Not so precious

diamond-sorting-house

While diamonds command high prices in the marketplace, the toll they take on human life is also high. Even today, the life of a diamond miner is harsh, not especially lucrative, and full of danger. When you look at the amount of diamonds retrieved from the earth, you realize they’re not even precious in terms of being a limited commodity. Witness the piles of diamonds in this photo taken in a diamond sorting  house in Botswana!