Huge cluster of emeralds found

BANGKOK - The world's largest known emerald cluster, worth about $50 million, has been uncovered after it was extracted from …

BANGKOK - The world's largest known emerald cluster, worth about $50 million, has been uncovered after it was extracted from what was thought by its owner to be a large black rock found in Madagascar.

Geologists spent a week removing a thick layer of black mica from the rock before finding 127 medium green emeralds.

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