Flawlessly Designed Women’s Jewelry by CIRO Jewelry
Although gold was the most common and a popular material used in Aztec jewellery, jade, turquoise, and certain feathers were considered more valuable. In addition to adornment and status, the Aztecs also used jewellery in sacrifices to appease the gods. Priests also used gem-encrusted daggers to perform animal and human sacrifices. Jewellery played a major role in the fate of the Americas when the Spanish established an empire to seize South American gold.
- A popular piece of jewelry, and one which is even finding fashion again, is the multiple strains of beads of various colors.
- Australian opals are only mined
