[* Surprisingly, this has been TruthInTelevision at least once. Yap Island's stone coins (called rai) were stone wheels with holes; the largest one discovered measured 4 meters in diameter. These are still used today in ceremonial purposes. Sometimes the inhabitants agree that a stone has changed hands, and leave it where it lies. One of them is legal tender despite lying at the bottom of the ocean.
* The world's largest [[http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN0328796820070503 gold coin]] is the size of a large pizza.
** And the world's largest copper coin is a big copper plate weighing about 40 pounds.
* The largest rough gem-quality diamond ever discovered, the Cullinan, was about four inches long and weighed over a pound (3106.75 carats before cutting). After cutting, the largest stone of the Cullinan, the ''Great Star of Africa'' was 530.4 carats. The ''Koh-i-Noor,'' literally "Mountain of Light," was once the largest known, but as it was first cut thousands of years ago in India nobody is sure how big it originally was, and the British Crown had it recut down to only 105.6 carats. Both reside in the UK Crown Jewels today. The largest cut diamond today is the Golden Jubilee, at 545 carats, though the Golden Jubilee was smaller than the Cullinan in the rough, it's shape was better for cutting into a single large stone.
* Diamonds are small fry compared to some other stones. The largest piece of Jade resides in Myanmar, uncut in it's natural state. It weighs over 30 tons.
* The largest pearl, the ''Pearl of Lao Tzu'' weighs over 14 pounds.
* One of the larger cut gems is the ''Dom Pedro Aquamarine.'' The uncut crystal weighed over 100 pounds and was three feet long. The finished piece is 14 inches long and weighs 10,363 carats. It resides in the Smithsonian in Washington DC.
* The ''American Golden Topaz'' is possibly ''the' largest faceted stone in the world, at 22,500 carats.  It's about the size of a human head, making it nearly as big as many fictional stones.
* The ''Millenium Sapphire'' is an opaque sapphire carved into a statue of a caravan, it weighs 61,500 carats in total.
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* Surprisingly, this has been TruthInTelevision at least once. Yap Island's stone coins (called rai) were stone wheels with holes; the largest one discovered measured 4 meters in diameter. These are still used today in ceremonial purposes. Sometimes the inhabitants agree that a stone has changed hands, and leave it where it lies. One of them is legal tender despite lying at the bottom of the ocean.
* The world's largest [[http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN0328796820070503 gold coin]] is the size of a large pizza.
** And the world's largest copper coin is a big copper plate weighing about 40 pounds.
* The largest rough gem-quality diamond ever discovered, the Cullinan, was about four inches long and weighed over a pound (3106.75 carats before cutting). After cutting, the largest stone of the Cullinan, the ''Great Star of Africa'' was 530.4 carats. The ''Koh-i-Noor,'' literally "Mountain of Light," was once the largest known, but as it was first cut thousands of years ago in India nobody is sure how big it originally was, and the British Crown had it recut down to only 105.6 carats. Both reside in the UK Crown Jewels today. The largest cut diamond today is the Golden Jubilee, at 545 carats, though the Golden Jubilee was smaller than the Cullinan in the rough, it's shape was better for cutting into a single large stone.
* Diamonds are small fry compared to some other stones. The largest piece of Jade resides in Myanmar, uncut in it's natural state. It weighs over 30 tons.
* The largest pearl, the ''Pearl of Lao Tzu'' weighs over 14 pounds.
* Possibly the largest transparent cut gem (there's a bit of debate, many stones are hidden in private collections and rarely seen, and have not been weighed) is the ''Dom Pedro Aquamarine.'' The uncut crystal weighed over 100 pounds and was three feet long. The finished piece is 14 inches long and weighs 10,363 carats. It resides in the Smithsonian in Washington DC. The "Transparent" exclusion is because, in keeping with the monstrous jade boulder above, the largest cut gems are all mountainous chunks of carved jade.
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* The largest rough gem-quality diamond ever discovered, the Cullinan, was about four inches long and weighed over a pound (3106.75 carats before cutting).  After cutting, the largest stone of the Cullinan, the ''Great Star of Africa'' was 530.4 carats.  The ''Koh-i-Noor,'' literally "Mountain of Light," was once the largest known, but as it was first cut thousands of years ago in India nobody is sure how big it originally was, and the British Crown had it recut down to only 105.6 carats.  Both reside in the UK Crown Jewels today.  The largest cut diamond today is the Golden Jubilee, at 545 carats, though the Golden Jubilee was smaller than the Cullinan in the rough, it's shape was better for cutting into a single large stone.
* Diamonds are small fry compared to some other stones.  The largest piece of Jade resides in Myanmar, uncut in it's natural state.  It weighs over 30 tons.
* The largest pearl, the ''Pearl of Lao Tzu'' weighs over 14 pounds.
* Possibly the largest transparent cut gem (there's a bit of debate, many stones are hidden in private collections and rarely seen, and have not been weighed) is the ''Dom Pedro Aquamarine.''  The uncut crystal weighed over 100 pounds and was three feet long.  The finished piece is 14 inches long and weighs 10,363 carats.  It resides in the Smithsonian in Washington DC.  The "Transparent" exclusion is because, in keeping with the monstrous jade boulder above, the largest cut gems are all mountainous chunks of carved jade.

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