amber exhibition
Always worthy of a visit but especially this year to see a wasp suspended in Mexican amber as part of the Amazing Amber exhibition is the National Museum of Scotland located in Edinburgh.
harry legacy
Not quite meeting Christies expectations but £15.8 million isn't an amount to disappoint, that was the figure not including tax & fees for a 101.73 ct flawless colourless diamond originally from a 236ct rough nugget from the Jwaneng mine in Botswana. Harry Winston made the purchase and the stone has now been named "Harry Legacy". Although a record for an auction house sale The largest colourless flawless diamond known is the Cullinan Diamond, a gem weighing 530.2 carats.
chile fines mining company
the worlds largest gold mining company has been fined by the Chilean government $16 million, however environmental organisations suggest Barrack Gold got off lightly. Although their share price has dropped considerably. The fines related to several incidents including a discharge into a river from an acid treatment plant.
oldest water to date
Have your enhydro crystals dropped in value? The Timmins mine in Canada has yielded some ancient water purported to be between 1.5 2.6 billion years old at a depth of 2.4 km. Tested by using Xenon gas isotopes the date can't be too specific but is certainly the oldest water known to date. Further tests are being made for evidence of microbes that would have adapted to live in the fluid.
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