World’s largest sapphire cluster worth $100M found in backyard in Sri Lanka

NY Post ^ | 27 July 2021 | Jackie Salo

[DUMBGRUNT]

__” This thing came from elsewhere.”

You can’t just go rock hunting on the king’s land!

[DUMBGRUNT]

—”It’s crushing his good tire”
Not to worry!
It is his spare.

[Mariner]

If that’s all sapphire, it’s very, very special.

Certainly the biggest find ever.

[Hot Tabasco]

Good thing I didn’t find that in my yard, I would have just figured it out to be a big rock and put it out by the road........

[Organic Panic]

The first thing you do when you find a treasure in your back yard is shut your mouth. So many times someone finds some stash of gold coins only for some government bureaucrat to confiscate it. This guy in Sri Lanka’s days are numbered. That place is so crooked the government is just going to eliminate him and seize the property.

[dynachrome]

That is too large and heavy to hide from the gov’t. Now about the 2 and 3 pounders he found....

[Zathras]

So thats where i put it.
I hate getting older...I keep forgetting where I put things.

[a fool in paradise]

As Carnac would say, Serendipity Doo!

[Born to Conserve]

Yes.
My neighbor found something in his back yard. Something that was not found in a national park where all found things belong to the government. It was iron nickel, and bought them a new car.

[a fool in paradise]

Why stop there? Maybe the government can fine them.

Did they have all of the permits?

[Doctor Congo]

That is bigger than the one I found in my back yard.

[AZJeep]

That kind of find can depress sapphire prices over the whole world!

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

Not exactly gem grade. The only thing it has going for it is sheer size.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Looks like a big rock to me.

[dfwgator]

[kiryandil]

It’s good to have intelligent neighbors.

[centurion316]

That’s a helluva coprolite. That guy needed a 5 gallon jerry can of mineral oil to deliver that one.

[dangus]

Saphire for $40/ct? Sounds like a deal!