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You Know what really grinds my gears?

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In our society certain things have value. I used to watch many episodes of "Pawn Stars" and "Antique's Roadshow" to  which things have value and which things don't. Things that have value include Art, limited edition luxury watches, famous movie props, certain autographs, key historical items (documents, weapons, Body parts[hair] etc. I noticed that people very rarely resell diamonds. Why? They are worthless. I did a little research, the diamond industry is rarely discussed. The De Beers corporation has an international monopoly over the pressurized coal.  Diamonds are NOT rare.   There are no ancient civilizations that sought after diamond.  Gold and Silver were always valuable commodities since the dawn of time. In ancient China and the Americas, Jade and emerald were considered "fit for royalty".  If diamonds were indeed rare, tools wouldn't use them. Ever drove by road work and see a guy cutting large pieces of concrete with something that