World's Largest Emerald Up for Auction

By Joanna Douglas, Shine Fashion and Beauty Editor | Fashion – 17 hours ago

A 57,000-carat emerald, which is said to be the world's largest, will be sold on January 28 at Western Star Auctions in British Columbia, Canada. The giant jewel weighs 11.5 kilograms and is around 12 inches long.
On Monday, the gem was appraised at $1.15 million since it is only a rough cut stone. But Western Star Auctions owner Mike Odenbach told Huff Post Canada he thinks it could fetch more at auction. "It's not unusual for gemstones to sell a lot higher than their appraised value, just depending on who wants to possess the largest emerald in the world," he said. Odenbach described the dark green emerald as "nothing short of spectacular."
The emerald was discovered in Brazil and cut in India. Rare gem dealer Regan Reany of Calgary got an email about the stone and thought it was too good to be true. But the emerald is, in fact, very real and heading to Kelowna, British Columbia with armed security. The auction house has ensured the jewel will be heavily guarded until the auction later this month.
"The gemstone is named 'Teodora' and rough translation is 'God's Gift,'" Odenbach told Huff Post. "To me we're being given an opportunity to expose ourselves internationally as an auction company that can handle items like this. You know, it really does feel like a gift."

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or Speculation (as in very Creative)

or perhaps

Theory (as in the utmost of Conspiracy)

or maybe even

Trash Thread (as in the most useless trash talk to be engaged in on the internets)

What if a frog had wings?

He wouldn't bust his ass every time he jumped.

The Industrial Revolution

Several inventions in textile machinery occurred in a relatively short time period during the industrial revolution.
•1733 Flying shuttle invented by John Kay - an improvement to looms that enabled weavers to weave faster.
•1742 Cotton mills were first opened in England.
•1764 Spinning jenny invented by James Hargreaves - the first machine to improve upon the spinning wheel.
•1764 Water frame invented by Richard Arkwright - the first powered textile machine.
•1769Arkwright patented the water frame.
•1770Hargreaves patented the Spinning Jenny.
•1773The first all-cotton textiles were produced in factories.
•1779Crompton invented the spinning mule that allowed for greater control over the weaving process.

Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin.

Eli Whitney was the inventor of the cotton gin and a pioneer in the mass production of cotton. Whitney was born in Westboro, Massachusetts on December 8, 1765 and died on January 8, 1825. He graduated from Yale College in 1792. By April 1793, Whitney had designed and constructed the cotton gin, a machine that automated the separation of cottonseed from the short-staple cotton fiber.

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