South African village’s hopes of diamond mine dashed as stones are only worthless quartz

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South African village’s hopes of diamond mine dashed as stones are only worthless quartz – CBS News

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Unidentified stones that lured thousands of fortune seekers to a rural South African village to mine the land with picks and shovels were not diamonds as hoped. Debora Patta spoke to government officials who informed villagers they were worthless quartz crystals.

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