How a Rogue Geologist Discovered a Diamond Trove in the Canadian Arctic

Eighteen years ago, there was no such thing as a Canadian diamond — as far as anyone knew. Diamonds came mostly from Australia, Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, and Russia. De Beers mined 75 percent of the world's output, much of it tainted by controversial "blood diamonds," sold to fund African wars. Today, Canada is the world's third-largest producer, by value, of rough stones.  The story behind the addition of Canada to the ranks of diamond-producing nations leads back to one man: a short, absentminded Canadian geologist named Chuck Fipke.

Prairie Pooch didn't know that, and you didn't either!  Read Chuck's story...

http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/magazine/16-12/ff_diamonds