In 2005, a research team led by Smithsonian Institution gem curator Jeffrey Post determined in their annual study that the world famous Hope Diamond was once known as the “French Blue”, part of King Louis XIV’s long-condemned crown jewels stolen during the French Revolution. Gallus Vetus was originally a 115-carat blue stone that was once […]
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Imagine the thrill. If you had been here in 1859, you would have thought nothing of it. Because it really happened. It happened at the Willard Mining Claim, a hydraulic gold mining operation at Whiskey Flat in Feather River Canyon on the north side of the town of Magalia CA. The day was April 12, […]
Did you know that jewelry is part of the fashion industry? If you knew that they had little information then you would know that it is interesting that there are many types of jewelry that people buy or create to accessorize their clothes. It is important to know that from a creative point of view, […]
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The “Hope Diamond” of Marquette Michigan, the Landmark Inn is situated on Front Street that serves as the aorta to the heart of Marquette Michigan’s Historic Downtown area. The Landmark Inn stands tall and proud, as if a watchman over Marquette Michigan’s beautiful Lower Harbor and the Lake Superior Shoreline. The Landmark Inn offers 62 […]
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The most difficult item to see at the Smithsonian National Museum of History is the Hope Diamond. Not that it is physically guarded, although an array of high-tech security guards protect the world’s largest diamonds in a glass case. Hope Diamond Chest is difficult to see because it is always surrounded by crowds of curious […]