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Auspicious and romantic, the colour red is loved by women, especially in Asia, and so is the ruby. A blood-red stone that adds dramatic affect to jewellery, it is especially favoured in high jewellery ...

It was the smell that put off the men and women charged with converting the subcutaneous fat from freshly slaughtered elephants into ruby red beads. It was noxious. Acrid. The fumes were ...