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ivan78 on Sept 18, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Russia reveals secret diamond field containing "tr...

It's a fake. http://ria.ru/science/20120917/752346830.html Google translate: http://tinyurl.com/9kqjr3t

TLDR: There are so called "technical diamonds", they are not good enough for jewelry, bat can be used for making tools, such as drills, etc.

Cthulhu_ on Sept 18, 2012 [–]

Doesn't make it fake; iirc the article doesn't state the diamonds being of gemstone quality / purpose.

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