Stuff I've foundFreddy Woo writes, "My non-prostitute-killing, lorry driving uncle once came home with a wedding cake. Found it in a layby, scoffed the lot over several weeks."
What's the best thing you've found?
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chthonic, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 11:58)
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Mudflap treasureNever throw things away.
Back in the 70's, my uncle was cleaning the mudflaps of his car and
found what looked like a bit of diamante in the mud. Anybody else would
have chucked it away, but not him.
He took it to a mate who was a jeweller and walked away with 25 quid,
which was a lot back then. It was a white sapphire.
I learned a lot from that man. RIP Uncle Mo.
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finnbar has officially retired, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 14:13,
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Initially read asDynamite.
Pondered for a while as to why he'd go to a jewelers.
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white sapphire ?Just a fancy name for a cubic zirconia I'm afraid.
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You are incorrect.White sapphires are corundum, Al2O3. www.jewellerycatalogue.co.uk/diamonds/simulants.htm
All colours of corundum are sapphires, except of course red, which is ruby. That includes clear (or white) corundum.
Cubic zirconia is ZrO2.
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finnbar has officially retired, Sat 8 Nov 2008, 8:12,
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