below, the silence.
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Karl Ove Knausgaard, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
The collection ups the ante on the brand’s signature hard stone dials, which are no easy feat on their own—Piaget sometimes goes a hundred cuts of malachite, lapis lazuli, tiger’s eye, opal, or coral before arriving at one slice that’s precise enough to set as a dial with a movement behind it.
—Shannon Adducci, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2024
Go with a hard stone that won’t break down over time, Epping says.
—Caitlin Huson, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2024
Over eons, the softer sedimentary rocks around the immense bulge of hard stone washed away.
—Mark Jenkins, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
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Karl Ove Knausgaard, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
The collection ups the ante on the brand’s signature hard stone dials, which are no easy feat on their own—Piaget sometimes goes a hundred cuts of malachite, lapis lazuli, tiger’s eye, opal, or coral before arriving at one slice that’s precise enough to set as a dial with a movement behind it.
—Shannon Adducci, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2024
Go with a hard stone that won’t break down over time, Epping says.
—Caitlin Huson, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2024
Over eons, the softer sedimentary rocks around the immense bulge of hard stone washed away.
—Mark Jenkins, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
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“Hard stone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20stone. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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