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Birthstone
List
What
is Gold?
What
is Platinum?
· Did you know that it was men that actually
wore jewelry as a symbol of status and to protect them in
battles.
· The first women to wear diamonds was the mistress
of King Charles VII, Agnes Sorel.
· Birthstones commenced when Aaron, the first high
priest of the Hebrews who wore twelve gemstones which symbolized
the tribes of Israel on his silver breastplate.
· The government has regulated that 10 power magnification
be used for jewelers eyepieces.
· The largest diamond ever found weighed 3,106 carats
which is equivalent to about one and a third pounds and it
is called The Cullinan.
· It's amazing that over the 20,000 minerals known,
only about 100 can be classified as gems.
· The percentage of womens receiving engagements rings
is 75%.
· In 1574 was the first known pocket watch to emerge.
· Did you know that the average person owns three to
four watches?
· In the 17th century came the pendulum clock developed
by Christian Huygens in 1656 with the second hand coming into
the world in 1690.
· Where does the word "diamond" come from?
It is from the ancient Greek word "adamas" which
means unconquerable.
· A "carat"
is a weight of measure, not a gold content which would be
"karat" and carats are divided into 100 points.
· Harry Winston donated the famous blue, Hope Diamond
to The Smithsonian in the 1950's.
· Emerald, pear, oval, heart, princess are all classified
as "fancy". Round is the only one not in this category.
· Do you know what the rarest color of a diamond is?
Amazingly, its red.
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