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TYSONS CORNER, Va., July 6 (UPI) -- A Virginia couple is searching for the owner of a $40,000 ring found in a parking lot, but a jewelry store owner says that might not be so easy.
Keith and Linda Stetzer found the 3.02-carat ring and took it to Mervis Diamond Importers in Tysons Corner, Va., where it had been purchased, The Washington Post reported Sunday. A Mervis stamp on the ring led the couple to the jewelry store.
"People are just very careless. That's why we have lost-and-founds," said Ronnie Mervis, owner of the store.
Mervis said he can have workers inspect the diamond in an attempt to identify it, but it is not easy to link a piece of jewelry to a buyer.
"It would be easier if it goes the other way, if someone comes to claim it and says, 'My name is Jones.' Then we can search for it. Otherwise, it's a needle in a haystack," he said.
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