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In terms of jewelry, fashions change. Many parts can be disassembled and reconstructed, and the history of their gems may eventually be lost. Family traditions sometimes provide jewels with a prestigious origin. From 1762 to 1765, the 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire was at embassy in St. Petersburg at the court of Catherine the Great. In 1832, a group of Colombian emeralds weighing a total of 100 ca…