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What science can tell us about the 'world's largest sapphire'
The world's biggest known sapphire was formed and shaped by natural processes millions of years ago.
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Bad Blood the Color of Rubies
A jewelry feud, set in Jaipur and on Madison Avenue. By Eric Konigsberg.
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The Case of the Counterfeit Eggs
In 1999, while taking a break from my PhD to try to get rich in the fine jewellery business, I nearly became the world’s largest counterfeiter of Fabergé eggs. It all started in Arlington, Texas, where my brothers and I owned several jewellery stores. Boris, an alcoholic Russian ex-pat who’d been with us for years, came into my office one January morning... By Clancy Martin. (Feb. ’09)
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A Serpentine Example of Aztec Body Modification Slithers into The Met
The Aztec rulers often expressed their power with body modification, such as labrets pierced through the lower lip.
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Shor International Corporation
Shor International sells tools and supplies for precious metal refining, jewelry making, silversmithing, polishing, weapons cleaning, and much more.
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Kay Jewelers accused of swapping diamonds with fakes
From their relationship to his proposal to her wedding ring, everything was pretty picture perfect for Sophie and Aaron Long. But six weeks before the big day, doctors diagnosed Sophie with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. For Sophie, it meant chemotherapy and weight loss. But after seven months, she beat the cancer. When she regained the weight she had lost from treatments, Sophie needed her wedding band and engagement ring resized. She said Kay Jewelers, where Aaron purchased the set, said the rings couldn't be altered as she needed, so the store would replace the rings with new ones two sizes bigger.
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Rare 1,500-year-old Odin amulet found in Denmark
An exceptional year for Danish archaeologists just keeps getting better.
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'Oldest' Iron Age gold work in Britain found in Staffordshire
A British Museum expert says the Leekfrith Iron Age Torcs are of international importance.
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The Brilliant Earth Diamond Scam
Brilliant Earth has NO presence during the mining of their diamonds, has NO idea where their diamonds come from, and has NO way of knowing the age of their diamonds. The diamonds provided by brilliant earth are totally untraceable and could have easily been mined in a conflict zone.
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Pearls, sapphires, diamonds & toadstones
In medieval Europe, gemstones were used to decorate jewelry for their symbolic significance as well as their beauty. In this video, British Museum curator Naomi Speakman decodes dazzling medieval jewels including pearls, sapphires, diamonds, and toadstones.
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A Pearl as you've never seen it before
The Giga Pearl weighs 27kg (60lbs) and insurers say it is worth up to $200m. But its owner is in no rush to sell it.
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The Pearly Wonders of Renaissance Bling
Pearls have always been in a league of their own. As souvenirs from the depths of New World waters in the 15th century, they were simply something diamonds, emeralds, and rubies could never be: alive.
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