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Are there rubies in the Congo?

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There are a few with the second name of “ruby.” The most famous example of this was the “Cape Ruby.” In the 1930s, many people paid a high price for rubies but found to their dismay they had bought pyrope garnets. In the 1950s, “River Rubies,” said to be from the Congo River, turned out to be garnet stones, too. Buyer beware. read more

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Based on the information provided by geologist Marcel Guillaume Bardet. Map of diamond fields in Kasai District of Congo. In quantity the RDC was the biggest producer of diamond in the world: 18,072,000 cts for the year 1961. read more

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