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China's Most Expensive Lake: Has No Water But Is Valued at $2 Billion
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Why do ancient Greek statues often have modestly small penises?
Not only ancient Greek statues but also male statues of the Renaissance period all have a common characteristic.
Environment
Strange lake in China: Where salt crystallizes into gems, planes can land, trains can pass
Sahar Khan Lake contains more than 50 billion tons of sodium chloride (table salt), which can supply 6 billion people around the world for 1,000 years.
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Discover 33 strange gems that help 'turn back time' on Earth
The 33 precious zircon crystals, which look like extremely dark rubies, are time capsules that help reveal what happened on Earth 3.3 to 4.15 billion years ago.
Archeology
Seeing a ravishing jewel in an ancient tomb, terrified scientists pointed out scary points
What terrifies veteran scientists?
Archeology
Successfully restored 2,800-year-old chariot encrusted with thousands of gems
A team of archaeologists restored the original appearance of an expensive Western Zhou-era chariot, wrapped in bronze and encrusted with 10,000 turquoise.
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Diamond discovered 'crisis' intact during 2 billion years in Russia
The 190.77-carat diamond was found in the Yakutia Republic of Siberia, Russia, just days before the new year 2020.
Archeology
Mysterious beautiful face engraved on a 2,000-year-old sapphire ring of the Roman emperor
The woman engraved on the ring is so beautiful that she was once forced to march naked in front of people.
Archeology
Unexpectedly found fossil ancient sea monsters when exploiting gems
Instead of discovering shiny and expensive gems, the operators discovered fossils of an ancient sea monster. Enchanted Design Limited is the company that found mosasaur.
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Found gems more expensive than diamonds, weighing 1.1kg in the Zambia mine
The jewel was identified as 5,655 carats or 1.1 kg, discovered by geologist Debapriya Rakshit and veteran miner Richard Kapeta earlier this month.
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Science says: We absolutely can create diamonds with just ... microwave ovens
Owning a diamond (even an artificial diamond) is a wish for many people, but have you ever thought that you could create a diamond?
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See giant blocks of emeralds in Russia
Experts estimate that this gem of 14cm x 7cm is worth about 4 million rubles (US $ 70,000).
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The most expensive giant pink diamond in the world has just been found
A Russian mining company that unearthed a pink diamond could be the most expensive gem ever.
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'Gems' picked up the river fiercely in the pockets of German women
A German woman had a fatal fire accident after picking up a tablet