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In Myanmar, a state in Southeast Asia, miners dug up a huge piece of jade – a valuable mineral of green color.
Jade usually means either jade or jade, and in this case we are probably talking about jadeite. However, such a stone is easily confused with a grossular, serpentine, agalmatolite, smitsonite, amazonite and many other minerals, so geologists have yet to find precise definition.
Stone of incredible size found in the state of Kachin in the north Myanmar. The estimated weight of the monolith is one hundred and seventy four thousand six hundred kilograms, that is, almost a hundred seventy five tons. Its length and width are almost six meters and a height of three meters. This is undoubtedly the most the largest dug piece of jade in the world. Its value specialists estimated at about one hundred seventy million dollars.
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Sao Ming, one of the miners, says: “We thought that won the jackpot in the lottery. Surely this stone belongs our country and does a great honor to our leaders. We dedicate this grand discovery of Myanmar. ”
Local official Yu Tint So didn’t fail to praise the authorities, who told reporters: “I believe this is a gift of fate our citizens, our government and our ruling party. Undoubtedly, we must thank the government for the fact that during his leadership, the country managed to obtain such valuable monolith. This is a very good sign for all of us. ”
Although the find really belongs to Myanmar, for a long time she will not stay in the country. Soon a record a piece of jade is cut into several parts and sent to China People’s Republic, where the mineral will be used for the manufacture decorations and sculptures.
Recall that Myanmar is the largest producer high-quality greed on the planet, and its production is barely if not half of the country’s gross domestic product.
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