Did you know…?

• The largest uncut diamond ever found was discovered on January 27, 1905 in a mine in South Africa. The 3,106.75 carats diamond weighed 1 1/3 pound.
• The largest faceted diamond ever cut is 530.20 carats and is mounted in the Sovereign’s Royal scepter in the British Crown Jewels.
• All the platinum ever mined in the world would fit in an average size living room.
• 80% of gold mined worldwide is used to make jewelry.
• The largest Pearl ever found weighed 14 pounds.
• The largest gold nugget on display weighs 59.97 pounds, is called the "Hand of Faith” and is displayed in the Golden Nugget Hotel in Las Vegas.
• The Hope Diamond was once worn by a Great Dane dog named "Mike.”
• An Opal will cut glass like a diamond.
• You can throw Jade against the wall and it will not break.
• The world’s largest gold nugget found in the U.S. weighed 195 pounds.
• The Greek root word for diamond means unconquerable.
• Over 1 million diamonds are mined to get 1 gemstone.
• We have to mine over 100 tons of earth’s crust to get one diamond large enough to cut a fine 1 carat gem.
• Fine emeralds were believed to be good for the eyes and engravers used them to stare into when their eyes grew fatigued.
• Hindus believed that a fine ruby could boil water.

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