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Yogo sapphire

 * ... that Yogo sapphires (pictured) are rarer than diamonds and are only found in Yogo Gulch, Montana?
 * ALT1:... that a marketing campaign for Yogo sapphires (pictured) exposed the scandal of heat treating gemstones?
 * ALT2:... that Jake Hoover, who thought Yogo sapphires (pictured) might be valuable, sent them off for evaluation to Tiffany's in a cigar box?
 * Reviewed: SMS Breslau
 * Comment: This was in a user sandbox from 25 Oct to Nov 06, 2011, when it was moved to mainspace, becoming DYK eligible on Nov 6 as it's also over 24K of prose today. Log here

Created/expanded by PumpkinSky (talk), Montanabw (talk). Nominated by PumpkinSky (talk) at 22:16, 9 November 2011 (UTC)


 * I was asked on my talk page to review this nomination by — Preceding unsigned comment added by TonyTheTiger (talk • contribs) 03:03, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
 * The first hook is a problem because the word diamond is only found in the WP:LEAD. The LEAD is suppose to be a summary of more detailed content found later in the article and should not include any content not found later in the main body. --TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:22, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
 * That can easily be fixed but for me it's late and I can work it tomorrow. Montanabw or anyone else can work that too. Pumpkin Sky   talk  03:27, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
 * The first hook is well sourced.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:36, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
 * ALT1 and ALT2 hooks pass (WP:AGF for offline citation).--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:46, 20 November 2011 (UTC)


 * I added a blurb on the rarer than diamond thing into the body of the article in the Mineralogy section.   Montanabw (talk) 03:50, 20 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Any of the hooks above is fine.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 07:20, 20 November 2011 (UTC)