10 Gemstones Fun Facts you didn’t know
- Garnet was named after the seeds of a pomegranate.
- Amber is the softest gemstone; diamond is the hardest.
- The largest diamond found in the United States, to date, is known as the Uncle Sam Diamond.
- It takes anywhere from one to three years to grow a cultured pearl.
- The Queen of England’s jewelry collection is worth an estimated $57 million dollars.
- In the Middle Ages, women would wear Opals to protect the color of their blonde hair.
- Peridot was Cleopatra’s favorite gemstone.
- After millions upon millions of years, it is assumed that the Sun will become one large diamond-star!
- The Heart of the Ocean, from James Cameron’s “Titanic” was not completely fictitious – it is believed that a rather large sapphire went down with Titanic on that fateful night.
- One of the largest sapphires is known as the Star of Asia, which is currently housed at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.
