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Diamond in the Rubbish Proves to Be $2,500 Gem

Posted on: Monday, 19 December 2005, 15:00 CST

By The Associated Press

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- A woman who says she never wins anything can't say that anymore now that she has found a prize diamond that had been tossed in the trash.

Last week, as part of a Ladies' Night at the Manchester Monarchs' hockey game, jeweler David Bellman gave the first 1,000 women who walked through the gates an envelope. One contained a half-carat diamond worth $2,500. The others held cubic zirconia, diamond look- alikes.

Hundreds of women had jewelers check their stone at the game, but the diamond didn't show up, and Bellman worried that someone had thrown it away.

He was right.

Lauri Proulx had the diamond, but figured it couldn't be real.

"I'm not a winner," she said Thursday. "Well, now I am."

Her roommate tossed the diamond in the trash after it sat on a counter for the weekend, but her son fished it out when he learned the winning diamond hadn't shown up. He pestered Proulx to have it checked out.

Proulx brought it to Bellman on Thursday, who confirmed it was the real thing.

Proulx is not sure yet what she'll do with the gem. "I just want to look at it for a while," she said.

Source: Daily Breeze

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