See pics: How thousands rushed to South Africa village to mine diamonds, ended up only with quartz 

Officials said over the weekend that those unidentified stones that lured thousands of fortune seekers were not diamonds but quartz crystals with relatively low value.

Over 3,000 people flocked to a remote village of KwaHlathi in South Africa recently after word spread that a herder had discovered a 'diamond' in the area. However, officials said over the weekend that those unidentified stones that lured thousands of fortune seekers were not diamonds but quartz crystals with relatively low value. "The tests conducted conclusively revealed that the stones discovered in the area are not diamonds," a local government statement said. The provincial government also shared a video on Twitter and expressed concern over what it has called a "diamond rush."