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  1. From Scandinavia to raid the monasteries as they were places of wealth with, precious ,metal working taking place in them. Some larger ecclesiastical
  2. Crown: The coat of arms is surmounted by a crown with a golden band inset with, precious ,stones and decorated with five ornamental leaves. This crown first appeared in
  3. Visible, whether the image were viewed frontally or in profile. Since works of, precious ,gems and metals usually do not survive the ravages of time, we are lucky to
  4. Taxes low. Its industrial outputs are crude petroleum, natural gas, coal,gold, precious ,metals, zinc and other mining, seafood processing, timber and wood products.
  5. One of the finest natural examples of this ordering phenomenon can be found in, precious ,opal, in which brilliant regions of pure spectral color result from
  6. Dynasty, and social elites gathered to view art, share their own, and trade, precious ,artworks. Philosophers such as Cheng Yi and Chu His reinvigorated Confucianism
  7. Animal shell, and wood. For most of human history, pearls were the ultimate, precious ,beads of natural origin because of their rarity, although the pearl-culturing
  8. Black rock quarried from the moats, and were covered with brass, tin and the, precious ,metal orichalcum, respectively. According to Critics,9,000 years before his
  9. Later that what he in fact unintentionally" stole" was significant amounts of, precious ,ambergris that comprised the vomit and had clung to his clothing. In" Lead 'Em
  10. Also became fashionable. He was also able to detect traces of chromium in, precious ,gemstones, such as ruby or emerald. During the 1800s,chromium was primarily
  11. In this temple are also deposited a great many holy gifts, craters,rings and, precious ,stones, offered to Achilles in gratitude. One can still read inscriptions in
  12. In this period some" artisanal" products (such as textiles) were much more, precious ,and expensive than paintings or sculptures. The first division into major and
  13. Medieval Latin Amber and Old French Amber. The word originally referred to a, precious ,oil derived from the Sperm whale (now called ambergris). The sense was
  14. Rare earth elements, chromite,gold, zinc,talc, barites,sulfur, lead,marble, precious ,and semi- precious stones, natural gas, and petroleum among other things.
  15. Electrons),and iron is the reducing agent (it loses electrons). Traces of, precious ,metals such as gold may be left in the original solution. Treating the mixture
  16. Way to frame a painted or bas-relief portrait, or protect an expensive and, precious ,mirror during the High Renaissance; Italian precedents were imitated in France
  17. Have ridges along the sides (historically used to prevent the" shaving" of, precious ,metals from the coins),which can now be used for identification. ** Some
  18. Also used to strengthen each other, for more practical purposes. Quite often, precious ,metals were alloyed with less valuable substances as a means to deceive buyers.
  19. At Naomi, near the site of Salamis, has yielded the richest Aegean treasure in, precious ,metal found outside Mycenae. E. Chanter in 1894 picked up lustreless ware, like
  20. Obliquely down to the side, typically made of leather, often ornamented with, precious ,stones, metals or both. There was also a similar belt worn by the Romans
  21. Frequent reason for purchasing coins is as an investment. As with stamps, precious ,metals or other commodities, coin prices are cyclical based on supply and
  22. Large amounts of time and money on ineffective treatments may be left with, precious ,little of either, and may forfeit the opportunity to obtain treatments that
  23. That always attracted the eyes of the masses, while his rival was a trader in, precious ,stones, the virtues and values of which were appreciated only by the
  24. In the region. Exports from the Hunan Empire were largely forest products and, precious ,metals—including gold elephants, ivory,rhinoceros horn, kingfisher feathers
  25. Of the Romans" and" from the knowledge gained in baptism, clothed in gold and, precious ,stones the bodies of the holy martyrs whom the Romans had killed by fire, by
  26. By Hephaestus. " ... and among them went bright-eyed Athene, holding the, precious ,aegis which is ageless and immortal: a hundred tassels of pure gold hang
  27. On aircraft with this feature allows the heavily loaded and fueled aircraft, precious ,seconds to attain sufficient air velocity and lift to sustain normal flight.
  28. Amalgams have been used since 200 BC in China for plating objects with, precious ,metals, called gilding, such as armor and mirrors. The ancient Romans often
  29. Die was Sugar in 1152,of whom Bernard wrote to Eugenics III," If there is any, precious ,vase adorning the palace of the King of Kings it is the soul of the venerable
  30. Course while the grave was dug wherein the Gothic chief and some of his most, precious ,spoils were interred. When the work was finished, the river was turned back
  31. Royal and Mont Saint-Nazaire. These hills are known for a great richness in, precious ,minerals. Canadian Shield The northern parts of Saskatchewan, Manitoba,Ontario
  32. Sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, and, precious , stones. Natural hazards Icebergs are common from February to August in the
  33. Treasure" was much more beautiful to me than miracles. These things are so, precious ,that they have been valued at 100,000 florins ". — which afflicted him for the
  34. Plastic, and synthetic stones; in place of more valuable materials such as, precious ,metals and gems. Etymology The term costume jewelry dates back to the early
  35. Was placed in one of the stance of the Vatican hitherto reserved for the most, precious ,works of antiquity. In 1802,at the personal request of Napoleon, Canova
  36. Circumstances. Historically, this was often a promise to exchange the money for, precious ,metals in some fixed amount. Now, when many currencies are fiat money, the "
  37. The knowledge, methods,and working standards needed to protect and preserve, precious ,materials of all kinds. " Thomson was associated with the National Gallery (
  38. The gold, silver,or tin behind. Mercury was often used in mining, to extract, precious ,metals like gold and silver from their ores. Many ancient civilizations alloyed
  39. S production, roughly half comes from the province of Huelva. Mining for, precious ,metals at Mines de Riotinto in Huelva (see Rio Tinto Group) dates back to
  40. Mimic the supposed natural processes, occurring in the Earth's core, by which, precious ,metals were believed to be germinated. The name comes from the medieval-Latin
  41. Goods than it imported so that foreigners would have to pay the difference in, precious ,metals. Mercantilists asserted that only raw materials that could not be
  42. Inflation has been negligible for the past several years. New sectors, such as, precious ,stone processing and jewelry making, information and communication technology
  43. Historical town in the South Bohemian Region. File: Czech crown jewels. JPG|The, precious ,Czech Crown Jewels are the fourth oldest in Europe. Czechoslovakia or
  44. Him. *8. Ezra gathers a large body of returnees and much gold and silver and, precious ,vessels for the Temple and camps by a canal outside Babylon. There he discovers
  45. From gemstones to common minerals) and metals. Of the latter, only a few, precious ,metals occur in pure forms, but other purified base metals may as well be
  46. Led to the discovery of iron and glass. After gold was discovered and became a, precious ,metal, many people were interested to find a method that could convert other
  47. Here is not entirely clear) and textiles from Assyria, that were traded for, precious ,metals in Anatolia. Like many city-states in Mesopotamian history, Ashur was
  48. Of the larger ecclesiastical settlements erected round towers to prevent their, precious ,items being plundered and also to show their status and strength against these
  49. Theory was bullionism, a doctrine stressing the importance of accumulating, precious ,metals. Mercantilists argued that a state should export more goods than it
  50. The individual taking the coin that he was getting a certain known weight of, precious ,metal. Coins could be counterfeited, but they also created a new unit of

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