Gem trader does well

A known gem trader, who wants to remain anonymous, hired some guys to dig a new well behind his house. He lives in the southern city of Ratnapura, known as Sri Lanka’s “City of Gems.” This was his lucky day. Workers in the backyard dug up a 2.5 million-carat sapphire cluster. The group weighed 1,124 pounds. He named it the “Serendipity Sapphire,” coming in at a staggering 39 inches long and 28 inches wide. Gamage, a gem trader, said some stones that came loose from the cluster were tested and confirmed to be high-quality star sapphires. This is the world’s largest star sapphire cluster and valued at up to $100 million on the international market. Sri Lanka is known for its gem finds. Other large sapphires have been found in the country like the “Blue Belle of Asia,” a 392-carat sapphire that sold at auction for $17.5 million. Another was the “Star of India,” a 563-carat star sapphire on display at the American Museum of Natural History. In 1964, amateur jewel thieves broke into the museum, used a glass cutter and duct tape to open the stone’s display box, and made off with it.

 

Can you dig it?

I pulled a muscle digging for gold.
It was just a miner injury.

Why are 71% of archeologists female?
Because they love digging up the past.

I caught a bunch of social justice warriors in my yard digging up large wooden stakes
They said the posts had to be removed before they caused a fence.

Why did the chicken start digging a tunnel?
So it didn’t have to risk crossing the road.

 

July 30th Birthdays

1985 – Gina Rodriquez, 1981 – April Bowlby, 1966 – Lisa Kudrow, 1965 – Vivica Fox

1972 – Tom Green, 1947 – Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1969 – Terry Crews, 1941 – Paul Anka

 

Morning Motivator:

Success comes in cans because failure comes in can nots.

 

You’re a gem