Huge diamond could be a Record Breaker
Huge diamond could be a Record Breaker
A diamond unearthed in the southern African nation of Lesotho could yield one of the largest and highest quality round polished diamonds.
Experts in Antwerp, Belgium who analyzed the 478-carat stone determined it to be of the highest color grading available for a white diamond.
“What makes it more remarkable is the color and quality of this stone,” said diamond consultant Neil Buxton.
The diamond is a D color, which is the highest possible graded color you can get, and there is a chance of getting a 100-carat plus round stone with the highest color and clarity rankings.
The diamond, which was found in September, ranks as the 20th largest rough diamond ever found, but is not the biggest ever taken from the Letseng Mine, which is co-owned by Gem Diamonds Ltd. and the Kingdom of Lesotho, a country of 2.1 million that is surrounded by South Africa.
Two bigger stones — 603 and 493 carats — were found in the mine in 2006 and 2007, respectively, the company said. A 601-carat diamond was mined there in 1960.
The biggest diamond ever found so far is called the Cullinan diamond – which is part of the British Crown Jewels – and is measured at more than a staggering 3,100 carats.
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Huge diamond found
27/04/2009 at 12:32 pm Permalink
My wife loves her new necklace.