The largest gold nugget ever found in the U.S. was in California and it weighed 195 pounds? I wish I had found that nugget

The largest Pearl ever found weighed 14 pounds? Whoa…That’s almost more than what I weigh

Did you know that an Opal will cut glass just like a Diamond? Interesting Jewelry fact

A carat is the unit of weight for gemstones, one carat is 1/5 of a gram and 28 grams equals one ounce

Did you know that a rare one carat red Diamond (its size was about that of a pencil eraser) sold at an auction for a million dollars? I so want that diamond.

Although a Diamond is known to be the hardest material mineral known to man, if you hit it with a hammer you would crush it to a powder. Don’t believe me? Try it.

It’s so called “hardness” relates to the diamond’s ability to scratch other materials. But never test a diamond by scratching a glass surface, it will damage the surface of the diamond. Even an imitation glass diamond will scratch the surface of glass.

Do you know that colored Diamonds are called “fancies” and are quite rare? Those with pronounced colors are worth more than the finest white varieties.

Did you know that gold in its pure form (24 carats) is so soft that it bends easily like lead metal? It has to be mixed with other metals to make durable jewelry. That is the reason why gold comes in different carats, like 18 carat gold, 14 carat gold, and 10 carat gold. 10 carat gold being the one with less gold in it.

Did you know that Platinum is one of the world’s strongest metals? It weighs 60% more than karat gold. Not

everyone can be privilege enough to own Platinum jewelry because there simply isn’t enough of it in world.

For example: all the Platinum ever mined would fit in an average sized living room

Now I bet you didn’t know all these interesting jewelry facts.

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