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Book Your Virtual ConsultationA beautiful 18ct75% pure gold (or 750 parts pure gold and 250 parts other metals) More gold cross that was made circa 1820 and is most likely of French origin. It has been pinched collet set with six pale foiled pink topazIt comes in many colours, including brown, green. blue, yellow, red, pink and orange. Topaz is very hard, being 8 on the Mohs scale, with a high cleavage. More and four old mine cutAn 18th, 19th and early 20th century diamond shape, typically cushion or asymmetrical, marked by a small table, a high crown and a large culet. Culets are the small flat facets at the bottom of a stone which appear to the untrained eye as a hole in the middle of the stone. Before the advent of modern machinery which allows for the precise faceting we see tod... More diamonds. Pink topaz does exist in nature, but it is rare and mostly pale in colour. In order to improve the colour, these stones were traditionally pinked by foiling them with a red foilA thin metal foil placed behind a gemstone within a closed-back setting to improve its appearance. Metallic foil improves the reflectivity of certain gemstones, whilst coloured foils act as colouring agents when placed behind colourless materials, such as paste and rock crystal. The practice of foil-backing gemstones can be traced back to Minoan times (circa... More as in this case.
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