Many of you know me from my profile. I am a Graduate Gemologist, but long retired. When I studied for my degree, I had an opportunity to take classes on period jewels and antiques, but as I worked full time and had 3 children, I only took the required courses to advance my career. Basically, a Gemologist is a trained professional who can positively identify gemstones using techical instumentation. It took me 7 years to complete my degree, and I had little time for reading. However, I am fascinated with jewelry, and when I saw the crown jewels in Londen, I was captivated. Like most jewelers, I am superstitious, and historical jewelry hold many legends, and secrets. In reaality ALL gems have a story we will never know. However, jewelry has always been worn to adorn, and signify statis in every society dating as far back as civilization. I have started a Tudor library in my home, and although I have many books yet to read , I thought I might take a detour, and read some of these, as I am a bit bored with reading about royalty, and thought this would be refreshing. As I said, I know nothing about this subject, so I thought I would share some of my journey with you all. I am taking a short vacation, but will work on this further. I love all the spooky stuff, and the romance, and many jewels have curses, the Hope Diamond in particular, so this should be a hoot. I have 2 personal stories about cursed stones I will share later.These books are expensive, but they have gorgeous illustrations, and so I feel they are worth the investment. Happy new year to you all. It has been a very tough one here in the USA.

2  out of 2 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?    

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