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Did You Know?
The largest alluvial gold nugget ever found was discovered in Victoria, Australia in 1869. Dubbed “Welcome Stranger”, it weighed a staggering 158 pounds before being refined. Its’ melt value in today’s market would be $5.46 million USD. Source: wikipedia.
January: Garnet – The garnet group of minerals offers gems of every hue, including deep red almandine, fiery red pyrope, orange-yellow spessartine, and rare intense-green varieties of andradite, grossular, and uvarovite. Source: Gemological Institute of America.
