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Botswana's Diamonds

2017/11/17
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Manfred Marx was the man who discovered the diamonds which transformed Botswana's economy. As a young geologist in 1967 his find in the Kalahari desert completely changed the country's fortunes after independence.

(Photo: Uncut diamonds. Credit: Getty Images)