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RE: RE:Last one to post, wins - 10/27/2007 8:49:44 PM   
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RE: RE:Last one to post, wins - 10/27/2007 8:51:49 PM   
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RE: RE:Last one to post, wins - 10/27/2007 8:53:07 PM   
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RE: RE:Last one to post, wins - 10/27/2007 8:54:10 PM   
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RE: RE:Last one to post, wins - 10/27/2007 8:55:16 PM   
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Status: offline 		It's funny: I remember learning back in grammar school that what made King Tut's burial mask so valuable to the ancient Egyptians was not the gold (of which they had plenty, apparently) but the blue glass (which was a rarity).

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RE: RE:Last one to post, wins - 10/27/2007 8:57:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well, there was a reason people decided to dig up rocks and spend hours upon hours honing them into the gems we have today. And the setting is everything with jewelry for me, if it's dull or ugly, I probably won't like it, and I love marcasite(spelling?) and fancy settings.

Once upon a time, aluminum was as precious, if not more so, then gold. Mostly, what is rare is more valuable then what is common.

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RE: RE:Last one to post, wins - 10/27/2007 9:00:04 PM   
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Once upon a time, aluminum was as precious, if not more so, then gold.


Brings to mind another fun fact: The top of the Washington Monument is a 9-inch-high pyramid made of aluminum. Back then (1880s), no one had developed an economical process for smelting aluminum, so this was quite a pricy bit of metal. It was displayed in the window at Tiffany before being brought to DC.

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RE: RE:Last one to post, wins - 10/27/2007 9:04:02 PM   
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Status: offline 		" The statue known as Eros in Piccadilly Circus London, was made in 1893 and is one of the first statues to be cast in aluminium." According to wiki. Which personally to me looks much cooler.

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RE: RE:Last one to post, wins - 10/27/2007 9:05:10 PM   
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RE: RE:Last one to post, wins - 10/27/2007 9:06:07 PM   
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RE: RE:Last one to post, wins - 10/27/2007 9:08:32 PM   
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Quite fond of the starkness of the monument; really glad they ran out of money before building the ghastly colonnade around the bottom.

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RE: RE:Last one to post, wins - 10/27/2007 9:11:30 PM   
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RE: RE:Last one to post, wins - 10/27/2007 9:12:13 PM   
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RE: RE:Last one to post, wins - 10/27/2007 9:13:59 PM   
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Status: offline 		Victorian, and Art Nouveau comes to mind, but I admit, I am not an architecture buff. Art deco is still my favorite, but not always as fancy, from what I have seen. Then again, Arts and Crafts/Craftsmen is extremely pretty and can be done well simply.

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RE: RE:Last one to post, wins - 10/27/2007 9:14:58 PM   
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RE: RE:Last one to post, wins - 10/27/2007 9:15:17 PM   
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I'm partial to Gothic cathedrals!

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RE: RE:Last one to post, wins - 10/27/2007 9:17:14 PM   
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RE: RE:Last one to post, wins - 10/27/2007 9:20:42 PM   
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RE: RE:Last one to post, wins - 10/27/2007 9:21:58 PM   
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RE: RE:Last one to post, wins - 10/27/2007 9:22:50 PM   
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