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originally posted by: waynos
The values of metals like silver and gold, and rocks like emeralds and diamonds etc, is related to how easily they can be obtained. The rarer an item, particularly one that looks pretty, occurs in nature, the more highly it is valued.
originally posted by: worldstarcountry
a reply to: ScepticScot
Maybe you should go ask the most powerful rulers on Earth for a satisfactory answer, after all they own the bulk of it. Must be some kind of reason no?
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: waynos
The values of metals like silver and gold, and rocks like emeralds and diamonds etc, is related to how easily they can be obtained. The rarer an item, particularly one that looks pretty, occurs in nature, the more highly it is valued.
That is not always the case, high quality rubies, emeralds and sapphires are rarer than diamonds but diamonds are more valued than all of those.