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What is a "Blue Carbuncle"?

Some information attempting to guess the most likely identity for this gem?

Drsruli (talk) 06:06, 2 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Peterson returns excited, carrying the stolen gem, and reports that he found it in the goose's crop (an error by Conan Doyle, as geese do not have a crop)."

This itself is an error; geese do, in fact, have a crop (as do chickens, turkeys, and ducks).

https://www.fao.org/3/y4359e/y4359e05.htm

Drsruli (talk) 06:09, 2 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Quickly searching online throws up sources that agree, others that don't, and one says that they don't have a 'true crop' whatever that may be. Anyway, as the statement in the article adds nothing to the plot, I think it best to take it out. MichaelMaggs (talk) 11:11, 6 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]