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Byline: KATE SULLIVAN
Mahatma Gandhi said, "It is health that is real wealth, not pieces of silver and gold." But until the rest of us reach enlightenment, pretty baubles will do nicely.
12,000 B.C.: Century Egyptians began glazing stone beads for jewelry.
2007: Year jade earrings and two-headed animal pendants dating back to 3,000 B.C. were discovered at a burial ground in Taiwan.
12th: Century poesy rings inscribed with messages or short poems became popular gifts during courtship.
1730s: Decade Georges FrA[c]dA[c]ric Strass introduced glass paste jewelry to the French court. Initially an amusing novelty, it became practical as highway robberies surged after the revolution.
16th: Century Queen Catherine de MA[c]dicis of France wore a charm bracelet believed to have occult powers.
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