It was always considered a semiprecious stone.

它曾被看做是准宝。

" Semiprecious" means that they are not as expensive.

“半宝”着它不那么昂贵。

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

埃莉说他既有宝也有半宝。

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

艾莉说，“好吧，我许半宝都是镶嵌在银中”（银）。

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

我有种宝和半宝首饰供您择。

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， “我择范围很广”，思是我有很不同种类“宝和半宝首饰” 。 有两种宝。

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一样将它切割成型。