It is a nice dream and it is kindly shared. Thanks On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 7:23 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> *The largest Diamond in the World is Cambodian* > > Cambodia is very rich in gemstones, valued in billion dollars. > > The Cullinan I, a pear shaped diamond weighing 530.20 carats is also known > as the Star of Africa. It measures 53mm x 44mm x 29mm, and has 76 facets. > It's called the Cullinan I because it is the largest of 9 large stones cut > from the 3106 carat Cullinan Diamond. Cullinan I was placed by King Edward > in the Sovereign's Royal Sceptre as part of the Crown Jewels, and it is now > on display in the tower of London. Estimated value of Cullinan20I is over > $400 million! ( > http://crazytopics.blogspot.com/2007/02/10-largest-diamonds-in-world.html > ). > > The anecdote told us that the African man who discovered the rough diamond > which would become the Cullinan I, the Great Star of Africa, had exchangedit > for a horse and a cabana. > > In Saudi Arabia, two decades ago, a very rich Saudi Prince forgot his > coffer key on his master room. His housekeeper, a Thai woman, made secretly > a copy of that key without the knowledge of the Saudi Prince. During the > annual break, the Thai housekeeper returned to Bangkok. She took the plane > and was flying back to Bangkok with all the Saudi Prince jewelry. She > emptied the Saudi Prince coffer. > > The Saudi Prince realized that his Thai housekeeper had stolen all his > jewelry, valued in several million dollars. He called the Saudi Ambassador > to Bangkok ordering the Ambassador to intervene with the Foreign Minister of > Thailand to retrieve his jewelry while his housekeeper was still in the > airplane not yet arrived at Bangkok. > > A Police Colonel from the security guard at Bangkok Airport arrested the > housekeeper and confiscated all the Saudi Prince jewelry. The Foreign > Ministry of Thailand knew the story, the Interior Ministry knew the story, > the Saudi Arabia knew so well the story, the Thai Police knew it very well > also, but the Saudi jewelry disappeared without trace. People who got > involved in this affair were assassinated. Until today, the Saudi Prince > still don’t get his jewelry back. > > Five years ago, a Cambodian gemstone explorer, discovered near Samlot > village, Battambang province, an apple/coconut shaped rough ruby diamond > of more than ten thousand carats (two kilograms, 4.4 pounds), three times > larger than the Cullinan I. The Cambodian gemstone explorer rushed to > Bangkok to sell it to a rich and powerful Thai politician, maybe for the > price of a horse as the African who discovered the Cullinan I. > > The rich and powerful Thai politician lost, three years ago, his power by a > coup. He needed dramatically money to finance his comeback. Now we don’t > know the whereabouts of the stone and the owners. Maybe he resells it > already, maybe not. Rumor stated that the rough ruby diamond returned back > to Cambodia because the deal was not done yet. The seller asked for two > hundred million d ollars while the offer was just one hundred million. > > The photo of that stone shows it was an apple/coconut shaped ruby large as > a baby head. When the Culligan I was discovered, the De Beer experts don’t > want to believe it was a diamond. It took the experts six months to prove > that was a diamond. > > For the Cambodian coconut shaped gemstone, it needed the experts to verify > its true nature: Is-it really a diamond? If it is a flawless diamond its > value might be rocketed to one billion dollars. Ta Mok people knew so well > this story. They told me the story. > > My friend gemstone explorer tells me: Cambodia was very rich in gemstone. > Cambodian gemstones valued much more than our oil/gas. Cambodian gemstone > s can finance our schools, universities, roads, freeways, dams, canal > irrigation system, healthcare etc, said my friend. > > It's just a dream? > > > Baphuon > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
