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Acrostic ring. A dearest ring in which the T is represented by tourmaline instead of topaz. An acrostic ring is a ring on which the initials of the precious stones on the band spell out a word in an acrostic style. In some cases, paste gems were used instead of precious stones. [ 1][ 2]
Medical alert jewelry; Membership pin; Military dog tags; Pledge pins; Prayer jewelry Japa malas; Prayer beads; Prayer rope; Rosary beads; Puzzle jewelry. Puzzle ring; Signet ring; Thumb ring; Gemstone Jewelry
Tiffany & Company, Union Square, Manhattan, storage area with porcelain, c. 1887. Tiffany & Co. was founded in 1837 by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young, [ 15] in New York City, as a "stationery and fancy goods emporium", with the help of Charles Tiffany's father, who financed the store for only $1,000 with profits from a cotton mill. [ 16]
Gemstones of the World revised 5th edition, 2013 by Walter Schumann ISBN 978-1454909538 Smithsonian Handbook: Gemstones by Cally Hall, 2nd ed. 2002 ISBN 978-0789489852 v
1895. Eventually sold to I. K. Gulland of London, where it was broken up into small pieces as industrial diamond drills. [ 7] 3106.75. Cullinan Diamond. South Africa. Premier Mine. 1905. British Crown (I and II) and Charles III (III–IX) The largest gem-quality diamond ever discovered.
Jewellery (or jewelry in American English) consists of decorative items worn for personal adornment, such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, bracelets, and cufflinks. Jewellery may be attached to the body or the clothes. From a western perspective, the term is restricted to durable ornaments, excluding flowers for example.
In 1986, California named benitoite as its state gemstone, a form of the mineral barium titanium silicate that is unique to the Golden State and only found in gem quality in San Benito County. [ 80 ] ^ Colorado is the only state whose geological symbols reflect the national flag's colors: red (rhodochrosite), white (yule marble), and blue ...
Gemstone. Group of precious and semiprecious stones—both uncut and faceted—including ( clockwise from top left) diamond, uncut synthetic sapphire, ruby, uncut emerald, and amethyst crystal cluster. A gemstone (also called a fine gem, jewel, precious stone, semiprecious stone, or simply gem) is a piece of mineral crystal which, when cut or ...