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    Re: Queen of Norway's bracelet Archived Message

    Posted by Torkel on April 12, 2015, 8:46 am, in reply to "Re: Queen of Norway's bracelet"

    I have read the stones are Brazilian tourmalines - and I seem to recall they were first worn by Queen Sonja for a state visit in Brazil in 2003 (the stone in the tiara was worn as I brooch I think).

    --Previous Message--
    : It is not part of the Napoleonic emerald and
    : diamond parure.
    :
    : I think it is more probably part of the
    : modern set worn by Queen Sonja. On the
    : following picture, we can see the same
    : bracelet, worn along a necklace of matching
    : design (on 13th September, 2007, for the
    : State visit to Norway by the President of
    : Brazil, Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva):
    :
    :
    :
    : I think we had not found, though, if the
    : green stones are emeralds, or tourmalines,
    : or another stone.
    :
    :

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