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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 315285, member: 2844&quot;]I don&#039;t think Bronwen said it was mourning jewellery, just that people wanted something cheerful after wearing jet for such a long time. </p><p>Here in the Netherlands garnets were worn during several of the stages of mourning though, because the usual red corals were considered too bright. The garnets came from Bohemia, but were made into jewellery here in the Netherlands.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ever since antiquity, garnets, just like many red stones, were considered protective stones. This was still the perception when garnets were found in Bohemia ca 1600. Bohemian garnets are of excellent quality, that is why, along with the perceived protective quality, Bohemian garnets became so popular.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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