THINGS YOU DID N0T KNOW ABOUT JEWELLERY
Added on: 26th Feb 2015
IN SOME CULTURES PEOPLE WOULD SWALLOW PEARLS
WHOLE TO RELIEVE SICKNESS
THE LARGEST PEARL EVER FOUND WAS 14 POUNDS
TIFFANY AND CO. ENGAGEMENT RINGS HAD A PRICE TAG
OF £26 IN 1896
THE QUEEN’S JEWELLERY COLLECTION IS WORTH AN
ESTIMATED £35 MILLION
THE HEART OF THE OCEAN, FROM JAMES CAMERON'S
"TITANIC" WAS NOT COMPLETELY FICTITIOUS. IT IS
BELIEVED THAT A RATHER LARGE SAPPHIRE WENT DOWN
WITH TITANIC ON THAT FATEFUL NIGHT.
ALL DIAMONDS TURN TO GRAPHITE OVER AN
EXTREMELY LONG PERIOD OF TIME
WHILE DIAMONDS ARE ONE OF THE HARDEST
SUBSTANCES IN NATURE (ALTHOUGH RECENT RESEARCH
HAS PROVED OTHERWISE), SYNTHETIC NANOMATERIALS
HAVE BEEN CREATED THAT ARE MUCH HARDER.
ALTHOUGH DIAMONDS ARE HARD, THEY ARE NOT STRONG.
IF YOU HIT ONE WITH A HAMMER IT WILL SHATTER.
ENGAGEMENT RINGS WERE DECLARED NECESSARY FOR
MARRIAGE BY POPE NICHOLAS I IN 860 A.D.
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