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  2. Cullinan Diamond - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Premier Mine - Wikipedia

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    The Cullinan Diamond is the largest rough gem-quality diamond ever found, at 3,106.75 carats (621.350 g). [1] It was found by Frederick Wells, surface manager of the Premier Diamond Mining Company in Cullinan, Gauteng, South Africa, on 25 January 1905. The stone was named after Sir Thomas Cullinan, the owner of the diamond mine.

  4. A Brief History of the Cullinan Diamonds, Queen Elizabeth's ...

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    Unearthed in a South Africa mine in 1905 and weighing 3,106 carats, the Cullinan—named after Thomas Cullinan, the chairman of the mining company—still holds the title of largest diamond ever ...

  5. List of largest rough diamonds - Wikipedia

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    This is a partial list of the largest non-synthetic diamonds with a rough stone (uncut) weight of over 200 carats (40 grams). [1] The list is not intended to be complete—e.g., the Cullinan (formerly Premier) mine alone has produced 135 diamonds larger than 200 carats since mining commenced.

  6. The biggest diamond in over a century is found in Botswana ...

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    The 1,111-carat Lesedi La Rona diamond, also from Botswana’s Karowe Mine, was bought by a British jeweler for $53 million in 2017. Another diamond from Karowe, The Constellation, was sold for ...

  7. Petra Diamonds - Wikipedia

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    In 1985 it lost the record to the Golden Jubilee, which was found in the same mine as the Cullinan and weighed 545.67 carats (109.134 g) in its polished state. More than a quarter of all diamonds weighing more than 400 carats (80 g) have originated from Cullinan. It is also the world's only significant source of blue diamonds. One of these ...

  8. Guinness World Records that have never been broken - AOL

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    Discovered all the way back in 1905 at the Premier Diamond Mine in Cullinan, South Africa, this mammoth weighed in 3106.75 carats. Today, experts estimate that the gem is worth upwards of $400 ...

  9. Thomas Cullinan (diamond magnate) - Wikipedia

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    Sir Thomas Cullinan (12 February 1862 – 23 August 1936) was a South African diamond magnate. He is renowned for giving his name to the Cullinan Diamond , the largest diamond ever discovered, and as owner of the Premier Mine , now renamed the Cullinan Mine, from which the famous gem was extracted on 26 January 1905.

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