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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
❓Your Mineral Identification Questions answered here
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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty" data-source="post: 403833" data-attributes="member: 2976"><p>The moral of the story is: never throw anything away, it might be valuable in the future!</p><p></p><p>Just like those champagne diamonds, sapphires have a similar history. When the Anakie field was first opened up in the late 1800's, a sapphire was blue. If it was not blue it was worth little or nothing. All those beautiful green, yellow and parti stones either thrown away or just stuffed in an old tobacco tin and forgotten, along with the zircons that had similar value issues, despite their fire and brilliance.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com.au/search?q=black+star+of+queensland&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBAU753AU753&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQ6_LW_K3aAhUJV7wKHRxZA-0QsAQISA&biw=1920&bih=949#imgrc=WBQmRQQW_WOGJM:" target="_blank">The Black Star of Queensland</a> was considered worthless when first discovered and was supposedly used by the family as a doorstop for over a decade before being sold for a relatively modest sum. It last changed hands for $88 million US (though that figure is probably boosted by the diamonds in the setting).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty, post: 403833, member: 2976"] The moral of the story is: never throw anything away, it might be valuable in the future! Just like those champagne diamonds, sapphires have a similar history. When the Anakie field was first opened up in the late 1800's, a sapphire was blue. If it was not blue it was worth little or nothing. All those beautiful green, yellow and parti stones either thrown away or just stuffed in an old tobacco tin and forgotten, along with the zircons that had similar value issues, despite their fire and brilliance. [url=https://www.google.com.au/search?q=black+star+of+queensland&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBAU753AU753&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQ6_LW_K3aAhUJV7wKHRxZA-0QsAQISA&biw=1920&bih=949#imgrc=WBQmRQQW_WOGJM:]The Black Star of Queensland[/url] was considered worthless when first discovered and was supposedly used by the family as a doorstop for over a decade before being sold for a relatively modest sum. It last changed hands for $88 million US (though that figure is probably boosted by the diamonds in the setting). [/QUOTE]
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