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| Title |
1,061-CARAT SAPPHIRE |
| Image |
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| Found in |
1995 |
| Found By |
Lawrence Shields |
| Value |
35000 |
| Category |
Gem |
| Heading |
"I just liked the shape of it" |
| Description |
Ten-year-old Lawrence Shields might not be a geologist or gemologist, but he knows a neat rock when he sees one! "I just liked the shape of it," he explained - "it" being a 1,061-carat North Carolina sapphire. One of the largest ever found in the state, the mammoth gem could emerge from cutting and polishing with a value even greater than the estimate given here, especially if it "stars." The lucky young rockhound found the blue-black stone while sorting through a $10 bucketful of dirt at the Gold City Gem Mine near Franklin, North Carolina. Although his parents, Larry and Maria Shields, think the discovery should be invested in a college education, Lawrence has something else in mind... a brand-new fishing boat... named Sapphire! |
| City |
Franklin |
| U.S. State |
NC |
| Country |
US |
| Contact Email |
westeast@treasurenet.com |
| Keywords |
sapphire |
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Entered s0-217-a-gte.br5.blv.nwnexus.net 2000/05/26 20:25
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