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The History of the Engagement Ring
… his bride in 1475, Camilla d’Aragona, with a diamond ring on their wedding day. A poem, in an illuminated manuscript, documented the ceremony: “Two torches in one ring of burning fire two wills, two hearts, two passions, all bonded in marriage by a diamond.” The fire in the diamond was likened to the constant flame of love. Vivienne Becker writes, “Of all its many roles, the diamond as messenger of romantic love – beginning with the belief that Cupid’s arrows were tipped…
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Gem in the Spotlight: Topaz
… this additional color of topaz. This is the same treatment process used to put coatings on lenses for glasses and cameras. It is also one of the processes that is used to create lab grown diamonds . A thin, multi-colored film is bonded on the surface of colorless topaz to create all the colors you see in Mystic Topaz. These enhanced topaz pieces must be handled with special care because the coating can be scratched and the gem ruined very easily. Mystic topaz comes in …
