Facts related to jewelry

Jewelry is in the fashion from ancient times. The first jewelry was made of bones and animal teeth and dates back to the Stone Age. Jewelry of gold, copper and silver are in the trend from the ancient civilizations of the Aztec's, Egyptians and Romans. The word Jewelry is derived from the Latin word jocale, meaning "plaything," and the word jewel, which was anglicised in the 13th century from the Old French word jouel.

Jewelry has been made of many kinds of organic and inorganic materials such as hair, feathers, leather, scales, bones, shells, wood, ceramics, metals and minerals. But today when most people refer to jewelry, we refer to precious or semiprecious stones fixed in attractive metals such as gold, silver, platinum, copper and brass. Gold of course being the favorite.



Some facts related to jewelry:-

Men were the first to wear jewelry as a status symbol and as good luck amulets to aid them in battle.

Aaron, first high priest of the Hebrews, wore 12 gemstones mounted in his silver breastplate.This is when birthstones originated.

The legendary Croesus was the first King he was the founder of gold coins.He was the greatest collector of gold in history.

The first lady who wore diamond was Agnes Sorel, the mistress of King Charles VII of France.

The value of a diamond depends upon carat weight, color,clarity and cut. Cutting and polishing. these are some reason which makes diamond costly.

58.3% of pure gold is an item marked 14k.

About 75% of American receive a diamond engagement ring.