{"id":31189,"date":"2015-11-25T18:00:18","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=31189"},"modified":"2015-11-22T11:11:35","modified_gmt":"2015-11-22T09:11:35","slug":"25-05","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=31189","title":{"rendered":"This Is the Biggest Diamond Found in More Than a Century"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>This Is the Biggest Diamond Found in More Than a Century<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
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A 1,111 carat diamond has been recovered in Botswana by the mining company Lucara. The Type IIa diamond is the largest discovered in more than a century and second in size only to the diamond that was used to make the British crown jewels, according to Bloomberg. The diamond is almost as big as a tennis ball.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe significance of the recovery of a gem quality stone larger than 1,000 carats, the largest for more than a century and the continued recovery of high quality stones from the south lobe, cannot be overstated,\u201d Lucara CEO William Lamb said in a release.<\/span><\/p>\n

An analyst at BMO CApital Markets said the value of such a massive stone was \u201cimpossible to estimate\u201d because the value is dependent on the color, clarity, and cutting of the gem. A 341.9 carat diamond sold for $20.6 million in July.<\/span><\/p>\n

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