“It’s called kyawthuite (cha-too-ite), a tiny, tawny-hued grain weighing just a third of a gram (1.61 carats). On first glance, you might mistaken it for amber or topaz; but the unassuming mineral speck has value beyond measure.”

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    26 days ago

    It seems like we don’t know how it was made in nature, so probably not. We can’t replicate the process until we figure out what it is