subject: The anecdote about the discovery of diamonds [print this page] General with the chance discovery of diamonds, with a dramatic excess. Modern foreign discovery of diamonds is the best anecdotal evidence.
Get diamond at diamond mind
1929, summer, sun roasted the Russian Urals gold mining areas as fire general. Gold workers sweat, they desperately busy, hope to Amoy to the larger gold.
Then a 14-year-old child Pavel Popov suddenly found a small sand mine in ore, like grape-like, white seeped yellow, dazzling in the sun reflecting light, extremely gorgeous. Pavel Popov pleasantly surprised to pick up this little ore, so that everyone recognized. At that time, the mine do not know what, some people say that it is "Topaz", some people say not, but everyone thought that baby.
Pavel Popov pick up a small baby news spread like wildfire. Later, the shining ore identified by a mineralogist, to confirm Russia's first diamond was found, priceless.
Since then, the Urals gold diamond mining off the heat.
Facing the wall,the bride got a diamond
It is said that the Chinese north of rural areas a young man ready for a marry new house, wiping the mud wall with a new look. Married bustling day, according to local custom new homes downtown, many relatives and friends poured into downtown hi house new homes. The bride is very shy, blushing face of the wall, listening to people who rushes downtown new house, one hand on the wall looks around. Suddenly, a ray of bright wall gap of the transmission of light. The bride is very curious, they used to pull the nail, even to pull the beans under a big diamond.