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  2. Spikenard - Wikipedia

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    Spikenard. Spikenard, also called nard, nardin, and muskroot, is a class of aromatic amber-colored essential oil derived from Nardostachys jatamansi, a flowering plant in the honeysuckle family which grows in the Himalayas of Nepal, China, and India. The oil has been used over centuries as a perfume, a traditional medicine, or in religious ...

  3. List of jewellery types - Wikipedia

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  4. The story behind Taylor Swift's diamond matching 'TNT ... - AOL

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    She said Swift’s bracelet costs $6,360, is 14K yellow gold and has 4.62ctw of lab-grown diamonds. The team used pave diamonds to make the “TNT,” she said. As for Kelce’s bangle, his is ...

  5. Poly(methyl methacrylate) - Wikipedia

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    Ibanez and B.C. Rich have also made acrylic guitars. Ludwig-Musser makes a line of acrylic drums called Vistalites, well known as being used by Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham. Artificial nails in the "acrylic" type often include PMMA powder. Some modern briar, and occasionally meerschaum, tobacco pipes sport stems made of Lucite.

  6. Navaratna - Wikipedia

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    Navaratna ( Sanskrit: नवरत्न) is a Sanskrit compound word meaning "nine gems " or "ratnas". Jewellery created in this style has important cultural significance in many southern, and south-eastern Asian cultures as a symbol of wealth, and status, and is claimed to yield talismanic benefits towards health and well-being.

  7. The diamond industry is ‘in trouble’ after prices sunk 6% ...

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    Desire for the product has quickly taken market share from mined diamonds, with 13.5% of diamond jewelry items sold in the U.S., the largest diamond consumer, containing lab-grown gems, per ...

  8. 'Antiques Roadshow': diamond and ruby jewelry worth a fortune

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    The collection consisted of a ring, a pendant necklace and a bracelet that was worth a lot more than she expected. The appraiser said, "The ring with the fine ruby and the very very white diamonds ...

  9. Silicon carbide - Wikipedia

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    Many thermal diamond-testing devices cannot distinguish moissanite from diamond, but the gem is distinct in its birefringence and a very slight green or yellow fluorescence under ultraviolet light. Some moissanite stones also have curved, string-like inclusions, which diamonds never have. Steel production