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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fid, post: 4414357, member: 7724&quot;]much utter BS explanations on the internet.</p><p>in German - which was then still the main language - an Alsatian goldsmith by the name of Georg Friedrich Strass invented imitation stones around 1720s. as he was living near Strassburg ( no connection !) which itself is in the Rhine Valley certain &quot;simple minds&quot; called them Rhinestones.</p><p>wherever German was the principle language those stones were known as Strass; especially in Bohemia where the famous Gablonzer Strass comes from.</p><p>here a shocking example of made-up &quot;knowledge&quot; by eejets:</p><p><a href="https://rhinestonesu.com/blog/why-are-rhinestones-called-rhinestones/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rhinestonesu.com/blog/why-are-rhinestones-called-rhinestones/" rel="nofollow">https://rhinestonesu.com/blog/why-are-rhinestones-called-rhinestones/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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