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Jet has been used in Britain since the Neolithic period [26] It continued in use in Britain through the Bronze Age where it was used for necklace beads. [26] Jet necklaces following the plate and spacer design may have been based on Gold lunula. [27] During the Iron Age jet went out of fashion until the early 3rd century AD in Roman Britain.
The updated necklace featured 52 cabochon pear-shaped emeralds and 28 rose-cut diamonds. The Duchess of Windsor wearing one of her famed emerald necklaces in 1967. Ron Galella - Getty Images
Due to large demand for jet, in Whitby , a large industry was established. [8] The fossilised material, jet was valued because it was lightweight, intense black in colour, durable, inexpensive and could be easily carved. [3] [10] Jet was used to design mourning jewellery such as bracelets, necklaces, brooches, cameos and pendants.
By 1500 BC, the peoples of the Indus Valley were creating gold earrings and necklaces, bead necklaces, and metallic bangles. [ citation needed ] Before 2100 BC, prior to the period when metals were widely used, the largest jewellery trade in the Indus Valley region was the bead trade.
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The jewels consist of a single necklace with a pendant and a locket that was made in London in the 1870s and was a gift from the 9th Duke of Argyll to his soon-to-be wife. It consists of a chain made of diamonds studded with pearls, the pendant has a pearl set in the centre which is surrounded by two rows of diamonds of different shapes.
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View of Kilmartin from Dunadd. Kilmartin Glen is an area in Argyll north of Knapdale.It has the most important concentration of Neolithic and Bronze Age remains in mainland Scotland. [1]