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.

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.

Jewelry collection of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain is estimated at $ 57 million.

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.

All diamonds over a long period of time transformed into graphite.

Although diamond is considered the hardest substance in nature, were created synthetic nanomaterials, which are much harder than diamond.

Despite the high hardness of diamond, it is fragile. If you hit it with a hammer, it will break.

Wedding rings have been declared mandatory for marriage by Pope Nicholas I in 860 AD

Opals are composed of 30 percent water.

Emeralds are very high quality are considered more valuable than diamonds.

Pure gold is always yellow, and changes color only when it is added to other metals.

One of the largest sapphire is called "Star of Asia", and is now in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.

All the gold that was mined in the history of the world, you can squeeze in a 16-meter cube.

In the oceans, there are about 10 billion tons of gold.

Pearls are formed only in 1 out of 10,000 oysters.

Only one of the millions of diamonds mined becomes jeweler ornament.

Age of all the diamonds is more than 3 billion years.

The most expensive jewelry created for the movie, was the heroine necklace Nicole Kidman for the movie "Moulin Rouge." His price was $ 1 million.

All 12 stones that correspond to each month of birth, descended from the 12 tribes of Israel.

Wedding ring worn on the ring finger, as it is believed that there passes Vienna, which goes to the heart.

After many millions of years, the sun will turn into one big diamond star.