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Are you missing an 180,000 karat emerald worth about $370,000,000.00?

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Just before Christmas, detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department pried open a crate outside a warehouse to find something they had been chasing for months: an 840-pound Brazilian emerald that had been reported stolen.

Now, if they could just figure out who owns it. So far, at least five people have come forward to say it's theirs.

"It seems like the more we talk to people, the more people claim to have ownership over this thing," said Lt. Thomas Grubb, who heads the sheriff's investigative team on the case. "We haven't determined who's not a suspect, really."

Unable to determine who the real owner is, Lt. Grubb decided to keep the emerald locked up while the investigation proceeds. Meanwhile, a Los Angeles civil court is scheduled to hear from different claimants in the case on Tuesday.

Lt. Grubb, who had spent the bulk of his 26-year career conducting narcotics investigations, first got onto the case last September. A distraught man named Larry Biegler had called the sheriff's office to say that his giant emerald had been stolen from a Los Angeles-area warehouse where he had been keeping it. It was worth nearly $400 million, he said.

Those who have seen the emerald describe it as a black boulder with protruding arm-sized green crystal cylinders. Gem experts say unbroken crystals of that size are rare. Such a large specimen usually would not be broken down into smaller pieces for jewelry. It would more likely be sold intact to a private collector or a museum. An appraisal done in Brazil valued it at $372 million, according to documents filed with the Los Angeles court.

However, George Harlow, curator of minerals and gems for the American Museum of Natural History in New York, says that the most impressive mineral specimens might bring a price of up to six or seven figures. "But nine figures? I'm unaware of any mineral specimen that's ever gone for that much money."
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Buying this would get you braggin' rights to own the most valuable stone on the planet. :shocked:

edit: figures updated
 
Originally posted by: MotF Bane
Er, what's so hard about determining the owner when Biegler called to report it missing? 😕
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His claim isnt clear, thus the search for the rightful owner. I hope they dont wind up splitting this thing to satisfy all parties after a protracted 20 year court battle. 🙁
 
I was just prepping my Truck to Set the Emerald into my truck bed and *snap* it was gone. My truck was going to be named the Bling Thing, I got Plates, Paint, and more. 🙁
 
Holy fuck I didnt even notice that thing fell out of my pocket, I better give them a call, it was going to be used for a paperweight.
 
Originally posted by: WaTaGuMp
Holy fuck I didnt even notice that thing fell out of my pocket, I better give them a call, it was going to be used for a paperweight.
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You mean weight to hold down your journals with $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ in them?
 
Originally posted by: MegaVovaN
Originally posted by: WaTaGuMp
Holy fuck I didnt even notice that thing fell out of my pocket, I better give them a call, it was going to be used for a paperweight.
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You mean weight to hold down your journals with $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ in them?
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Nope more important things like food stamps.
 
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