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How an 836-pound ‘cursed’ emerald traveled the Americas, ruining lives and bankrupting men
Los Angeles Times ^
| Dec. 13, 2024 3 AM PT
| Clara Harter
Posted on 12/13/2024 3:26:08 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Hell, lots of 1 carat diamonds wreak that kind of havoc.
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posted on
12/13/2024 3:31:04 PM PST
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Atty Nadolenco almost took the existence of that giant emerald
for granite!
To: gundog
Hell, lots of 1 carat diamonds wreak that kind of havoc. They are a girl's best friend.
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posted on
12/13/2024 3:37:46 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
His boss goes through his trash?
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posted on
12/13/2024 3:38:37 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
12/13/2024 3:40:19 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: wardaddy
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posted on
12/13/2024 3:52:14 PM PST
by
Pelham
(President Eisenhower. Operation Wetback 1953-54)
To: BenLurkin
That is a very beautiful formation.
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posted on
12/13/2024 3:54:49 PM PST
by
ViLaLuz
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Wow, article looks interesting but can't read it because of the paywall.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
It is interesting to speculate about how much of its value comes from legal fees.
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posted on
12/13/2024 4:08:36 PM PST
by
Retain Mike
( Sat Cong)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
12/13/2024 4:17:29 PM PST
by
sauropod
("You didn't take a country. You only won a football game!" - Dan Dakich Ne supra crepidam)
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posted on
12/13/2024 4:25:44 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Politics do not make strange bedfellows, and the enemy of your enemy may still be your enemy.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Proved to be El Dorado for all the lawyers involved.
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posted on
12/13/2024 4:26:36 PM PST
by
Zhang Fei
(My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
To: ViLaLuz
“That is a very beautiful formation.”
It is, But it is deceiving to claim it is “a” 836-pound emerald. It is 836 pounds “of Emeralds” WITH the matrix. There is probably only about maybe 50 pounds of emeralds there and they are not “one” emerald. But the cluster and matrix does have a unique value of it’s own as a unique cluster of Emeralds of those sizes.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
12/13/2024 4:54:28 PM PST
by
Fledermaus
(The election is over! We won big! So why are so many here nick picking, moaning, and whining? )
To: E. Pluribus Unum
This story opens up like a Philip Marlow novel.
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posted on
12/13/2024 5:05:43 PM PST
by
Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: ViLaLuz
“That is a very beautiful formation.”
Only a mom could see beauty in THAT formation.
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posted on
12/13/2024 5:26:40 PM PST
by
BobL
To: BenLurkin
“His boss goes through his trash?”
Yeah, I caught that too.
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posted on
12/13/2024 5:32:15 PM PST
by
missthethunder
(Since the 1980 interview.)
To: lee martell
That’s not gneiss, it’s a schisty way of looking at it...
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posted on
12/13/2024 7:32:14 PM PST
by
Axenolith
(BAGSTER! Pretty sure you can do an End Zone dance up there now! 🤣)
To: BobL
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posted on
12/13/2024 7:33:20 PM PST
by
Axenolith
(BAGSTER! Pretty sure you can do an End Zone dance up there now! 🤣)
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