Timur Ruby, that belonged to Mughul emperors, inscribed with their names on the ruby itself, in Persian, I am sure.
"Given" by East India Co. to Queen Victoria (with the whole of India of course)--and now among the Queen E II's jewels--
http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/eGallery/object.asp?object=100017&row=0
That's why I hate jewels.
Come with a lot of blood from the get go, to get them out of the ground, and end with a lot of blood.
My former spouse "loved" Marie Antoinette's flawless diamond ear-rings, with her till she mounted the guillotine,
but I hate that sort of thing. It is now in the Smithsonian Natural History Museum on the Mall, in Washington DC.
Still, may write a novel of one of the most famous gemstones.
Everyone should see the movie Blood Diamonds, with Leonardo Decaprio (sp?)
KMKaung
6-26-2014
