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FenrirIII to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months ago

The biggest diamond in over a century is found in Botswana

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The biggest diamond in over a century is found in Botswana

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FenrirIII to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months ago
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The biggest diamond in over a century is found in Botswana — a whopping 2,492 carats
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The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana. The country’s president showed off the fist-sized stone at a viewing ceremony Thursday.
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  • @ravhall@discuss.online
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    38•9 months ago

    No doubt the person who found it got an extra piece of bread for dinner.

  • MinusPi (she/they)
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    18•9 months ago

    Oh boy, a shiny rock

    • @Alexstarfire@lemmy.world
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      17•9 months ago

      • @hakunawazo@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        Goddammit Marie. That form isn’t natural for a mineral.

  • Treedrake
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    “Natural” diamonds are a manufactured luxury. Lab-made are just as well, if not better, but big diamond is really pushing the “rocks we find in the ground are better”. Even though the diamond industry has their hands covered in blood.

    • Mossy Feathers (She/Her)
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      12•9 months ago

      Diamonds aren’t even cool anymore. Laboratory gems, however, are fucking awesome.

  • @Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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    6•9 months ago

    Oh, that’s mine. I dropped it last week. Please return, thank you!

  • Flying Squid
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    4•9 months ago

    Cool. Throw it at De Beers CEO Al Cook next time he gives a press conference like Bush and the shoes.

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