Hints and tips:
...Precious stones are in extensive evidence, from creams infused with jade, pearl and diamonds to massages with hot quartz rocks and opal gems....
...I wear my [Andrew] Grima all day long, I always wear my pearls, even if I am taking my dog for a walk. I think that is how you should wear jewellery.”...
...It has been seven years since the last Pearl Jam album, the longest gap in their 30-year history....
...Jauntily set off-centre, pink and pistachio-coloured pearls cling to earrings, the base of a necklace or sit almost accidentally atop a ring, the stone — in essence — embodying tie-dye ink....
...In 1976, the celebrated photographer Richard Avedon was commissioned by Rolling Stone magazine to create a series of portraits on American power....
...At 6ft 5in and 18 stone, Itoje has been described as a “one-man wrecking ball”, but that doesn’t do justice to his talents....
...(A fancy intense stone has a less rich colour than a fancy vivid.)...
...“We are committed to ‘stepping stones’.”...
...Given Eilean Shona’s associations with perpetual childhood, there can be no more appropriate place to stay than in its granite-gabled former schoolhouse, a dourly majestic creation by the Victorian architect...
...Nadine McCarthy-Kahane of Stone and Strand, a fine jewellery etailer based in New York, came to Las Vegas with a targeted approach....
...With supplies dwindling for coloured diamonds, other coloured gems and natural pearls, prices will rise....
...You wanna be the Rolling Stones.” Transparent is different indeed....
...After the 10th sitting, Matisse ran to the Louvre, meticulously examined Veronese’s stately girl in gold-embroidered, pearl-encrusted blue velvet, then hurried back to simplify and flatten his own composition...
...They have worked with acts from Madonna and Metallica to the Rolling Stones and Red Hot Chilli Peppers....
...EP from their Madrid concert, Busta Rhymes, Shakira, Pearl Jam and the Dave Matthews Band. 2.30pm Execs from Universal, EMI and Merlin are on stage to say what a fabulous idea the whole thing is. 2.29pm...
...Such was the lyrical and musical suppleness of their songs that they were covered by a wide variety of artists: Fats Domino, The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Edith Piaf....
...“Emeralds is very detailed with lots of intricate patterns formed by all the dancers on stage at once, like the facets of a stone....
...match the colour of the 150-carat green beryl stone used as the clasp and centrepiece....
...One style included a pear-cut stone, a plump pearl, a substantial diamond and a 1cm-long leaf that all appeared to embrace the finger – though I couldn’t try it on, so I couldn’t gauge whether it would suit...
...And which would you rather swagger down the Champs Elysée with: a cascade of emeralds, opals and pearls round your neck or a Louis XVI commode? Maria Doulton of The Jewellery Editor...
...£9.99 Majestic Emilio Lustau, Puerto Fino NV Sherry Very smoky distinctive nose....
...The Lodge, a six-bedroom stone-and-wood guesthouse, modelled on Yosemite’s Ahwahnee Hotel, is already open along with a restaurant....
...It is fronted by grand, solid stone gates built by Italian and Slovak masons to distinguish it from the neighbouring hamlet of Tuxedo, populated by the working classes....
...Jewellery and watches will be offered the following day, with one of the top lots being a $300,000 diamond, ruby and pearl necklace....
...That is not just because the quality varies from stone to stone but also because culture can affect demand....
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