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  2. Jewellery - Wikipedia

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    Conversely, the jewellery industry in the early 20th century launched a campaign to popularise wedding rings for men, which caught on, as well as engagement rings for men, which did not, go so far as to create a false history and claim that the practice had medieval roots. By the mid-1940s, 85% of weddings in the U.S. featured a double-ring ...

  3. Sapphire - Wikipedia

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    A star sapphire is a type of sapphire that exhibits a star-like phenomenon known as asterism; red stones are known as "star rubies". Star sapphires contain intersecting needle-like inclusions following the underlying crystal structure that causes the appearance of a six-rayed "star"-shaped pattern when viewed with a single overhead light source.

  4. Straits Chinese Jewellery Museum - Wikipedia

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    Straits Chinese Jewellery Museum exhibition hall. Straits Chinese Jewellery Museum (Malay: Muzium Perhiasan Cina Selat; simplified Chinese: 海峡华人珠宝博物馆; traditional Chinese: 海峽華人珠寶博物館; pinyin: Hǎixiá huárén zhūbǎo bówùguǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hái-kiap Hôa-jîn Chu-pó Phok-bu̍t-koán) is a museum which displays the furniture and jewellery of the ...

  5. The Star of Adam - Wikipedia

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    The Star of Adam is an oval-shaped blue star sapphire, currently the largest star sapphire in the world. [1] [2] [3] It weighs 1,404.49 carats (280.898 g; 9.9084 oz). [4]Prior to its discovery in 2015, the Black Star of Queensland, weighing 733 carats (146.6 g), was the largest star sapphire gem in the world.

  6. List of jewellery types - Wikipedia

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    This list of jewellery types is a listing of most types of jewellery made. Hair Ornaments. Crowns; Headband; Scrunchie; Hairclip; Arms. Armlet (upper arm bracelets)

  7. Medieval jewelry - Wikipedia

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    Later Viking jewelry also starts to exhibit simplistic geometric patterns. [27] The most intricate Viking work recovered is a set of two bands from the 6th century in Alleberg, Sweden. [26] Barbarian jewelry was very similar to that of the Vikings, having many of the same themes. Geometric and abstract patterns were present in much of barbarian ...

  8. Malaysian cultural outfits - Wikipedia

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    Malay children wearing traditional dresses during Hari Raya.. Pakaian (Jawi: ڤاکاين) is the term for clothing in Malaysia's national language.It is referring to things to wear such as shirts, pants, shoes etc. [1] Since Malaysia is a multicultural nation: Malay, Chinese, Indian and hundreds of other indigenous groups of Malay Peninsula and Borneo, each has its own traditional and ...

  9. On Cheong Jewellery - Wikipedia

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    Founder of On Cheong Co. Pte Ltd On Cheong Jewellery in the 1950s Singapore Chinatown On Cheong Jewellery was founded in 1936 by Ho Yew Ping, an emigrant of Guangdong Shunde province of China . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The name of the company is derived from the phrase "平安昌盛", meaning peace and prosperity.