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{{quote|''"That is nearly ten tons in gold. It does not have to look ''big''."''|'''Mr. Bent''', ''[[Discworld/Making Money|Making Money]]''}}
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* The [[wikipedia:Bahia Emerald|Bahia emerald]]: 840  lbs, 380  kg, 180,000 carats.
* The biggest diamonds in the universe are located in the white dwarf stars with carbon cores. Technically they're enormous single diamonds, but good luck mining them...
** Also, it's unlikely that they actually look like jewels, despite of having diamond composition - most of the diamonds used in diamond-edged blades, among other things, look rather like gray dust to a bare eye.
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=== Examples of works with huge money and jewelry: ===
 
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
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