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1 posted on 12/28/2008 11:06:17 AM PST by xcamel
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850-pound gem

That is one BIG emerald!

2 posted on 12/28/2008 11:10:03 AM PST by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the sting of truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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Might be worth more ground up and made into an acre of sandpaper.


3 posted on 12/28/2008 11:10:51 AM PST by RightWhale (We were so young two years ago and the DJIA was 12,000)
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http://fortressaustralia.blogspot.com/2007/09/gem-of-story.html


4 posted on 12/28/2008 11:14:13 AM PST by org.whodat (Conservatives don't vote for Bailouts for Super-Rich Bankers! Republicans do!)
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OK! They had an offer of nineteen million, tried to sell it for seventy-five million but it’s worth three hundred and seventy million? I guess I’m not up on gem marketing.


6 posted on 12/28/2008 11:16:13 AM PST by FreePaul
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Holy Moses!


8 posted on 12/28/2008 11:17:02 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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180 000 carats = 79.3664144 pounds


9 posted on 12/28/2008 11:17:49 AM PST by WorkerbeeCitizen (The only time I want a Republican reaching across the aisle is to smack a liberal.)
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To: xcamel; Larry Lucido; Cap'n Crunch; TEXASPROUD

Ice melts in evidence rooms all the time !


10 posted on 12/28/2008 11:18:50 AM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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Believe it or not but a millennium ago emeralds were ground up as a paint pigment.


12 posted on 12/28/2008 11:19:49 AM PST by Eye of Unk (How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words! SA)
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Los Angeles County Sheriff?

OK, the owner had better show up quick or the gem will be lost for good.


18 posted on 12/28/2008 11:23:26 AM PST by Ben Reyes (Palin 2012)
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Wow


19 posted on 12/28/2008 11:30:41 AM PST by ScreamingFist (Annihilation - The result of underestimating your enemies. NRA)
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I hope they have 24/7 security that is better than a beat cop.

Maybe like a small contingent of Marines.


21 posted on 12/28/2008 11:44:03 AM PST by wastedyears (In Canada, Santa says "Ho Ho, eh?")
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A department spokesman said the 850-pound gem will be in safekeeping until a federal judge determines who rightfully owns it.

This is just wonderful, a federal judge to declare who the owner of this is. I'm sure he'd love to declare the state the owner of it.

25 posted on 12/28/2008 11:48:57 AM PST by wastedyears (In Canada, Santa says "Ho Ho, eh?")
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Can I apply for ownership? It’s hard to find a good emerald. LOL


27 posted on 12/28/2008 11:51:23 AM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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Thank God someone found my emerald! I’ve been looking everywhere for it!


29 posted on 12/28/2008 11:52:30 AM PST by Huskrrrr
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Oh gee I didn’t realize it was gone! Please send it to......!


30 posted on 12/28/2008 12:00:13 PM PST by chris_bdba
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31 posted on 12/28/2008 12:05:57 PM PST by concentric circles
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I don't think I'd trust any of the players in this one.
34 posted on 12/28/2008 12:20:30 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (revolution is in the air.)
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Just Darn BG... I really wanted to get this small token of my appreciation to you on Christmas Day. In the meantime I will send a box of Crackers that has only been opened twice until I sort this out with the Nigerian authorities...
36 posted on 12/28/2008 12:58:30 PM PST by tubebender (Retirement...The art and science of Killing time before it Kills you...)
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That's the second largest emerald I've ever seen!
38 posted on 12/28/2008 3:12:49 PM PST by john in springfield
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department spokesman said the 850-pound gem will be in safekeeping until a federal judge determines who rightfully owns it.

Dibs!

39 posted on 12/28/2008 3:15:32 PM PST by Billthedrill
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