At the beginning of the story, it was owned by the Countess of Morcar, but it was stolen by James Ryder at the Hotel Cosmopolitan with the aid of Catherine Cusack. There is no record in the story of anyone "finding" the stone.
the Countess of Morcar
blue carbuncle in my opinion
The Countess ends up with the Blue Carbuncle ;)
This is a typical Conan Doyle enigma. The word carbuncle now is generally used in the medical field to describe a type of puss-filled infection under the skin. The carbuncle gemstone from that time is most generally attributed as a red garnet because the word carbuncle means red in gemology. Garnet stones could be almost any color except blue until the first one was found in the 1990s (a century after 'The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle' was published) while they still have not been found in China. The chemical elements that make the sapphire blue, titanium and iron, make the garnet black, but the chemical element that makes the newly discovered garnets blue is vanadium. In related notes, there is not, nor ever was, a British noblewoman titled the Countess of Morcar while there is no Amoy River in China, but Amoy is the former name of an island city on China's east coast today known as Xiamen.
Ryder gets information of The Blue Carbuncle from the Countess of Morcar's hotel maid. From then on, they try and plan to steal it together.
The reader is not told.
The story was first published in January 1892, and it was written shortly before.The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle was created in 1892.
blue carbuncle in my opinion
The Blue Carbuncle - 1923 is rated/received certificates of: UK:U
The Countess ends up with the Blue Carbuncle ;)
This is a typical Conan Doyle enigma. The word carbuncle now is generally used in the medical field to describe a type of puss-filled infection under the skin. The carbuncle gemstone from that time is most generally attributed as a red garnet because the word carbuncle means red in gemology. Garnet stones could be almost any color except blue until the first one was found in the 1990s (a century after 'The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle' was published) while they still have not been found in China. The chemical elements that make the sapphire blue, titanium and iron, make the garnet black, but the chemical element that makes the newly discovered garnets blue is vanadium. In related notes, there is not, nor ever was, a British noblewoman titled the Countess of Morcar while there is no Amoy River in China, but Amoy is the former name of an island city on China's east coast today known as Xiamen.
Ryder gets information of The Blue Carbuncle from the Countess of Morcar's hotel maid. From then on, they try and plan to steal it together.
The reader is not told.
"The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle. The story features Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson solving a case involving a stolen valuable gemstone. The physical appearance of the blue carbuncle gemstone is described as being a deep blue color with a red hue.
Sherlock Holmes - 1964 The Blue Carbuncle 2-16 is rated/received certificates of: UK:PG (DVD rating)
Inspector Bradstreet and Sherlock Holmes
James Ryder with the accomplice of Catherine Cusack
Mystery - 1980 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes I The Blue Carbuncle 5-28 was released on: USA: 25 April 1985