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Re:Zuckerberg,Bezos,Gates.Behind Every Self-Made Millionaire... by Turing_Machine on Saturday September 23, 2023 @09:16AM (#37622967)
> convince themselves that the teenager who was walking around with emerald from his family's mine in his pockets was not a rich privileged kid

Most emeralds (and other precious stones, too, but especially emeralds) that come out of the ground are essentially worthless.

https://www.amazon.com/Gemhub-Quality-Emerald-Natural-Wrappe...

There you go. Now you, too, can "walk around with emeralds in your pocket". 12 bucks.

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Re:Zuckerberg,Bezos,Gates.Behind Every Self-Made Millionaire... by rewmie on Saturday September 23, 2023 @12:07PM (#37624492)
> Most emeralds (and other precious stones, too, but especially emeralds) that come out of the ground are essentially worthless.

As the legend goes, a 16 year old Elon walked into Tiffany's with two emeralds in his pocket which he sold for around $2k only to learn that they were worth 30 times that value.

You can Google for the references if you'd like.

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Re:Zuckerberg,Bezos,Gates.Behind Every Self-Made Millionaire... by Turing_Machine on Saturday September 23, 2023 @07:40PM (#37628681)
"The legend"?

https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/11/17/elon-musk-emerald-min...

Yeah, I think we're done here.

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