Highly-prized item (4,4)

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4,4

gold dust

(Other definitions for gold dust that I've seen before include "something much sought-after" , "Fine powder of precious metal" , "Something valuable (and very rare?)" , "Proverbially rare stuff" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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