It was always considered a semiprecious stone.

它曾被看做是准宝石。

" Semiprecious" means that they are not as expensive.

“半宝石”意味着它们不那么昂贵。

Ellie is saying that they have both precious and semiprecious gemstones.

埃莉说他们既有宝石也有半宝石。

Ellie says, " Okay, many of our semiprecious stones are set in silver" (silver).

艾莉说，“好吧，我们的许多半宝石都是镶嵌在银中的”（银）。

We have a wide selection of jewelry with precious and semiprecious gemstones.

我们有多种宝石和半宝石首饰供您选择。

Ellie says, " We have a wide selection, " meaning we have many different kinds, " of jewelry with precious and semiprecious gemstones" .There are two kinds of gemstones.

Ellie 说， “我们的选择范围很广”，意思是我们有很多不同种类的“宝石和半宝石首饰” 。 有两种宝石。

If it is there and if you notice it, I think you should bring it out as well as you can, polishing it until it shines and then cutting it the way a jeweler would cut a precious or semiprecious stone.

如果确有象征，而你也注意到了，我想你应该尽力将它表现出来，一直到把它打磨得晶光闪亮，然后如同珠宝匠切割宝石一样将它切割成型。