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I’ve Been the New Black Since Roman Times

My dark secret owes itself to a mix of sugar and acid.

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I’ve Been the New Black Since Roman Times

SINCE ROMAN TIMES, gem traders have used a mix of sugar and acid to stain me a single, invariably dark color. The result is that despite a rather bland natural color — a bit like a fingernail — I am associated almost exclusively with black. I became a mainstay of Victorian mourning jewelry, an Art Deco staple, and today am probably the most popular gem used in men’s rings. The new black? I’ve been cool forever.

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