There are, as you might expect, lots of diamonds and pearls in among those thousands: Look out, in particular, for the ?Rothschild American Natural Freshwater Pearl Necklace.?? Its pearls, found naturally in only one out of every 10,000 mussels, were carefully selected over 10 years by the gem expert and dealer Meyer D. Rothschild for a necklace he gave to his wife, Edith.
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All that glitters at the MFA
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