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Drink Your Jewelry

December 18, 2009

While drinking gold was thought to preserve youth in 16^th century France, Jewelry.com has a better way to combine jewelry with libations - without, um, killing you.

Drinking gold used to be en vogue if you were a 16^th century member of King Henry II's court, according to a recent British medical journal. But the golden elixir thought to preserve youth carried with it one tiny problem: it killed you.

Cut to: 2009, and the idea of jewelry and libations is still alive and well - but with a much better life expectancy.

Wine-colored rubies are one way to bring a little buzz to your jewelry box, especially for the holidays. Cocktail rings are certainly another fun reference to tipsy fashion - shaken, not stirred of course. And there's the emergence of an effervescent stone - champagne diamonds - that's captivated both jewelry lovers and red carpet stars this year.

Teetotalers and the tipsy alike are finding that champagne colored diamonds offer a different (and often, more affordable) option when accessorizing for a night on the town - or just a night snuggling up by the fire.

The largest supplier of the stone, Rio Tinto Diamonds, reports that natural colored diamonds are a rare occurrence (only 1 in 10,000 mined), so a champagne stone is one to be worn and treasured.

So spike the egg nog, gurgle that glogg and bring on the bubbly with drinkable jewels this year. All tolerance levels welcome!

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