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  • Turkish 681 of the Steady Facet

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    LoreAmong old gem markets and mountain workshops, Turkish folk practitioners believed that stones remembered every hand that shaped them. A poorly cut gem would “resent” the cutter, while a patient hand would be rewarded with clarity and balance. The Turkish 681 of the Steady Facet was created to ward against the evil eye of envy…

  • Turkish 721 of the Nazar-faceted Lens

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    Lore: In the subterranean jewel-markets of the “Azure Vaults,” it is said that a perfect diamond can be shattered by a single glance of a jealous rival. To combat this “mineral blight,” the master lapidaries of Anatolia created the Nazar-faceted Lens. This jeweler’s loupe is not made of simple glass, but of seven layers of…