kwazulu—natal announced that the shiny, beautifulstones kwazulu—natal announced that the shiny, beautiful stones found in the village were actually not diamonds, but quartz crystals, whose value is very little compared to that of diamonds. this is an area where people who lived there hoped that it would create jobs, people who lived there hoped that it would createjobs, if indeed people who lived there hoped that it would create jobs, if indeed those were diamonds, because that area has the largely —— has been largely ignored by the government in terms of making sure that there are basic services. there's very little infrastructure in the area and jobs are very scarce. are saying that they are still trying to evaluate how much value they carry, but what the geologists who are there yesterday, who said in terms of value, the quartz crystal were very low in terms of value compared to that of diamonds. but that has not stopped people from continuing to dig in the area because there are lots of people who don't believe what the government has said to