Residents of South Africa go to the village of Quakhliti province Quadzulu-Natal because of the “diamond” fever. In the territory of the African country, unknown stones were discovered that people were accepted for precious and decided to get rich, writes CNN.
Thousands of Africans from June 12 pipping with krchir and shovels open field of the village in search of stones that were taken for diamonds. The first invisible nugget found a local shepherd in Earth. Mining stones Residents of South Africa sell from hand to 7-20 dollars depending on the size. Poverty, high unemployment in South Africa remain unchanged for about three decades, the pandemic aggravated the situation.
“The opening of the deposits will change our life. No one in the country has normal work, I grab a random earnings. The find very pleased with my whole family,” the 27-year-old father of two children shared.
On Monday, June 14, representatives of the Mining Department of South Africa arrived at the place. Geologists collected material samples to determine the origin and value of stones. The lack of confirmation that nuggets are really worth something, did not stop the diggers before the chance to get rich. The authorities accelerate “diamond designers”, warning about the threat of infection with coronavirus with massacre of people.
In 2019, in the city of Calgohley Australia, a man discovered a piece of gold weighing 1.4 kilograms and worth 100 thousand Australian dollars (at that time 4.4 million rubles). And in 2020, the farmer from the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh found on a leased for 200 rupees (200 rubles) by the bar of the earth Almaz, who sold from the hammer for six million rupees (six million rubles).