Most of the gold that's been extracted throughout human history has ended up as jewellery, but it has got one thing going for it and that's that it is incredibly rare.
The resulting fossils have both aesthetic and scientific value, and in 1993, Eric the pliosaur was almost made into jewelry by a broke owner looking to sell and potentially break up the pieces.
Charles had brought back magnificent diamonds, and the value of their setting, together with the plate and jewelry of the new establishment, amounted to more than two hundred thousand francs.
Even I myself began to know the want of money (I mean of ready money in my own pocket), and to relieve it by converting some easily spared articles of jewelery into cash.