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| Some of the Cargoe of the the "Mortar" Wreck. Source: See Bournemouth Unversity link below. |
Maritime archaeologists from Bournemouth University have uncovered the remains of a medieval ship and its cargo dating back to the 13th century off the coast of Dorset. The survival of the vessel is extremely rare and there are no known wrecks of seagoing ships from the 11th to the 14th centuries in English waters...
The vessel, known as a clinker ship in its design, is made from overlapping planks of wood and was carrying a cargo of Purbeck stone. The shipwreck is referred to as the ‘Mortar Wreck,’ since much of the cargo contained within the wreck also includes several Purbeck stone mortars, which are large stones used by mills to grind grains into flour...Bournemouth University uncovers earliest English medieval shipwreck site | Bournemouth University
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| Source: See MexicoNewsDaily.com web site below. |
Reyes said they found the pot near the eastern wall of the Cueva de la Cruz (Cave of the Cross), where the ceramic relic was partially submerged in sediment. Despite its age, the pot is completely intact, he said...
Reyes noted that the exterior of the pot is reddish in color while the inside is black. “It’s partially covered by calcium carbonate, which is characteristic of materials recovered in caves,” he said. Reyes added that there is an image of a plant similar to a squash on the pot...
2,000-year-old Mayan pot discovered in Playa del Carmen cave (mexiconewsdaily.com)
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A big pink diamond of 170 carats has been discovered in Angola and is claimed to be the largest such gemstone found in 300 years...
“Only one in 10,000 diamonds is colored pink. So you’re certainly looking at a very rare article when you find a very large pink diamond,” Lucapa CEO Stephen Wetherall told The Associated Press...
Lulo is an alluvial mine which means the stones are recovered from a river bed. The Lucapa company is searching for the underground deposits, known as kimberlite pipes, which would be the main source of the diamonds, said Wetherall, speaking from the company’s headquarters in Australia.l.
Here is the link for more about that.
Big pink diamond discovered in Angola, largest in 300 years | AP News
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Just a few random thoughts on treasure.
It has been a hot summer with little interruption, and as you probably know, a lot of the Treasure Coast beaches were buried by renourishment sand. But, as I so often say, "There is always some place to hunt and something to find."A great idea is a great treasure.
The word "treasure" is a verb as well as a noun.
"For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”