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Thai jeweller unveils monster sapphire=20
04:02 a.m. Nov 26, 1999 Eastern=20
KANCHANABURI, Thailand, Nov 26 (Reuters) - A jeweller in western =
Thailand has unveiled a sapphire the size of a football, one of the =
largest such precious stones ever found.=20

Jeweller Udom Saeheng said the monster gem, weighing 7.1 kg (15.69 =
pounds), or about 35,000 carats, was found in Kanchanaburi province =
about 120 km (73 miles) west of Bangkok.=20

``When we first saw it, we thought it was just a piece of rock, but we =
tested it thoroughly and found it was a genuine sapphire,'' she told =
Reuters.=20

Udom said she paid the local who unearthed the stone ``several million =
baht'' for it 10 days ago and had not decided what to do with it.=20

Showing the blue-coloured stone to journalists, she declined to say what =
it might be worth, but added:. ``It's amazing. In my 40-year career, =
this is the biggest sapphire I have ever seen.''=20

Large though it is, it is not the biggest sapphire ever found.=20

That distinction probably belongs to neighbouring Myanmar, where a =
63,000-carat star sapphire was unearthed in 1972.=20


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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT size=3D+1><STRONG>Thai jeweller =
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sapphire</STRONG></FONT> <BR>04:02 a.m. Nov 26, 1999 Eastern=20
<P>KANCHANABURI, Thailand, Nov 26 (Reuters) - A jeweller in western =
Thailand has=20
unveiled a sapphire the size of a football, one of the largest such =
precious=20
stones ever found.=20
<P>Jeweller Udom Saeheng said the monster gem, weighing 7.1 kg (15.69 =
pounds),=20
or about 35,000 carats, was found in Kanchanaburi province about 120 km =
(73=20
miles) west of Bangkok.=20
<P>``When we first saw it, we thought it was just a piece of rock, but =
we tested=20
it thoroughly and found it was a genuine sapphire,'' she told Reuters.=20
<P>Udom said she paid the local who unearthed the stone ``several =
million baht''=20
for it 10 days ago and had not decided what to do with it.=20
<P>Showing the blue-coloured stone to journalists, she declined to say =
what it=20
might be worth, but added:. ``It's amazing. In my 40-year career, this =
is the=20
biggest sapphire I have ever seen.''=20
<P>Large though it is, it is not the biggest sapphire ever found.=20
<P>That distinction probably belongs to neighbouring Myanmar, where a=20
63,000-carat star sapphire was unearthed in 1972.=20
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