Queen Victoria had a gift for shaping public taste in gemstones. Her known fondness for opal, as shown by her gifting Australian opals to her daughters, helped establish its prestige in Victorian fine jewelry.
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A multi-strand box clasp accommodates for multiple attachment channels, one per strand, that distributes tension evenly across strands and keeps them parallel at the closure point. This prevents the crossing or bunching that occurs when strands attach to a clasp not designed for the count.