Colour of Paradise, the Emerald in the Age of the Gunpowder Empires. Kris Lane (Yale, Pounds 25) Among the magnificent gems and jewels left behind by the great European courts and long-vanished Islamic empires, emeralds, by virtue of their sheer size and prominence, have always been a main feature of the crowns, regalia and precious treasures which were once the pride of rajahs and kings. But the emerald also has a special significance - for the Mughals, Ottomans and Safavids, this mysterious green stone was, as it remains for all Muslims, the colour of Paradise, reserved for the Prophet Muhammad and his descendants.
... develop a thesis on the theme of precious stones for any imaginative MA student, and dramatic incid... as New Christians, nearly all of them wholesale merchants in gold and jewels (clearly emeralds wer...
A LITTLE boy is lowered into a tiny hole in the ground, his shoulders scraping along earth walls as his hands grope for the finger holds. Above ground, children talk of aching joints and sores, while next to them, a mother holds out a shining bauble of mercury, enough to poison the babies around her feet, before she prepares food without washing her hands.
...', consumers can now be sure that precious stones they buy have been sourced ethically. But, ... possible to source ethically.' One wholesale middleman secretly filmed by the Dispatches team e...
A LITTLE boy is lowered into a tiny hole in the ground, his shoulders scraping along earth walls as his hands grope for the finger holds. Above ground, children talk of aching joints and sores, while next to them, a mother holds out a shining bauble of mercury, enough to poison the babies around her feet, before she prepares food without washing her hands.
...-monds', consumers can now be sure that precious stones they buy have been sourced ethically. But, ... possible to source ethically.' One wholesale middleman secretly filmed by the Dispatches team e...
IN response to James Winters' letter (December 17), Do Jewellers Care? Yes, indeed we do! I share James Winters' concern for ethical sources of gold and diamonds.
... world people are exploited to mine for precious metals and gems. I would like to see jewellery com... jewellers buy in their jewellery from wholesalers, who in turn buy in from manufacturers, who in tur..., but unfortunately diamonds and precious stones don't come with a sticker saying "mined in Central...
IF YOU are looking for a rock-solid investment, be wary of the most impressive rock of all - a diamond. While the precious stone may be a girl's best friend, as an alternative investment diamonds should be treated with caution.
... double what diamonds may cost on the wholesale market. The door is firmly closed to any industry ...It was cut into seven major stones and 96 smaller ones. The largest stones were set i...
... and Context Cut, covering diamonds and precious stones for processing as jewellery. Mr Hölterhoff... prospects and relations with their wholesale and retail customers would be impossible to quanti...
... made from, gold, silver or other precious metals, including transactions in gold or silver t... the purposes of transactions in precious stones or pearls, or. (c) a capacity measure of 125 , 150...89 Saving for use of certain units in wholesale transactions. (1) Except as the Secretary of State...
ROMANTICS all over the world were sighing this week when the Duchess of Windsor's jewels -- love-tokens from her husband -- went under the hammer. But the craftsmen of New York and Paris, who made the magnificent haul, must have been spinning in their graves.
... nine religious crosses in various precious stones went for Pounds 601,250. Showing the utmost...A wholesale clear- out of all correspondence at the time of th...
PICTURE your dream home on a Mediterranean island. The walls are whitewashed and sun streams in through wide olivewood windows. The view as far as the eye can see is a stretch of perfect blue water. In the evenings there are the most magnificent sunsets imaginable. The doorways and stairs in your three-storey house are decorated with the vivid red, black and cream rocks of the island.
... saffron comes, their yellow stamens more precious than gold, carpet the hillsides, nodding and danci...In just a few days, this wholesale destruction brought to an end the Bronze Age cultu... bare chests decorated with semiprecious stones -- laughed together as they harvested flowers or m...
Any reputable UK dealer would be horrified to think they ever came close to a blood diamond WITH only a week to go before Valentine's Day, anyone considering a generous romantic gesture should take heart from the fact that diamonds have proved to be a strong hedge against the falling pound over the past year, and prices are now rising.
... reasons, according to Stephen Turner of wholesale and retail diamond dealers Macintyres of Edinburgh... are more likely to shop for uncut stones in one of the diamond markets in Antwerp, Tel Aviv...The precious metal in which it is set also has a value. Turner ...
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