Posted on 05/07/08
FIVE THINGS: DIAMOND MINING
1 FALSE STARTThe search for diamonds in Canada goes back as far as French explorer Jacques Cartier, who thought he found some in the 1540s at the mouth of the Rivière Cap-Rouge near present-day Quebec City. Unfortunately, these turned out to be quartz crystals. The name Cap Diamant remains on the dramatic promontory where the Château Frontenac overlooks the St. Lawrence. Cartier's mistake, pointed out to him by geologists when he got home, became a part of French folklore. Something fake is still described in parts of France as "faux comme un diamant du Canada."
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