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Carved from an 8,500-carat ruby, the Ruby Liberty Bell is also set with 50 diamonds.



  FBI investigating robbery of sculpture carved from the world's 'largest mined ruby'


March 9, 2012


The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation has actively joined the investigation into the robbery of a carved ruby known as the Liberty Bell, which was stolen in November last year at gunpoint from a jewelry store in Wilmington, Delaware.

The "Ruby Liberty Bell," was sculpted from an 8,500-carat mass of ruby, which discovered in Africa near Mount Kilimanjaro about 50 years ago and was certified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the "largest mined ruby in the world." It was carved into a sculpture depicting a bald American eagle standing over the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, and set with 50 diamonds representing the 50 U.S. states. It has been valued at between $2 million and $3 million, and according to its owners was earmarked to be donated to a museum.

The robbery occurred at approximately 1:30 PM on November 1, when four unidentified individuals armed with handguns and hammers conducted a take-over style robbery of Stuart Kingston Jewelers. While one of the robbers tied up employees, the other three smashed the display cases and forced one employee to open and empty the jewelry store vault. Contained in the vault was the "Ruby Liberty Bell."

The robbery was recently featured on America's Most Wanted, a television program that assists law enforcement bodies in the apprehension of fugitives wanted for various crimes.

To see the FBI alert concerning the robbery of the Ruby Liberty Bell, please CLICK HERE.

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