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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9928348, member: 2844&quot;]I think [USER=86775]@Desertau[/USER] will be interested to see these, he likes Chinese &#039;stone culture&#039;.</p><p>China has a culture around stones that isn&#039;t understood outside China.</p><p>Such things are often local/national. For instance, we Dutch swoon over Mediterreanean red coral and traditionally associate it with healing properties, especially for women. In parts of Indonesia bezoars are highly valued, as are stones that are naturally shaped like &#039;Gana&#039;, spirits of nature. I have a keris hilt that is a black coral Gana, very special, but Chinese and Europeans probably see an ugly black knobbly &#039;thing&#039;.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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