Valuable or valuable means costly or expensive; worth a large sum of money, or worth a great deal, literally or figuratively--
Be careful; that's a valuable painting!
His old friend proved to be a valuable professional contact.
Were wasting valuable time.
Invaluable or invaluable means beyond price; so precious that no amount of money could replace it, literally or figuratively--
This ancient piece is invaluable; we're going to donate it to the museum.
Thank you! Your help has been invaluable!
Now that you know that, you can say--
"Their attempts to restore the valuable piece were unsuccessful, but the lessons they learned were invaluable."
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