JEWELLERY TRIVIA

OPALS CAN ACTUALLY BE UP TO 30% WATER

CARTIER INTRODUCED PLATINUM TO JEWELLERY IN 1896

EXTREMELY HIGH QUALITY EMERALDS ARE MORE

VALUABLE THAN DIAMONDS

PURE GOLD IS ALWAYS YELLOW AND CHANGES COLOUR

WHEN DIFFERENT METALS ARE ADDED TO IT

ONE OF THE LARGEST SAPPHIRES IS KNOWN AS THE

STAR OF ASIA, WHICH IS CURRENTLY HOUSED AT THE

SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.

ALL THE GOLD EVER MINED IN THE HISTORY OF THE

WORLD CAN BE COMPRESSED INTO AN 18-YARD CUBE,

ROUGHLY 1/10 OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT

THERE ARE 10 BILLION TONS OF GOLD IN

ALL THE OCEANS

PEARLS ARE ONLY FORMED IN 1 OUT OF EVERY

10,000 OYSTERS