In this sport, a tenth of a point can mean the difference between gold and silver, especially when competing against a known artistic gem like Kwan.

The orchestra performs both the well-known pieces and lesser known gems of the baroque and classical eras.

There, he used one scale to weigh the stone and another to determine if its specific gravity matched that of any known gems.

To this wealth of known gems Roban had added a rich and varied assortment of the strange jewels peculiar to his own world, the faidon alone being absent from the collection.

The stones whose value was greater than the value of all the rest of the known gems in the world put together!

It blended together "some of the best-loved music with some of the genuinely wonderful lesser known gems of (the) renowned Broadway composer".

In another article written by Maltin, he includes this film title among the lesser known gems of Disney Movies, (along with other film titles like Darby O'Gill and the Little People).

On 14 February 2011, Helena released her debut album, The Sound of Rodgers & Hammerstein, consisting of classic Rodgers and Hammerstein material, as well as some of their lesser known gems.

The pearl is the oldest known gem, found in the sarcophagus of a Princess of Persia who died in 520 BC (Anonymous, Pearls in Human History).

As always, our shortlist has some known gems and a few to raise a quizzical eyebrow, but each one is poised for greatness in 2012.