Wednesday, September 17, 2014

20 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT JEWELRY

Throughout history, people wore, sold, and attached great importance to precious metals and rare gems and jewelry. But even if you consider yourself an expert in matters related to them, perhaps in this issue you will find a few new facts that will surprise you.

20 interesting facts about jewelry
20 interesting facts about jewelry
The weight of the large pearls found in the wild, which is called the Pearl of Allah or the Pearl of Lao Tzu, is 6.3 kg.
20 interesting facts about jewelry
Jewelry collection of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain is estimated at $ 57 million.
20 interesting facts about jewelry
Diamond "Heart of the Ocean" from the movie "Titanic" James Cameron was not fully artistic fiction. On that fateful night the Titanic sank, along with quite a large sapphire.
20 interesting facts about jewelry
All diamonds over a long period of time transformed into graphite.
20 interesting facts about jewelry
Although diamond is considered the hardest substance in nature, were created synthetic nanomaterials, which are much harder than diamond.
20 interesting facts about jewelry
Despite the high hardness of diamond, it is fragile. If you hit it with a hammer, it will break.
20 interesting facts about jewelry
Wedding rings have been declared mandatory for marriage by Pope Nicholas I in 860 AD
20 interesting facts about jewelry
Opals are composed of 30 percent water.
20 interesting facts about jewelry
Emeralds are very high quality are considered more valuable than diamonds.
20 interesting facts about jewelry
Pure gold is always yellow, and changes color only when it is added to other metals.
20 interesting facts about jewelry
One of the largest sapphire is called "Star of Asia", and is now in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.
20 interesting facts about jewelry
All the gold that was mined in the history of the world, you can squeeze in a 16-meter cube.
20 interesting facts about jewelry
In the oceans, there are about 10 billion tons of gold.
20 interesting facts about jewelry
Pearls are formed only in 1 out of 10,000 oysters.
20 interesting facts about jewelry
Only one of the millions of diamonds mined becomes jeweler ornament.
20 interesting facts about jewelry
Age of all the diamonds is more than 3 billion years.
20 interesting facts about jewelry
The most expensive jewelry created for the movie, was the heroine necklace Nicole Kidman for the movie "Moulin Rouge." His price was $ 1 million.
20 interesting facts about jewelry
All 12 stones that correspond to each month of birth, descended from the 12 tribes of Israel.
20 interesting facts about jewelry
Wedding ring worn on the ring finger, as it is believed that there passes Vienna, which goes to the heart.
20 interesting facts about jewelry
After many millions of years, the sun will turn into one big diamond star.

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