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Botswana Diamond Discovery

Manfred Marx was the man who discovered the diamonds which transformed Botswana's economy. As a young geologist in the 1960s his find in the Kalahari desert completely changed the country's fortunes after independence.

Photo: Diamonds, Credit: Getty Images

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Fri 14 Nov 2014 08:50GMT
麻豆社 World Service Online

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