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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 ...
Sergio (carbonado) A 1906 Popular Science Monthly engraving of the Sergio. The Sergio (Portuguese: Carbonado do Sérgio) was the largest carbonado and the largest rough diamond ever dug up on earth. [1] It weighed 3,167 carats (633.4 g; 20.36 ozt) and was found above ground in Lençóis (State of Bahia, Brazil) in 1895 by Sérgio Borges de ...
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 post Miners Find The Second Biggest Diamond Ever And It’s 2,492 Carats, People Are Amazed first appeared on Bored Panda. Diamonds are mined in about 25 countries today yet Botswana is still ...
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.
Jones Diamond. 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 ...