Jewelry Design Awards Again With A Bang!
Base metal costume jewelry may be plated with silver, gold, or rhodium for a more attractive finish. Pliny could have mentioned them, though there may be some debate as to the exact nature of the stone he known as Adamas. In 2005, Australia, Botswana, Russia and Canada ranked among the major sources of gemstone diamond production. Diamonds mined during the latest civil wars in Angola, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, and other nations have been labelled as blood diamonds when they are mined in a war zone and offered to finance an insurgency. The tension between lab-created and natural diamonds must…Continue Reading