“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.”

  • @RamblingPanda
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    152 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)

    • @[email protected]OP
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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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      42 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!