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The diamond hoax of 1872 was a swindle in which a pair of prospectors sold a false American diamond deposit to prominent businessmen in San Francisco and New York. It also triggered a brief diamond prospecting craze in the western USA, in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_hoax_of_1872#History

http://www.miningswindles.com/html/diamonds.html

Diamond hoax of 1872

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