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See the 'Star of India,' decades after it was nabbed in a heist [NYC]
https://www.livescience.com ^
| JUNE 11, 2021
| By Mindy Weisberger - Senior Writer
Posted on 06/11/2021 11:51:04 AM PDT by Red Badger
At 563 carats, the Star of India is the world’s largest gem-quality blue star sapphire, and is approximately 2 billion years old. (Image credit: D. Finnin/Copyright AMNH)
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What does the legendary Star of India — a 563-carat star sapphire the size of a golf ball — have in common with a 35-million-year-old petrified redwood slab; a massive cluster of sword-like crystals that looks like it came from "Game of Thrones;" and a 5-ton (4.5-metric ton) stone pillar that can "sing?"
You can see all of them, along with 5,000 other amazing stones, in the newly renovated Mignone Hall of Gems and Minerals at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City, which is reopening after a four-year closure on Saturday (June 12). There, one-of-a-kind precious gems appear alongside odd-looking rocks — some of which date to billions of years ago — that have been uniquely warped and twisted by extreme temperatures and pressures.
Individually and together, these objects tell a story of the diverse geologic processes that shape minerals on Earth's surface and deep inside our planet, beginning when the world was young and continuing to this day, museum representatives told Live Science.
Related: 13 mysterious and cursed gemstones
The Star of India, which formed about a billion years ago, was discovered in Sri Lanka in the 18th century. It is one of the best-known gems in the world, in part because it was famously and brazenly stolen from AMNH in 1964, along with several more of the museum's prized stones, by a pair of thieves named Jack "Murf the Surf" Murphy and Allan Kuhn, Smithsonian reported in 2014, on the heist's 50th anniversary. (The one-of-a-kind sapphire was recovered and went back on display in 1965).
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Education; History; Travel
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To: Tax-chick
I hope there are signs of healing on Jake’s wound.
I’ll be heading out for the paper signing and to get the keys and take the grand tour, soon, and FS wants me to take pictures. I don’t know why because he’ll see it Saturday! LOL!
3,741
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10/27/2021 6:24:15 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(~ Since thoughts precede deeds you must first learn to control your thoughts. ~ Russell M Nelson ~)
To: Tax-chick
3,742
posted on
10/27/2021 6:28:28 AM PDT
by
zzeeman
("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
To: ArGee; Tax-chick; Monkey Face; Darksheare; null and void; All
Good Morning All!!
Sorry to read about the leak... hoping it gets fixed soon!
3,743
posted on
10/27/2021 6:30:30 AM PDT
by
zzeeman
("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
To: ArGee; Tax-chick
Happy Hmpf Day!
I’m with T-c on the leak thing. How’s the pup doing these days? You haven’t mentioned seizures for a while so hopefully, she’s out-grown them.
3,744
posted on
10/27/2021 6:35:58 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(~ Since thoughts precede deeds you must first learn to control your thoughts. ~ Russell M Nelson ~)
To: Monkey Face
Good news. The pictures will serve as a record if you are shown a poorly maintained living space.
3,745
posted on
10/27/2021 7:24:17 AM PDT
by
ArGee
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To: ArGee
The place looks pretty good, except for some scratches on the inside of the front door. I’ll ask that it is repaired within the first 30 days.
It’s actually within walking distance of my FS’s house, so it’s good.
3,746
posted on
10/27/2021 8:34:52 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(~ Since thoughts precede deeds you must first learn to control your thoughts. ~ Russell M Nelson ~)
3,747
posted on
10/27/2021 9:23:07 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
To: Darksheare
That would suit, I think.
absolutely love beans for my tea
I think I'll pass on that English tradition, though.
3,748
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10/27/2021 9:52:44 AM PDT
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ArGee
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To: Monkey Face
Patrick and I just picked Sally and her car up from her place of work and took them to Anoreth’s house. Sally has a migraine.
3,749
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10/27/2021 10:12:50 AM PDT
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Tax-chick
(Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
To: Darksheare; Tax-chick; Monkey Face; agee; moose07; null and void
3,750
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10/27/2021 10:18:18 AM PDT
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Covenantor
(We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and fools who can not govern. " Chesterton)
To: Covenantor
3,751
posted on
10/27/2021 10:21:34 AM PDT
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Tax-chick
(Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
To: Covenantor
He almost made it. So close, yet so far, from the curb...
3,752
posted on
10/27/2021 10:25:37 AM PDT
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null and void
(LGBTQ = Let's Get Biden To Quit, FORK-N-A = First Uttery Cancel Kamala-Nancy-Axed)
To: null and void; Tax-chick
Jay walking laws...not just for Bluejays.
3,753
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10/27/2021 10:32:06 AM PDT
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Covenantor
(We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and fools who can not govern. " Chesterton)
To: Tax-chick
Ohnoes! Not the dreaded migraine? Poor Sally. I hope she feels better soon. Cool, dark silence.
3,754
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10/27/2021 11:18:58 AM PDT
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Monkey Face
(~ Since thoughts precede deeds you must first learn to control your thoughts. ~ Russell M Nelson ~)
To: Covenantor
3,755
posted on
10/27/2021 11:19:55 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(~ Since thoughts precede deeds you must first learn to control your thoughts. ~ Russell M Nelson ~)
To: Covenantor
3,756
posted on
10/27/2021 11:42:29 AM PDT
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ArGee
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face; Darksheare
So, no thoughts on the potential new digs?
3,757
posted on
10/27/2021 11:43:15 AM PDT
by
ArGee
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To: ArGee; Tax-chick; zzeeman; null and void; Darksheare; BenLurkin
I don’t think I want to be reminded we’re on a poopy thread every day, if that’s what you mean.
Maybe Ben Lurkin will run across something suitable... ;o]
3,758
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10/27/2021 11:54:53 AM PDT
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Monkey Face
(~ Since thoughts precede deeds you must first learn to control your thoughts. ~ Russell M Nelson ~)
To: Monkey Face
Don’t know how quiet it will be with her cat, but she can turn off the lights.
3,759
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10/27/2021 11:56:46 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
To: Monkey Face
3,760
posted on
10/27/2021 12:40:06 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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