Jewel__A_Celebration_of_Earth_s_Treasures
BERYL 239 Cuts and colours Faceted aquamarine | Certain non-standard cuts are used on large stones to enhance brilliance. The cu ...
240 SILICATES Ear pendants | Intricately crafted in silver and gold, these triangular ear pendants are set with morganites, rubi ...
BERYL 241 Golden beryl ring | Mounted on a platinum band, this large ring showcases a 28.15-carat golden beryl that has been fac ...
242 DOM PEDRO AQUAMARINE Dom Pedro Aquamarine | 1980s | 35cm (13¾in) tall; 10cm (4in) across the base | 10,363 carats, obelisk f ...
DOM PEDRO AQUAMARINE 243 T he Dom Pedro is the largest known aquamarine gem in the world. It was fashioned out of an enormous cr ...
244 MODERN CARVING AND ENGRAVING Rock crystal flaçon This amethyst and gold stopper was made by Tom Munsteiner, son of Bernd Mun ...
MODERN CARVING AND ENGRAVING 245 Obelisk This Dyber ametrine obelisk features optical illusions carved on its front and back, us ...
246 SILICATES Mixed earrings | Set | This earring set’s pair of faceted danburites from Mexico contrasts with its pink tourmalin ...
DANBURITE–AXINITE 247 Oval cushion | Cut | Although there are some natural inclusions in one end of this step-cut oval cushion, ...
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JEWELLERY SHOPPING 249 Alphonse Mucha’s shop interior was a celebration of beauty within nature, with vividly-coloured stained-g ...
250 SILICATES Dark green cabochon | Colour variety | Vesuvianite, such as this dark green, opaque specimen, has been marketed as ...
VESUVIANITE–EPIDOTE 251 Mottled unakite | Colour variety | Rock made primarily of epidote, such as this mixture of epidote and f ...
252 SILICATES Kornerupine specimen | Rough | This small but excellent quality piece of kornerupine faceting rough originates fro ...
KORNERUPINE–ZOISITE 253 Huge tanzanite | Cut | Tanzanite gems over five carats are uncommon. This stunning, curved triangular br ...
254 SILICATES Peridot T he name “peridot” is French, possibly derived from the Arabic word faridat, meaning “gem”. This variety ...
PERIDOT 255 Settings Necklace | Beads of peridot were threaded together into chains and then twisted to form thick, textured ban ...
256 SHWEDAGON PAGODA Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar | c.6th–10th century | Plated with gold and set with diamonds, rubies, sa ...
SHWEDAGON PAGODA 257 T he Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar’s capital city, is a stupa (Buddhist reliquary) that was built to ...
258 SILICATES Visigothic eagle fibulae | From 6th century CE, these two brooches found in southwest Spain are of gilt bronze and ...
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