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AN IMPRESSIVE DIAMOND STOMACHER BROOCH
Crowned by a spray of diamond-set flowerheads, leaves and buds, suspending a panel of swags, tapering to a point at the base, each with knife-edge and collet centres, to the detachable pear-shaped diamond drops, circa 1860, 12.0 cm. high (flowerhead panel detachable to be worn as two brooches and a pendant, accompanied by an additional brooch fitting, one pendant deficient), in its original refurbished case

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The Native Americans used hematite to make a red face paint called red ocher.

Red ocher

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Low-grade pearls are crushed up into a fine shimmery translucent powder and used as a make-up.

Pearl powder for makeup

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"The Rose Of Asia" Elbaite Tourmaline - Paprok, Afghanistan

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Nearly 40 percent of all gold ever mined was recovered from South African rocks.

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Bead Day

Hand beaded shoes by Zulu beader Lindi. From Hillcrest, South Africa

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The word "bead" comes from the Anglo-Saxon words bidden (to pray) and bede (prayer).

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Beaded bracelet

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Beaded earrings with Swarovski crystals

#jewelleryfacts365 152/365 Copper fact

In the Hippocratic Collection (named for, although not entirely written by, the Greek physician Hippocrates, 460 to 380 B.C.), copper is recommended for the treatment of leg ulcers associated with varicose veins. To prevent infection of fresh wounds, the Greeks sprinkled a dry powder composed of copper oxide and copper sulfate on the wound. (source)

Copper powder