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  Nondescript rock reveals 1.5 kilograms of high-quality emeralds


April 14, 2013


A lump of rock bought at auction by a gem enthusiast in Russia's Sverdlovsk Region has been discovered to contain 1.5 kilograms of high quality emeralds.

Speaking at a press conference, Vladimir Dyagilev, a businessman and gem lover from Yekaterinburg in the Urals, related how he had bought a rock at an auction at the Kaliningrad Amber Factory. At the time it was seen to include a number of emerald fragments.

Suspecting there may more to be found, he asked an expert to cut into the rock. What was revealed was that the 2.3 kilogram object was about 65 percent emerald.

"It's a unique specimen," said Firat Nurmukhametov, director of the rocks center of the Urals Mining Institute, speaking at the press conference. "I don't think any museum has such a specimen in terms of the weight or the quantity of the emeralds."

According to Dyagilev, the rock containing the emerald fragments was originally valued at 300,000 rubles ($9,700), but it is now considered to be worth considerably more, although an exact figure was not provided. Whatever the case, Nurmukhametov pointed out, the amber factory had lost "millions of rubles" on the sale.

The emerald-rich rock will soon be placed on a display in an exhibition that will open on May 1 at the Sverdlovsk Region governor's residence.

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