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The falling price of diamonds (lemmy.ca)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

What are the exotic/rare stones?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Only one has been found: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyawthuite

Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moissanite#Geological_occurrence

Found in significant quantities in only 2 places.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

I forget, but if you search for a list of rare stones, diamonds are surprisingly far down.