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Linarite / Grand Reef Mine, Graham County, Arizona

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Most western economies' currencies were on the gold standard until 1961. Switzerland was the last country whose currency was tied to gold. 40% of a Swiss Franc was backed by gold until Switzerland joined the IMF in 1999.

Bead Day

Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, in boyarynya attire during the time of Alexei Mikhailovich, dressed for a costume ball in traditional seventeenth-century Russian fashion. This image is part of the exhibit A Romanoff Album at the Herbert Hoover Memorial Exhibit Pavilion, the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
1903

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A gold nugget found in the earth can be three to four times as valuable as the gold it contains because of its rareness.

The Museum of Natural History, Vienna

Jewellery photography

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Sterling silver rings. The blue stone is turquoise.

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Brown-colored diamonds constituted a significant part of the diamond production, and were predominantly used for industrial purposes. They were seen as worthless for jewelry (not even being assessed on the diamond color scale). After the development of Argyle diamond mine in Australia in 1986, and marketing, brown diamonds have become acceptable gems. The change was mostly due to the numbers: the Argyle mine, with its 35,000,000 carats (7,000 kg) of diamonds per year, makes about one-third of global production of natural diamonds; 80% of Argyle diamonds are brown.

The open pit of the Argyle diamond mine. A large mining truck is visible on the road for scale.

Jewellery masterpieces

Mellerio dits Meller, 19 century

#jewelleryfacts365 200/365 Roman jewellery fact

Roman jewelry was generally made of gold rather than silver and was decorated with a variety of Precious and Semi-Precious Stones. The precious and semi-precious stones used in the making of Roman jewelry included the following: Pearls, Emeralds, Turquoise, Garnets, Carnelian, Chalcedony, Feldspar and Amethyst.

Roman jewellery

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Proustite Imiter Mine, Imiter, Djebel Saghro, Ouarzazate, Souss-Massa-Draâ, Morocco fov 4 mm micro photo by Christian Rewitzer

#jewelleryfacts365 199/365 Ancient Egyptian jewellery fact

Amulets were incorporated into Egyptian jewelry or worn as independent pieces. Amulets are charms or talismans believed to either protect the wearer or infuse him with power. Egyptian amulets were carved into various forms and shapes, such as animals, humans, gods and symbols.

Ancient Egyptian amulets