Conquistador:
Usually used in reference to 16th century Spanish soldiers who conquered the civilizations of Mexico, Central America, and Peru.
Spanish conquistadors discovered platinum artifacts among the gold they were seeking when they came to the new world. They named the curious metal "platina," or "little silver." They also considered it worthless, and discarded it.
Spanish conquistadores find platinum in South America
1580
First European lab for smelting ores to test for gold
Silver found in the New World on Roanoke Island, VA; settlement evacuated 1586 ...
In 1580, Conquistador Antonio de Sepulvada even attempted to drain Guatavita (located in Sesquilé, Cundinamarca) by cutting a channel in one side of the crater-lake's rim, in order to salvage the imagined treasures that lay at its bottom.
When grading diamonds, the rating scale ranges from I (where visible imperfections-or 'inclusions'-can be seen by the naked eye) to FL (meaning 'flawless').
Conquistador: Usually used in reference to 16th century Spanish soldiers who conquered ...
The early Spanish Conquistadores were as greedy for emeralds as they were for gold when they penetrated the jungles of South America, eventually discovering the mines of Colombia, ...
The Spanish conquistadors adopted the use of jadeite when they invaded Central America, and often wore amulets made from it. Jadeite was a magical stone of Xiuhtecuhtli, the Aztec god of fire.
Since the time of ancient legends, the more recent history of emeralds begins in South America in 1568 when the Spanish Conquistadors began mining emeralds at the Muzo mine, still the world's largest known deposit.
champion bicyclist from Vista [CA], mother for only seven weeks, called in from maternity leave for the biggest job of her life: cutting a 26-carat emerald that was unearthed by ancient Indians in Colombia, dispatched to Spain by the Conquistadors, ...
The conquistadores discovered that the clearly green Chalchihuitl, when carried on the skin, offered them protection against kidney diseases. They named the stone ‘piedra de yjada’, or ‘loin stone’.
The mine first became famous in the seventeenth century when a Spanish conquistador received it as a dowry when he married a princess from the Ayoreos tribe named Anahi.
This metal received its name from Spanish conquistadors in South America, who called it "platina," which means "little silver" in Spanish. Platinum is the rarest and most precious of all metals.
Emerald, the "green fire" of gemstones, enflamed the greed of the Spanish Conquistadors arriving in South America into murderous campaign to discover the source.
The stone originated from Columbia and was shipped to Europe by the Spanish conquistadores in the sixteenth century. Abdul Hamid II, the sultan of the Ottoman Empire wore the emerald in his belt buckle until 1909.
The legends and lore surrounding emeralds would not be complete without recounting the infamous stories of the Conquistadors.
A shape that the Spanish Conquistadors used as buttons on their trousers, and also as ornaments on their horses' bridles and saddles.
It is Bolivia's Anahi Mine named after Anahi princess from the Ayoreos tribe who was married to a Spanish conquistador and the Anahi Mine was given as dowry. The mine became famous in the seventeenth century.
Axe heads and other tools of made from Jade have been found in archeological sites throughout the world. The Spanish Conquistadors adopted the use of Jadeite when in Central America, often wearing amulets made from it.
of this bicolored natural quartz is the Anahi Mine located in the jungles of Bolivia. It is rumoured that the mines where first discovered by native Indians in the seventeenth century. Ametrine was introduced to Europe through the Conquistador's ...
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