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Turquoise is an amazing mineral with positive attributes and is known throughout the world. It is a combination of the colors blue and green, providing similar freshness and reassuring traits of each. Turquoise color is connected to connotations of calmness, refinement, power, knowledge, peacefulness, wellness, strength, steadfastness, the feeling of love, happiness, serenity, perseverance, insight, …
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Wedding traditions are just that, traditions. Many of these traditions are adhered to by grooms throughout the world without any knowledge or consideration as to why the traditions are being followed. For instance, the bride stands on the left during most wedding ceremonies. The tradition comes from the era when there was a real-life thing …
Traditional choices are part of our lives and impact our decisions more than we know. For example, people getting married choose gold and diamonds for wedding and engagement rings a great percentage of time partly due to tradition. However, the fact of the matter is the tradition of choosing gold and diamonds has only been …
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Carlin, Nevada is in Eureka County. There is a famous turquoise mine there called Number 8. It was found in 1925 and then mined finally 4 years later in 1929. The mine is no longer mined for turquoise, but it is mined for gold at present. Number 8 is the mine that produced a selection …
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