Re: Splendid jewels of HM Queen Fabiola of Belgium Archived Message
Posted by JohnPete on January 13, 2013, 6:29 pm, in reply to "Re: Splendid jewels of HM Queen Fabiola of Belgium"
I think the colored stones were glass, and when discovered they were replaced. I can't remember the source of this but the account was written in Spanish and I had to use Google to translate. I agree that those photos showed unusually bright rubies and unusually dark emeralds. Very puzzling that those settings were so rarely seen. --Previous Message-- : We often talked about this I know, but the : green stones in the necklace is maybe a : strange shade to be emeralds, but in my : opinion the most strange green color is the : one of the set of stones in the Spanish gift : tiara. : : The red stones too, are a very bright red, : compared to the Greek ruby set or to the : Danish one (I mean Princess Mary's rubies : parure from Queen Ingrid). But also compared : to the ruby sets of the Dutch RF and the : British RF. : : Queen Fabiola's aquamarines are superb, : though. :
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