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The Cullinan Diamond is the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found, [2] weighing 3,106 carats (621.20 g), discovered at the Premier No.2 mine in Cullinan, South Africa, on 26 January 1905. It was named after Thomas Cullinan, the owner of the mine. In April 1905, it was put on sale in London, but despite considerable interest, it was still ...
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] yet unnamed ...
The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana, and the country's president showed off the fist-sized stone to the world at a viewing ceremony Thursday ...
Diamonds are mined in about 25 countries today yet Botswana is still one of the world’s leading ones, especially now with its recent unique discovery. The post Miners Find The Second Biggest ...
The Jones Diamond, also known as the Punch Jones Diamond, The Grover Jones Diamond, or The Horseshoe Diamond, was a 34.48 carat (6.896 g) alluvial diamond found in Peterstown, West Virginia by members of the Jones family. It remains the largest alluvial diamond ever discovered in North America.
The weight would make it the largest diamond found in 119 years and the second-largest ever dug out of a mine after the Cullinan Diamond that was discovered in South Africa in 1905. The famous ...
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 16 November 2015. The Lesedi La Rona was the fourth-largest diamond ever found, and the third-largest of gem ...
Shares of Lucara Diamond Corp. surged 91% Thursday after it discovered a 2,492-carat diamond. The diamond, found at the Karowe mine in Botswana, is the world's second-largest ever.