Amethysts and garnets have been found in seventh century jewellery and these stones were mined in Sri Lanka and India.
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Duncan Sayer,
JSTOR Daily,
2 Oct. 2025
Few people have mined as much entertainment from the contrast between high stakes and low morals — from how the life-and-death concerns of a big heist or an elaborate conspiracy might ultimately just reinforce the sense that nothing matters, and nobody gets out alive.
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