Dec 15, 2021
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 City. It
also triggered a brief diamond prospecting craze in the
western United
States, in Arizona, New
Mexico, Utah, Wyoming,
and Colorado.
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