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wealth you can wear, run with, and bury yourself in for eternity.
means Decorative objects worn on the body — rings, necklaces, bracelets, and the like — typically made of precious metals and gemstones.
from From the Old French 'jouel' or 'joel,' meaning a trinket or gem, which gave English 'jewel.' The trail likely runs back to Latin 'jocus,' meaning a joke or plaything — so a 'jewel' may share roots with the idea of something delightful and amusing, a sparkling toy for grown-ups. The British spell it 'jewellery'; Americans trimmed it to 'jewelry,' but both still wear the same Latin twinkle.
- oldest find
- beads worn 100,000 years ago in Africa
- diamond myth
- scarcity engineered by De Beers marketing in 1947
- buried wealth
- pharaohs took theirs into the afterlife
- gold trick
- so soft it's mixed with metals to survive
- pearl origin
- a defense against an irritating intruder
hope diamond — 45.52-carat blue diamond at the smithsonian, stolen from french crown jewels in 1792
koh-i-noor — 105.6-carat diamond in british crown jewels, mined in india, center of territorial disputes
cartier panther brooch — emerald and onyx panther design created 1914, worn by duchess of windsor
tutankhamun's golden mask — 11 kg gold funerary mask from 1323 bce egypt, discovered in valley of kings 1922