Never let it be said that the age of supervillany has passed us by.

WASHINGTON, DC -- One of the world's largest rubies goes on public display for the first time Saturday, the newest star of the National Gem Collection at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. The 23.1 carat Carmen Lucia stone "is the largest and finest faceted ruby on public display," according to the curator of the gem collection.

I came across this item in the newspaper just as I was ruminating on how to obtain a large, red, fine-faceted object with which to power my Doomsday Device.