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How thousands rushed to South Africa village to mine diamonds, ended up only with quartz

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Over 3,000 people flocked to a remote village of KwaHlathi in South Africa recently after word spread that a herder had discovered a ‘diamond’ in the area. However, officials said over the weekend that those unidentified stones that lured thousands of fortune seekers were not diamonds but quartz…

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Mysterious Gemstones Sparked A ‘Diamond Rush’ In South Africa. Then…

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Gemstones that sparked a diamond rush to eastern South Africa last week have turned out to be just quartz, according to preliminary findings presented Sunday. Thousands of people flocked to a hillside in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province to dig for mysterious stones first unearthed by a cattle herder and…

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