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...The rooms are contemporary in the extreme: monochromatic, angular, with bright-white walls, platform beds, floating staircases and huge windows that frame postcards of the horizon....
...Or that Corian, used primarily in kitchen worktops, could be carved and set with opals....
...In 1929, the dashing aviator Opal Kunz dropped a mass of them from her plane directly over the site of the battle of Stony Point....
...However, Hong Kong proved an unexpectedly bright spot as its exports to mainland China more than doubled to US$1.2bn in December....
...Their oils are rich in potent antioxidants, so even tired skin looks hydrated and bright after (don’t be put off by the oils, either, this treatment even works wonders for spot-prone complexions)....
...Market research provider Euromonitor predicts that China’s $90bn jewellery retail market will grow 22 per cent over the next five years, which is a bright spot compared with a 15 per cent decline for the...
...The multicolour Lagon bracelet is made from platinum and features an enormous oval 85.42-carat cabochon-cut black opal at its centre, alongside sapphire beads, emerald long beads, Paraiba tourmalines and...
...In the workplace, short-length necklaces were worn with bright skirt suits featuring large shoulder-pads....
...Other popular colours were light blue and green gems (particularly emeralds) and bright yellows – especially large, traditional yellow diamonds....
...The Isola Bella necklace has strands of sunshine bright precious and semi-precious stone beads combined with cool blue sapphires, verdant emeralds and bright pink tourmalines....
...Christian Dior blooms bright this season....
...Similarly, fire opal, an intense orange gem without the famous play of colour common to traditional opals and found in Mexico, was used in the cougar necklace and was also difficult to source because of...
...Jukebox-bright green tsavorites, zesty mandarin garnets and fiesty opals join the more traditional stone lexicon to create bursts of brilliant colour....
...Its spin-off, Milly Carnivora, took the theme further, adding day-glo lacquers to a pot-pourri of bright stones, introducing shades never seen in high jewellery before....
...Verdura, for example, offers pieces set with bright topaz set into 18-carat yellow gold to enhance the blue....
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