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Opal Bracelets: A beautiful and valuable addition to any collection of jewelry is an opal bracelet. Opals are wonderfully colorful, but if you do not know how to care for them you will not have a beautiful piece for long! There are many things to remember about the opal bracelet. Opals are a special stone because most of them are not cut the way most other stones are cut. When opals are mined, the miners take special care because of the way an opal is created. This adds their beauty and their value. The stones of an opal bracelet are very colorful, with a different sort…

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Carved Ivory Jewelry Question: I have a necklace and bracelet set that is hand carved (I think ivory). The carvings are of sea animals. The World Market for Unworked Ivory, Tortoise-Shell, Whalebone, Whalebone Hair, Horns, Antlers, Hooves, Nails, and Claws Including Powder and Wastes Thereof: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective Price: $795.00 There are three separate bracelets, two of which have the same animal carvings, although one has smaller carvings. I can email a photo if you would like to see…

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