Mining

S. African ‘diamond rush’ unearths only quartz crystals, officials say

Unidentified stones that lured thousands of fortune seekers to a rural South African village to mine the land with picks and shovels were not diamonds as hoped, officials said on Sunday, but quartz ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Mystery gemstones that sparked South Africa diamond rush just quartz crystals

Gemstones that sparked a diamond rush in eastern South Africa last week have turned out to be just quartz, according to preliminary findings. Thousands of villagers had been digging since June 12 ...
Daily Mail

Diamonds aren't forever: Gems that sparked diamond-rush in South Africa turn out to be quartz

Gemstones that sparked a diamond rush in South Africa last week have turned out to be just quartz, preliminary findings show. Thousands from across the country flocked to a hillside in KwaZulu-Natal ...
Hindustan Times

South African 'diamond rush' unearths only quartz crystals, officials say

Unidentified stones that lured thousands of fortune seekers to a rural South African village to mine the land with picks and shovels were not diamonds as hoped, officials said on Sunday, but quartz ...
The Straits Times

South African 'diamond rush' unearths only quartz crystals

JOHANNESBURG (REUTERS) - Unidentified stones that lured thousands of fortune seekers to a rural South African village to mine the land with picks and shovels were not diamonds as hoped, officials said ...
The Straits Times

S. African 'diamond rush' unearths only quartz crystals

JOHANNESBURG • Unidentified stones that lured thousands of fortune seekers to a rural South African village to mine the land with picks and shovels were not diamonds as hoped, officials said, but ...