Liberty Bell Ruby

The Liberty Bell Ruby

The Liberty Bell Ruby is the largest mined ruby in the world, found in east Africa in the 1950s. It weighs four pounds, is eight and a half thousand carats, and is sculpted into a miniature form of the Liberty Bell. It has fifty diamonds set in it and is valued at two million dollars.

The ruby was created in 1976 for Beverly Hills-based Kazanjian Brothers jewelry company by sculptor Alfonso de Vivanco for the United States Bicentennial.[1] It was made in the same spirit as sapphire busts of presidents that the jeweler's charitable foundation presented to the White House when Dwight D. Eisenhower was president.

Theft

It was being held on behalf of a foundation at a jewelry store in Delaware when it was stolen in a heist on November 1, 2011.[2] A $10,000 reward was offered for any information leading to the arrest and conviction for those responsible.[3] On February 20, 2014, four men were arrested and indicted for the heist. Police have little hope that the Liberty Bell Ruby will be recovered.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "A Few Famous Fine Rubies". Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "'Irreplaceable' $2 Million Ruby Stolen In Wilmington Jewelry Heist". Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "$10K reward offered in theft of rare ruby". Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "4 Arrested in $4.4M Liberty Bell Jewelry Heist". Retrieved 17 March 2017.


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