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The most valuable of these gems, colored ones called fancies, sell for more than $1 million per carat |
diamonds
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$400 |
J |
PRECIOUS GEMS |
2017-03-16 |
#7489 |
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In 1867 a child in South Africa found a "pretty pebble", which turned out to be a 22-carat one of these |
diamonds
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$400 |
DJ |
GEMS & JEWELS |
2007-07-10 |
#5272 |
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Talc is at one end of the Mohs scale of hardness & this is at the other |
Diamonds
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$200 |
DJ |
MINERALS |
2000-06-09 |
#3645 |
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Like South Africa's, Namibia's economy is based in part on exports of gem-quality ones of these |
diamonds
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$200 |
J |
GEMS & JEWELS |
1997-06-16 |
#2961 |
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The 1st of these crystalline carbon gems discovered in South Africa was found in 1867 |
Diamonds
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$100 |
J |
GEMS & JEWELRY |
1996-11-25 |
#2816 |
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Deposits near the mouth of the Orange River have been a rich source of these precious gemstones |
diamonds
DD
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$500 |
J |
ROCKS & MINERALS |
1996-03-26 |
#2672 |
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In the 1950s General Electric synthesized these industrial gems in weights of less than a carat |
diamonds
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$200 |
DJ |
GEMS & JEWELRY |
1994-01-28 |
#2170 |
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South Africa's De Beers Consolidated Mines controls over 3/4 of the world's supply of these gems |
diamonds
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$200 |
DJ |
GEMS |
1992-11-02 |
#1876 |
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Specimens of these include the "Star of Africa" & the "Tiffany" |
diamonds
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$400 |
DJ |
GEMS |
1991-07-08 |
#1596 |
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The name of this April birthstone derives from "adamas", Greek for "invincible" |
diamonds
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$400 |
DJ |
GEMS |
1988-11-22 |
#972 |
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The U.S.S.R. has surpassed South Africa in production of these, a capitalist's "best friend" |
diamonds
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$200 |
J |
GEMS |
1986-09-30 |
#472 |
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Group which hadthe following, their biggest hit in 1957:"Ah, ya ya ya ya, ya ya ya ya, ya ya ya ya / Little darling oh little darling" |
The Diamonds
DD
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$500 |
J |
SINGING GEMS |
1986-05-26 |
#446 |