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Christmas Eve from JB's Twitter (no news, just fun)
Bad Alias:
--- Quote from: Mira on January 03, 2019, 02:27:23 AM ---I was being metaphoric.... Oh and it isn't just about carat weight, you can have a hundred carats of flawed crap not worth much at all... It is about clarity, color, and cutting... One 3 carat colorless/flawless well cut stone can be worth from $35,000.00 to $250,000.00 I just looked it up... So if Harry's half a shoe box was filled with those... Well, you do the math..
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Yeah. The source I used had about 50 different combinations of size and quality with only one cut. Because, as others have mentioned, the diamonds flowed like water in a fountain and they were taken from a god of wealth, I think they were small and clear/white (to resemble flowing water) and probably of an extremely high quality and maybe even cut (because god of wealth). Additionally, I think Valmont would know garbage diamonds from valuable diamonds. I'm thinking Harry has somewhere in the tens of millions (wholesale market value) worth of diamonds and they weren't a bunch of 35K-250K diamonds.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Bad Alias on January 03, 2019, 08:24:48 PM ---Yeah. The source I used had about 50 different combinations of size and quality with only one cut. Because, as others have mentioned, the diamonds flowed like water in a fountain and they were taken from a god of wealth, I think they were small and clear/white (to resemble flowing water) and probably of an extremely high quality and maybe even cut (because god of wealth). Additionally, I think Valmont would know garbage diamonds from valuable diamonds. I'm thinking Harry has somewhere in the tens of millions (wholesale market value) worth of diamonds and they weren't a bunch of 35K-250K diamonds.
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Agreed, but that was an example of a three carat flawless colorless diamond that I found..
raidem:
--- Quote --- Naw, I think it is much simpler than that, remember when we were kids we are told that "Santa knows who's been naughty and who's been nice..." Kringle has a direct line, he also knows our hearts and secret wishes, he doesn't need Michael to whisper anything to Heaven..
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I didn't really say that Michael had to whisper anything to Heaven. It could be that 1) Michael hearing it alerted Uriel's phantom Grace within Michael, 2) Michael just heard from Heaven the spoiler which wouldn't otherwise have happened had he not previously worn a Grace.
And sure, I agree Kringle already had the plan in motion about the coffee cup prior to Harry even mentioning it to Michael. I'm just arguing the case that there is some unknown, unquantified/qualified something left for Michael for having wielded Uriel's Grace.
KurtinStGeorge:
I have to agree that Hades would only have the highest quality diamonds as part of his personal collection, even if they were being used in a kind of art exhibit, the flowing fountain of diamonds.
About the White Council, or Marcone or anyone (but mostly the White Council) having a cleanup crew for supernatural battles. I find it odd that many members of the White Council don't like Harry openly advertising himself as a wizard, but if I read this Christmas eve story correctly, it's possible the White Council didn't mind having a knock down brawl in the middle of one of the largest cities in North America. That's hardly a way to remain discrete.
As far as mortal authorities noticing what went on. Even paying for all those funerals and the medical bills for the injured wouldn't remain hidden for long. Sooner or later that would attract attention.
morriswalters:
Say Valmont could carry 50 lbs. That's 113,398 carets. At a 1000 dollars per caret that's 113,398,000 dollars. Divided by 5 is 22,679,600 dollars per split. Divide Harry's in half and you get 11,339,800.
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