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Records show that the stone was known and sold in markets in Babylon as early as 4000 BC.
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| Ancient Babylonian Gold griffon jewelry (source) |
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Thursday, June 2, 2016
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El Dorado (for "the golden one") is the term used by Europeans to describe a mythical tribal chief of the Muisca native people of Colombia, who, as an initiation rite, covered himself with gold dust and submerged in Lake Guatavita. The legends surrounding El Dorado changed over time, as it went from being a man, to a city, to a kingdom, and then finally an empire. (source)
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| This Muisca raft figure is on display in the Gold Museum, Bogotá, Colombia |
Jewellery masterpieces
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
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| Bracelets with Portrait Miniatures Gold, silver, cut diamonds, rock crystal and miniatures; polished and painted. 17x2.2 cm, Russia. St Petersburg. 1760s. State Hermitage Museum |
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A fragment of the oldest known pearl jewelry, found in the sarcophagus of a Persian princess who died in 520 BC, is displayed in the Louvre in Paris
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Silver is so soft in its pure form, it must be mixed with other metals, such as platinum, nickel and copper, to make it hard and durable enough to make jewelry and other items out of.
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The most expensive gold coin in the world is the 1933 Double Eagle, which was sold at Sotheby's in New York in 2002 for $7.59 million.
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| Double Eagle |
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