Cold Stones: 9 Gems That Will Make You Feel Like a Peasant: Media
Carve out a little time for a tour of the vault.
Images
The Canning Jewel, pendant of enameled gold, rubies, diamonds, and baroque and blister...
Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Blue sapphire, natural specimen
© Erica and Harold Van Pelt Photographers
Emerald
© Erica and Harold Van Pelt Photographers
Iridescence in an opal recovered from Opalville Mine, Queensland, Australia.
Photograph by sulla55. Houston Museum of Natural Science, 28.2006
Amethyst
© Erica and Harold Van Pelt Photographers
A Mughal dagger with a white nephrite jade hilt and sheath fittings set with emeralds,...
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase (M.71.1.35a-b), www.lacma.org