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Rare golden stone resembles hog face

www.chinanews.cn 2005-11-02 16:11:09

A rare natural stone more than 80 kilograms in weight that resembles
vividly a golden hog face was displayed on Nov. 1. This rare stone from
the Three Gorges is named "harvest year" and priced as high as 2 million
yuan (US$246,600). It is 60cm in width, 42.5cm in height and 28cm in
depth. The hog face formed by golden granite takes up most of the stone.

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