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[millia at panix.com (david w. millians)]

On 1/11/2012 1:32 PM, Michael H. Warfield wrote:
>> She's a geologist and knows the true value of diamonds (nearly as common as
>> sand) so I'm off the hook for that :-)
>
> No joke.  If it wasn't for some crazy monopolies (DeBeers) diamonds
> would be about $5 a caret.

Citation? I've heard this, but can't find any documentation for it. I do 
know that modern manufacturing methods mean that large carat stones 
*are* rare, and that stones like the Koh-i-noor will never happen again.