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Hierarchy of precious substances : ウィキペディア英語版 | Hierarchy of precious substances
In popular culture, sets of precious substances may form hierarchies which express conventional perceived relative value or merit. Precious metals appear prominently in such hierarchies, but as they grow, gems and semi-precious materials may be introduced as part of the system. The sequences can provide interesting examples of the arbitrariness of semiotic signs. ==Traditional manifestations== Jubilees have a hierarchy of years: silver (25), golden (50) followed by diamond (60), platinum (70 or 75) and titanium (100). Wedding anniversaries extend the jubilee hierarchy with various sequences of substances filling in many of the gaps between the major milestones: bronze (8 years) – silver (25 years) – pearl (30) – ruby (40) – gold (50) – diamond (60) – diamond & gold (75). Ancient Greek mythic-cultural cosmology depicted a decline from a golden age to a silver age followed by an Iron Age. This is even more intense in the Indian Vedic system, where the four ages: Gold, Silver, Bronze, Iron, come with defining characteristics. We are currently in an Iron Age, which will eventually give way to a returning Golden Age.
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