A PAIR OF JADEITE, ONYX AND DIAMOND FARGESIA BAMBOO EARRINGS EARRINGS, AUSTY LEE Each designed as a narrow cylinder composed of alternating bands of jade, onyx and rondelles of circular-cut diamonds and diamonds of yellow and brown tint, with a pear-shaped diamond of stronger yellow tint, suspended from a drop-shaped diamond and onyx top, all in a green tint gold; estimated total diamond weight 2.34 carats; mounted in 18k yellow gold; length 9.4cm
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Accompanied by a Hong Kong Jade & Stone Laboratory report stating that the natural colour fei cui (jadeite jade) has no resin detected. Report #SJ198378, dated 14 January 2021.
Coloured diamonds have not been tested for natural colour origin.
Rock engraving throws spotlight on Australia s top-secret World War II mustard gas program
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Ross Ashley Bryan, far right, second row from the bottom, was one of the RAAF chemical warfare armourers at Innisfail in 1944.
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In 1943, a young man carved his name, the date, and his place of birth, into a rock outside the old Glenbrook Railway Tunnel, at the eastern side of the Blue Mountains.
Almost 80 years later, that small act has highlighted his remarkable involvement in the top-secret Australian storage of deadly mustard gas during World War II despite a ban on its use after World War I.
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