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This Garnet Bee Pendant has a glorious and gorgeous majesty in petite form resembling a bee. The bee's body has glittering cubic zirconia set in beautiful .925 sterling silver, and shining Garnet wings flaring out in lustrous fashion. This will give any outfit a beautiful finish. It measures approximately 18mm L x 21mm W. Thailand's jewelry artisans work in a rich gem-trading environment with well-established traditions. Thailand exports about 80 billion bhat in gems ($2,400,000,000 -rough and polished). Bangkok sells the most colored gems in Thailand, and probably the world, but in Chantaburi, a city of 400,000 three hours from Bangkok, the capital of a long tradition of gem trading and polishing, there are thousands of mom-and-pop factories with people working for hours in their polishing and finishing crafts. Chantaburi is the gem capital of Thailand. In Chantaburi, talented Thai artisans have very rough, coal-fired backyard barbecue ovens made out of inexpensive materials to process their gems. The cottages that do the actual polishing have men and women sitting at polishing wheels for hours and hours, churning out their beautiful jewelry pieces. Additional Details
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