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2. Engraved gem - Wikipedia

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   An engraved gem, frequently referred to as an intaglio, is a small and usually semi-precious gemstone that has been carved, in the Western tradition normally with images or inscriptions only on one face. [1] The engraving of gemstones was a major luxury art form in the ancient world, and an important one in some later periods. [2]

3. Medieval jewelry - Wikipedia

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   The Byzantines excelled in inlaying and their work was enormously opulent, involving precious stones, glass and gold. [20] Not much of Byzantine jewelry remains, as this period marked the end of burying a person's jewelry with them, so much of the truly extravagant jewelry – depicted in mosaics and paintings – has disappeared. [21]

4. Jewellery - Wikipedia

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   The most significant archaeological evidence comes from the Royal Cemetery of Ur, where hundreds of burials dating 2900–2300 BC were unearthed; tombs such as that of Puabi contained a multitude of artefacts in gold, silver, and semi-precious stones, such as lapis lazuli crowns embellished with gold figurines, close-fitting collar necklaces ...

5. Roman jewelry - Wikipedia

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   Participation in trade allowed access to both semi-precious and precious stones that traveled down the Persian Silk Road from the East. [2] Various types of jewelry were worn by different genders and social classes in Rome, and were used both for aesthetic purposes and to communicate social messages of status and wealth.

6. Gemstone - Wikipedia

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   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 polished, is used to make jewelry or other adornments.

7. Amazonite - Wikipedia

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   Its name is taken from that of the Amazon River, from which green stones were formerly obtained, though it is unknown whether those stones were amazonite. [4] Although it has been used for jewellery for well over three thousand years, as attested by archaeological finds in Middle and New Kingdom Egypt [ 8 ] and Mesopotamia, no ancient or ...