“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.”

  • Flying Squid
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    191 month 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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      141 month 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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        181 month 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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        111 month ago

        tldr, there was a man from Nantucket…

      • Flying Squid
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        11 month 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!

    • @[email protected]
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      31 month 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.