Jewel__A_Celebration_of_Earth_s_Treasures
QUARTZ 139 Rock crystal pendant | This rock crystal heart-shaped pendant, suspended from a gold and blue enamel bow, originates ...
140 TREASURE CHAMBERS OF AUGUSTUS II The Royal Household at Delhi on the Occasion of the Birthday of the Grand Mogul Aurangzeb | ...
TREASURE CHAMBERS OF AUGUSTUS II 141 T he Grünes Gewölbe (Green Vault) in the Residenzschloss in Dresden, Germany, is home to th ...
142 SURFACE LUSTRE Surface lustre M ost gems have a vitreous lustre – their surface reflects light like glass. A few are metalli ...
SURFACE LUSTRE 143 All that glisters is not gold William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice Satin spar Satin spar normally displ ...
144 ST GEORGE STATUETTE Chalcedony horse Pearl plumes on horse and helmet St George statuette | 1586–97 | 50cm (20in) tall | Gol ...
ST GEORGE STATUETTE 145 T his dazzling reliquary features a statuette of England’s patron saint, St George, astride his horse, t ...
146 SILICATES Enamel scales Chalcedony drives away phantoms and visions of the night Josephi Gonnelli 18th-century physician Sna ...
CHALCEDONY 147 Chalcedony △ Leaf-shaped carnelian cabochon C halcedony is a compact variety of quartz, composed of crystals that ...
148 SILICATES Banded jasper | The dramatic colour banding in this example of jasper rough clearly shows why it has been a popula ...
CHALCEDONY 149 Settings Russian urn | Carved from a single piece of Ural Mountains jasper, this spectacular multicoloured urn de ...
150 FREDERICK THE GREAT’S SNUFFBOX Chrysoprase Snuffbox | c.1765 | Carved chrysoprase, gold, gems, and foiled diamonds Varicolou ...
FREDERICK THE GREAT’S SNUFFBOX 151 F rederick II “the Great” of Prussia (r.1740–86) loved snuffboxes, and his collection suppose ...
152 SILICATES Agate T he microcrystalline, compact variety of quartz, agate is a common, semiprecious chalcedony. Agate is mostl ...
AGATE 153 Cut Settings Moss agate | In this cabochon, the “moss” is in fact staining from one of the iron or manganese oxides th ...
154 SILICATES Onyx O nyx is a striped, semi-precious variety of chalcedony quartz with alternating bands of black and white. Its ...
ONYX 155 Settings Onyx and diamond pendant | This gold pendant claw-mounts an unusual black onyx stone, surrounded by a lavish s ...
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GOLD AND POWER 157 The Goldsmiths’ Workshop, Alessandro (Il Barbiere) Fei, 1572 Grand Duke of Tuscany and patron of the arts Fra ...
Diamond “scales” Australian opal Dragon brooch | This stunning platinum brooch by Cartier features a dragon, with a diamond-set ...
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