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The Atocha Star is a 400-year-old emerald, weighing more than 25.87 carats before being cut to 12.72 carats.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.greathunt.com/TheTreasure/TheAtochaStarEmerald.html )〕 The emerald is estimated to be worth between $3.2 and $5 million.〔 It was part of the treasure on board the ship Nuestra Señora de Atocha, also referred to as the ''Atocha''. The ''Atocha'' was the largest Spanish treasure galleon in a fleet of 28 bound for Spain which sank along with seven others in a hurricane on September 6, 1622.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.newworldtreasures.com/atochastory.htm )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.melfisher.org/1622.htm )〕 It sank with the ''Atocha Star'' emerald, the highest graded emerald of all ''Atocha Emeralds''.〔〔 ==History== Mel and Deo Fisher searched for the ''Atocha'' for 16 years and in 1985 found the ''mother lode'' worth more than $400 million US (approximately 1/2 of the treasure listed on the manifest). They discovered "Emerald City" about 100 feet from the "main pile" of the ''Atocha''. ''Emerald City'' yielded 13,500 carats of emeralds that were originally mined at Muzo, Colombia. The "Atocha Star" emerald was graded as 1AA with an uncut weight of 25.87 carats. It was chosen by Mel Fisher as a gift to Deo Fisher, his wife. The emerald was selected based on its size, brilliant color, and quality. 〔 Generally, artifacts of this kind are not altered because of their historical significance; however, Deo Fisher in 1992 the emerald was cut down to 12.72 carats, making it one of the largest and the only named cut emerald from the ''Atocha''.〔 The ''Atocha Star'' is currently mounted between the claws of an 18 pound solid gold statue of an eagle, known as ''The Golden Eagle'' or ''The Maltese Eagle''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.greathunt.com/TheTreasure.html )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Atocha Star Emerald」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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