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YouTube documentary about Russian jewels

BlingBlingLova

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Just saw this documentary. Wow! Be prepared! Elizabeth Taylor and Queen Elizabeth pale in comparison! All I kept on thinking throughout the film was, how do you clean those jewels?! US them?! That Catherine the Great was such a diva! I read once that she would wear her emerald jewelry during negotiations with other countries as a sign of power and to intimidate.

 

OoohShiny

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51 minutes! I will have to find the time to sit and watch it, lol.

Thanks for posting! :)
 

KristinTech

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Thanks for posting! I watched it this morning, and it was very interesting! I love this era of jewelry.
 

BlingBlingLova

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Me too! What was the name of the type of diamonds they mined from India? Weren’t they flawless diamonds or something?
 

EC8

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Me too! What was the name of the type of diamonds they mined from India? Weren’t they flawless diamonds or something?

Golconda diamonds are the rarer type IIa; they do not have nitrogen impurities.
 

Luce

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Thank you so much for posting this. It was fascinating. I especially love the story about the amber room.
 
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