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Show Cams Always De.ir.d Brilliant objects hsve slwsys In spired man with a passion for theli possession, snd precious stones have occupied an Important position on account ac-count ot their form and color. The history of gems runs parallel to thai of humanity and has been sssocliited with the development of religion snd science from the most remote times Their connection with the church can be traced from the offerings of Jewels In temples of the pagan gods to their place by the end of the fifteenth cen tury as the chief possession of the "treasury" of Christian churches. |