Poor Allan needs a cool nickname. Something like Kuhn Hound.
a few thousand years old, not billions...don’t be ridiculous
The Star of India a ship in San Diego bay
>>At 563 carats, the Star of India is the world’s largest gem-quality blue star sapphire, and is approximately 2 billion years old.
I would love to go there
Imagine being the poor serf that started polishing that rock in the first place, slowly revealing THAT! WOW!
I, of course, prefer Opals, but Mom likes a showy Sapphire. ;)
I’ve got a cut diamond only a little smaller than that at 1 ⅛" in diameter… square cube law makes a big difference in mass for little size gain but huge mass increase. My diamond is 121 carats at 1 ⅛" but another diamond which was only ⅛" larger in diameter was more than twice as massive at 247 carats! You could hardly tell them apart as they had the same cut and were proportional.
I’ve been trying to figure out a proper mounting for it as at over 24 grams in weight it’s obviously too large and heavy (0.85 ounce) before adding gold for a mount for a ring… I’m leaning toward a cane topper, a gearshift knob, or a big club head knocker of a sceptor! Got any other suggestions?
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Hey, Undeaders! Red Badger has generously offered the Star of India for us to hijack (as it were) and since the tectonic plate is getting to be more sand than anything else with all the posts, we’re officially taking over this thread!
Thank you Red Badger!! You’re a true FRiend of the Undeaders! :o])
Since Tax-chick is at camp today, will someone please make sure her shower curtain makes it this time? Thanks!
Chocolate cookies and beverage of your choice in the mezzanine, as usual! Indulge! It’s Un-Friday!
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I was under the (mistaken) impression that the Star of India was one of the named diamonds in the crown of England. Turns out it was close to the name of a crown worn by George V, the Crown of India.
Of it, he was quoted as saying “I’m pretty tired after wearing it. I wore it for three hours. It’s pretty heavy, and my head hurt.”
I was surfing Amazon and did not realize that y’all had your own survival product.
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CONGRATULATIONS! “Star of India” Post has been selected by the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest off-topic thread in the history of Free Republic!
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