The world's largest sapphire from Sri Lanka did not manage to be sold abroad

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Moscow, on January 18 - newspaper "Argumenty i fakty". Worthy buyers on the sapphire weighing over 500 kilograms found in 2021 on Sri Lanka, were not, the Daily newspaper of Yezhednevnaya gazeta The Daily Mirror reports. According to the chairman of Lankan National managements on jewels and jewelry the Bend de Silva, the price which offered for it abroad, sellers did not arrange. In particular, company in Dubai offered for sapphire of 100 million dollars. Therefore experts decided to wait a little with sale a jewel and to wait for the following auctions at which they expect to receive larger sum for sapphire...