What is another word for "gem"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "gem": among, and, angel, benefactor, brick, community, demigod, diamond, duckling, earth, example, fellow, gentleman, good, hero, heroine, honest, innocent, jewel, lady, liver, man, men, million, model, noble, one, paragon, pattern, perfect, perfection, philanthropist, piety, pillar, prince, rough, saint, salt, scholar, seraph.