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Think of a knight and the popular image of a knight in shining armor, sitting astride his trusty steed with a sword or lance in hand and ready to serve and honor his king, may spring to mind. These were all essential characteristics of a knight, but becoming one was no easy feat, and definitely not possible for everyone.
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Horse fanciers and riding aficionados frequently like to demonstrate their affection for the animals and their hobby. There are several methods of doing this. Children may decorate their bedrooms with wallpaper with horses on it or wear buttons.
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People are fond of gemstones partly because they are expensive and partly because they are beautiful. Gemstones have the particular quality of being able to reflect and occasionally even refract to make the stone sparkle.
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Diamonds have been in use for jewelry for thousands of years. It is judged that they were first used and actively mined 3,000 years ago in India, but there is also proof that it was used there around 6,000 years ago. In those days it was almost impossible to cut or polish the diamonds.
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People like valuable gemstones for various reasons. Some store wealth in jewelry and precious metals, some wear then to show off their wealth and their self-perceived status, some believe that wearing their birthstone will bring them health, wealth and happiness and others wear them because they look nice.
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Blue and green are two of the most popular colours among people and with nature - the sea, water, the sky and plants are all green or blue or turquoise, a greeny-blue. Turquoise is the colour of the open sea. It is not a difficult colour to like and it matches with most colour schemes.
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The majority of women like jewellery, Many men do as well, but they tend to prefer gadgets and watches. In many countries women store their wealth in jewellery as exemplified by the Fifties song “Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend”. Asian women in particular accumulate gold.
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The history of the 1930s say that when the stock market crashed in the year 1929, it was the start of the Great Depression. People who traded in the stock market tried to sell their share but no one was buying. Many people traded in the stock market because it was the surest and quickest way to get rich.
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Mother of Pearl, also known as nacre, is the lining found on the inside of the shells of some molluscs. It is a white to pinkish iridescent layer that the inhabitant finds simple to glide on top of. Oysters are a major source of Mother of Pearl for the purposes of jewelry.
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Sometimes that rut we are in is so boring we would do anything to break out of it. The status quo can be mind-numbing. You wake up, fix breakfast and lunches, get the kids out the door, go to work, come home, cook dinner and go to bed. Ho-Hum. Face it, this is okay once in a while, but day after day it becomes unbearable.
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