(cdapress.com) - Marilyn Monroe sang her song in the movie “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” with the performance ranked the 12th best film song of the century by the American Film Institute — but diamonds are ranked No. 1 among the world’s favorite gem stones, followed by rubies, sapphires and emeralds. Idaho — the “Gem State” — has diamonds, as well and lots of other valuable gemstones, with the rare Idaho Star Garnet as the state’s official gemstone. But the world’s most popular gemstone is the diamond. In the first century A.D., Pliny the Roman naturalist said, “The Diamond is the most valuable, not only of precious stones, but of all things in this world.”
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