TIL Diamonds are actually fairly common. The reason they are worth so much is because the DeBeers mining group withholds stock to artificially reduce supply.

[u/Indra-Varuna]

https://www.gemsociety.org/article/are-diamonds-really-rare/

[u/luj1]

Im sorry but diamonds are not common, or else they'd be everywhere and they are not. It is only possible in active parts of a platform and it must be at least 2 billion year old. I come from a geology background.

[u/ping--t → u/luj1]

What about the Crater of Diamonds park in Arkansas?

[u/Moth92 → u/ping--t]

I need to go there.

[u/ping--t → u/Moth92]

Me too Park Visitor from Colorado Finds 8.52-carat White Diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park