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Lost and Stolen SpecimensTheft of Pieter de Bruyn's collection

15th Mar 2019 01:05 UTCKevin Conroy Manager

I just saw this on the Friends of Minerals Forum: https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?SRC=ay5jb25yb3lAYXR0Lm5ldA==&p=66451#66451

15th Mar 2019 09:07 UTCDebbie Woolf Manager

Terrible news.

5th Aug 2019 11:46 UTCBruce Cairncross Expert

Good news. Two alleged culprits have been apprehended and arrested following their attempts to sell stolen specimens from Pieter de Bruyn's collection. Here's some information on the recovery https://ewn.co.za/2019/08/02/trio-nabbed-for-possession-of-gemstones-worth-about-r2-million Having spoken to Pieter, he says that about 75% of the stolen specimens were recovered

6th Aug 2019 05:42 UTCGareth Evans

Do we have any photos of the alleged thieves?

6th Aug 2019 10:53 UTCBruce Cairncross Expert

To my knowledge, no photos are available.
 
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