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Garnet jewelry from Perpignan

The history of Perpignan garnet jewelry In the 1750s, the inhabitants of Perpignan discovered deposits of garnet near Estagel. For this reason, it is likely that the use of garnet increased...

Retro Period Jewelry

The Retro period is broadly understood to span from the 1940s to the late 1960s. Most jewelry from this period was made of gold or silver, and for the first time in the 20th century, yellow g...

Elephant hair in jewelry? Yes!

About elephant hair jewelry, here is a short story found in a book: " In 1923, as I was preparing to return to Ceylon, I visited him <…> Among several very original and somewhat unusual cost...

The Turquoise

Turquoise is a beautiful opaque blue stone, sometimes blue-green to green.   Turquoise gets its name from Turkey, the country where it was thought to be mined. It was later learned that it ...

What You Didn't Know About Gemstones

Some surprising truths about gemstones: "Precious stones" don't exist: In French legislation, the terms "precious stone" or "semi-precious" are grouped under the single term "gemstones" to align...