|
Birthstone
Cuff Link Collectors:
The New Craze
Buying Antique Native American Jewelry
Cleaning Pearls
Mourning Ring for Charles?
Gioie - Italian Jewels Online
Art Nouveau Jewelry
Buy This Art Print At AllPosters.com
Jewelry & Gems: The Buying Guide, 4th Edition:
How to Buy Diamonds, Pearls, Colored Gemstones, Gold & Jewelry with Confidence and Knowledge
by Antoinette Matlins, Antonio Bonanno
Pearls
by Fred Ward
The Pearl Book, 2nd Edition:
The Definitive Buying Guide to How to Select,
Buy, Care for & Enjoy Pearls
by Antoinette Matlins
Gem & Jewelry Pocket Guide:
A Traveler's Guide to Buying Diamonds,
Colored Gems, Pearls, Gold and Platinum Jewelry
by Renee Newman
|
 |
Famous Gold Nuggets
|
The Pride of Australia gold nugget
This attractive nugget was found at Mosquito Gully near Wedderburn in June 1981. It
weighs 256 ounces and is second only in size to the Hand of Faith amongst those nuggets found by metal detector.
|
|
The Pride of Australia gold nugget
|
It was purchased for $250 000 by the State Bank of Victoria as a gift to the people of Victoria for the State’s 150th anniversary in 1985.
|
|
It was displayed in the State Bank, then in the Museum of Victoria, until it was stolen in a smash and grab raid on its case in August 1991. Its fate is unknown.
*The troy system is used to measure weights of precious metals such as gold, and has units of ounces, pennyweights and grains. A troy ounce contains 20 pennyweights and 1 pennyweight contains 24 grains. One troy ounce is equivalent to 31.1 grams in the metric system.
|
|
|
|
Gillett's Jewellers for Australian Opals
|
