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2. Marie Louise Diadem - Wikipedia

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   The Louvre went on to purchase the necklace and earrings from their owners in 2004 for €3.7m, the highest price ever paid by a museum for individual pieces of jewelry. They remain on display in the Galerie d’Apollon. [1] The Marie Louise Diadem was returned to Van Cleef & Arpels after the 1962 exhibition.

3. Scarab (artifact) - Wikipedia

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   Scarab amulets were sometimes placed in tombs as part of the deceased's personal effects or jewelry, though not all scarabs had an association with ancient Egyptian funerary practices. There are, however, three types of scarabs that seem to be specifically related to ancient funerary practices: heart scarabs , pectoral scarabs and naturalistic ...

4. Etsy - Wikipedia

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   Etsy, Inc. is an American e-commerce company with an emphasis on the selling of handmade or vintage items and craft supplies. These items fall under a wide range of categories, including jewelry, bags, clothing, home decor, religious items, furniture, toys, art, as well as craft supplies and tools.

5. Cabochon - Wikipedia

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   Cutting en cabochon (French: "in the manner of a cabochon") is usually applied to opaque gems, while faceting is usually used for transparent stones. Hardness is also taken into account as softer gemstones with a hardness lower than 7 on the Mohs hardness scale are easily scratched, mainly by silicon dioxide in dust and grit.

6. Crystal skull - Wikipedia

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   The crystal skull at the British Museum, similar in dimensions to the more detailed Mitchell-Hedges skull. Crystal skulls are human skull hardstone carvings made of clear, milky white or other types of quartz (also called "rock crystal"), claimed to be pre-Columbian Mesoamerican artifacts by their alleged finders; however, these claims have been refuted for all of the specimens made available ...

7. Chrysoberyl - Wikipedia

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   Main chrysoberyl producing countries. The mineral or gemstone chrysoberyl is an aluminate of beryllium with the formula Be Al 2 O 4. [5] [6] The name chrysoberyl is derived from the Greek words χρυσός chrysos and βήρυλλος beryllos, meaning "a gold-white spar".