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The Botswana government says the huge 2,492-carat diamond is the second-biggest ever discovered in a mine. The as-yet-unnamed diamond was presented to the world at the office of Botswana President ...
A 2,492-carat diamond was unearthed at Botswana's famed Karowe mine this week by Canada's Lucara Diamond, one of the largest stones ever.. Lucara Diamond, in a news release Wednesday, said the ...
The Botswana government says the huge 2,492-carat diamond is the second-biggest ever discovered in a mine. It’s the biggest diamond found since 1905. It’s the biggest diamond found since 1905.
Found above ground in Lençóis: 1895: Eventually sold to I. K. Gulland of London, where it was broken up into small pieces as industrial diamond drills. [7] 3106.75: Cullinan Diamond South Africa: Premier Mine: 1905: British Crown (I and II) and Charles III (III–IX) The largest gem-quality diamond ever discovered. 2492 [8] Motswedi Botswana ...
On August 22, 2024, Lucara announced the discovery of a 498.4 g (2,492 carats) rough diamond there. [15] Currently, it is the second-largest gem-quality diamond ever found [16] and, according to the government of Botswana, the largest ever discovered in the country. [13]
The diamond was found in the south lobe of Canadian company Lucara Diamond's Karowe Mine about 500 km (310 mi) north of Gaborone in Botswana. [ 4 ] [ 12 ] The mine is located in the Letlhakane region, where three other diamond-producing kimberlite fields have mines named Orapa , Letlhakane and Damtshaa , operated by the Debswana Diamond Company ...
In a press release, Lucara called the find “remarkable,” adding that the 2,492-carat diamond is “one of the largest rough diamonds ever unearthed.”. The company found the jewel in Botswana ...
The diamond was recovered in April 2019 by the Lucara Diamond Corp in its Karowe diamond mine in Botswana. The diamond is 1,758 carats and weighs 352 grams or 12.39 oz. [ 1 ] At the time it was found, Sewelô was the largest diamond in Botswana's history, surpassing the 1,111 carats (222 g, 7.83 oz.) Lesedi La Rona extracted at the same mine on ...