“It’s called kyawthuite (cha-too-ite), a tiny, tawny-hued grain weighing just a third of a gram (1.61 carats). On first glance, you might mistaken it for amber or topaz; but the unassuming mineral speck has value beyond measure.”

  • @jordanlundOP
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    1492 days ago

    He didn’t know until after it was faceted…

    “thought the raw gem was a mineral called scheelite. After he faceted the stone, though, he realized that he was looking at something unusual.”

    • @Hugin
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      21 day ago

      Like the guy who cut down the oldest know tree to find out how old it was. It wasn’t known how old it was at the time. (They have found probably older but don’t want to cut them down to find out.)

    • Flying Squid
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      782 days ago

      This is what I get for only skimming the article.

      • @essell
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        202 days ago

        Well, when you need to be in every thread that’s gotta limit your reading time

      • @Lost_My_Mind
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        562 days ago

        And this is what I get for reading the comments. NOT having to read the article.

        • Flying Squid
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          192 days ago

          I was in on it early, so I have no excuse other than I need to read more carefully next time. Which I probably won’t remember to do next time.

          • @[email protected]
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            31 day ago

            It’s all good, if you didn’t get it wronf, none would have corrected you and 99/100 that didn’t read the story wouldn’t know. You provided us 35 seconds of insight second hand.

          • @[email protected]
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            142 days ago

            Can someone tldr the whole thing? I’m too lazy to read the title, comments or article.

            (No please don’t, I read it, I’m just here for cheap jokes and giggles)

            • @jordanlundOP
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              182 days ago

              Guy found an interesting rock in a gemstone market in Myanmar, thought it was one thing, made it pretty, found out not only was it something else, it was something never before seen in nature.

              Naturally, now it lives in Los Angeles.

            • Zier
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              112 days ago

              tldr, there was a man from Nantucket…

            • Flying Squid
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              12 days ago

              I only read the above comment up to ‘tldr’ and skimmed the rest so the tldr is that the world’s rarest mineral is so rare that it’s only ever been found once!

      • @affiliate
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        72 days ago

        i hope you learned your lesson