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The Sapphire Keeper: The Woman Who Spent 60 Yea...
A woman spent 60 years reuniting 3,847 sapphires with their stories. She died completing case #3,847—her final reunion. What she learned: objects are vessels for memory, stories matter more than...
The Sapphire Keeper: The Woman Who Spent 60 Yea...
A woman spent 60 years reuniting 3,847 sapphires with their stories. She died completing case #3,847—her final reunion. What she learned: objects are vessels for memory, stories matter more than...
The Last Sapphire: What Happened When the Anaki...
The Anakie Gemfields are dying. Production down 96% since 1960. 8-12 years of mining left. A miner found a 3.8ct parti—possibly the last great stone—and buried it. Three generations took...
The Last Sapphire: What Happened When the Anaki...
The Anakie Gemfields are dying. Production down 96% since 1960. 8-12 years of mining left. A miner found a 3.8ct parti—possibly the last great stone—and buried it. Three generations took...
The Sapphire That Chose Its Owner: How a 6.2-Ca...
A 6.2ct sapphire found in Burma 1980 traveled through 7 owners in 7 countries over 43 years—then returned to the original finder's granddaughter. Odds: 1 in 847 million. It happened...
The Sapphire That Chose Its Owner: How a 6.2-Ca...
A 6.2ct sapphire found in Burma 1980 traveled through 7 owners in 7 countries over 43 years—then returned to the original finder's granddaughter. Odds: 1 in 847 million. It happened...
The Sapphire Cutter Who Spent 847 Hours on a Si...
A master cutter spent 847 hours creating a geometrically perfect sapphire—247 facets, worth $500K+. Then he shattered it on purpose in front of 12 witnesses. Here's why destroying perfection was...
The Sapphire Cutter Who Spent 847 Hours on a Si...
A master cutter spent 847 hours creating a geometrically perfect sapphire—247 facets, worth $500K+. Then he shattered it on purpose in front of 12 witnesses. Here's why destroying perfection was...
The Sapphire Miner Who Found a $2 Million Stone...
A miner found a $2M sapphire in 2003—and buried it. 20 years later, he's never dug it up. Two other miners sold their big finds and lost everything. Here's why...
The Sapphire Miner Who Found a $2 Million Stone...
A miner found a $2M sapphire in 2003—and buried it. 20 years later, he's never dug it up. Two other miners sold their big finds and lost everything. Here's why...
I Inherited My Grandmother's 'Worthless' Sapphi...
My grandmother wore a ring for 42 years, said it was worthless. After she died, I discovered it's a $200,000 Burmese sapphire from 1943. Her hidden letter explained why she...
I Inherited My Grandmother's 'Worthless' Sapphi...
My grandmother wore a ring for 42 years, said it was worthless. After she died, I discovered it's a $200,000 Burmese sapphire from 1943. Her hidden letter explained why she...