# I want some \*\*\*tiny\*\*\* diamonds

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 13, 2002, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-some-tiny-diamonds/98006 "2002-03-13T05:51:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![1kBR\_Kid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/dc4da7/32.png) [@1kBR\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1kBR_Kid)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-some-tiny-diamonds/98006/1 "2002-03-13T05:51:31Z")

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The current issue of National Geographic has a story on diamonds. The cover illustration shows 110 tiny diamonds on a strawberry. They are smaller than the seeds. The writer got them for about 90 dollars US, at a market in India. I’d like to get some of these, but flying to India would drive the price up. Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-some-tiny-diamonds/98006/2 "2002-03-13T07:34:52Z")

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Someone appears to be selling these on ebay:  
[http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=705965453](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=705965453)

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**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-some-tiny-diamonds/98006/3 "2002-03-13T08:57:08Z")

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ohohoh! I love that picture. I didn’t think anything about it til I read the description on one of the first pages 🙂

Nifty little things, aren’t they? 😃

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-some-tiny-diamonds/98006/4 "2002-03-13T14:38:03Z")

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Really? I thought that was just photoshop!

That’s the best cover they’re run in years!

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**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-some-tiny-diamonds/98006/5 "2002-03-13T14:42:31Z")

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I wonder if the unit of weight for tiny diamonds is baby carats?  
:wally

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**Author:** ![1kBR\_Kid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/dc4da7/32.png) [@1kBR\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1kBR_Kid)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-some-tiny-diamonds/98006/6 "2002-03-13T16:02:30Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Violet \*  
> \*\*Someone appears to be selling these on ebay:  
> [http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=705965453](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=705965453) \*\*

Well those certainly are inexpensive, but I was looking for tiny cut diamonds. I’ll check out Ebay. Hadn’t thought of that.

If anyone will be at the diamond market in Surat, India…