2,42 kg Tansanit-Kristall gefunden

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Hier ist eine (englisch-sprachige) Nachricht ueber einen weiteren Riesenkristall. Leider wird auch Dieser in vielen kleinen Stuecken enden:

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) − Gem-miner TanzaniteOne on Monday announced that it had recovered the third-largest gemstone in the operating history of its flagship project in Tanzania.

It is believed that the 12 100 ct, or 2,42 kg, rough tanzanite stone might be the third-largest stone in the world.

CEO Bernard Olivier said that the discovery was “extremely exciting” and that the stone would now undergo appropriate analysis, including colour and clarity grading.

The stone was expected to contain a significant 'A' grade component under the tanzanite classification system and would most likely be divided into smaller sized pieces to be cut and polished at the company’s newly-commissioned in-house cutting facility.

[Klinoklas]

So ein XXL Riese wäre doch sicherlich auch etwas für das Smithsonian.