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[+] its mines and will be put on show, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Gaborone. (AP Photo) Copyright 2024 The Associated Press.
All rights reserved. Just a couple of days ago, the world’s second largest diamond – created in Earth’s core – was discovered in Botswana. The largest diamond was unearthed by miners more than 100 years ago – in 1905.
The newly mined diamond, weighing just about a pound, was a 2,492-carat stone. It was discovered by Lucara Diamond Corp. of Vancouver, British Columbia, which owns the mine in Botswana.
Mined about 300 miles north of the capital of Botswana in the Karowe mine, which has produced other large rough stones of significance (including the 813-carat Constellation diamond), the rough stone plays second only to the famed 3,106-carat Cullinan diamond that was mined in South Africa in 1905. LUCARA RECOVERS EPIC 2,492 CARAT DIAMOND FROM THE KAROWE MINE (CNW Group/Lucara Diamond Corp.) Lucara Diamond Corp.
The Cullinan diamond — named after Thomas Cullinan, chairman of the mining company that found it — was a sensation when it was discovered. The stunning blue-white stone, with incredible clarity, was later cut into multiple stones – a feat that took more than eight months. Those stones were all assigned a number and several were eventually put into the British Crown Jewels.
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