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2. Native American jewelry - Wikipedia

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   Native American jewelry can be made from naturally occurring materials such as various metals, hardwoods, vegetal fibers, or precious and semi-precious gemstones; animal materials such as teeth, bones and hide; or man-made materials like beadwork and quillwork. Metalsmiths, beaders, carvers, and lapidaries combine these materials to create jewelry.

3. Jewellery - Wikipedia

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   In Assyria, men and women both wore extensive amounts of jewellery, including amulets, ankle bracelets, heavy multi-strand necklaces, and cylinder seals. [39] Jewellery in Mesopotamia tended to be manufactured from thin metal leaf and was set with large numbers of brightly coloured stones (chiefly agate, lapis, carnelian, and jasper).

4. Moss agate - Wikipedia

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   Moss agate is a semi-precious gemstone formed from silicon dioxide. It is a form of chalcedony which includes minerals of a green color embedded in the stone, forming filaments and other patterns suggestive of moss. [1] The field is a clear or milky-white quartz, and the included minerals are mainly oxides of manganese or iron.

5. Roman jewelry - Wikipedia

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   Roman solid gold medallion bracelet with gold screw fasteners c. 400 AD. Roman lion's head gold screw fastener for solid gold medallion bracelet c. 400 AD. Roman aesthetic values led to the increased use of precious and semi-precious gemstones as well as colored glass in jewelry. Semi-precious stones such as garnet, emeralds, jasper, and lapis ...

6. Agate - Wikipedia

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   Agate (/ ˈ æ ɡ ɪ t / AG-it) is a variety of chalcedony, [1] which comes in a wide variety of colors. Agates are primarily formed within volcanic and metamorphic rocks.The ornamental use of agate was common in ancient Greece, in assorted jewelry and in the seal stones of Greek warriors, [2] while bead necklaces with pierced and polished agate date back to the 3rd millennium BCE in the Indus ...

7. Necklace - Wikipedia

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   These collars were often ornamented with semi-precious, glass, pottery, and hollow beads. [4] Beads made from a variety of precious and semi-precious materials were also commonly strung together to create necklaces. [8] Gold that was fashioned into stylised plant, animal, and insect shapes were common as well. Amulets were also turned into ...