Tag: Botswana
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Rare half-pink rough diamond with ‘astounding’ weight of 37.4 carats discovered in Botswana
Live Science has a story about the discovery of a very large pink diamond. The diamond weighs 37.4 carats. It was discovered in Botwana and likely formed in two stages as it has two colors… pink and colorless. The pink half probably formed first, but from what scientists know about colorful diamonds, there’s a good…
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Largest Diamond Since 1905 Unearthed by Miners in Botswana
Smithsonian Magazine has an article about the discovery of a very large diamond. A 2,492 carat diamond is the largest found since 1905. It was discovered this week in the Karowe mine, about 300 miles north of Botswana’s capital city of Gaborone. That mine has produced four other large diamonds in the last decade. This…
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Mineral Monday #1: Here’s How Much It Costs to Buy a Diamond the Size of a Tennis Ball
Fortune has a story about a diamond that weighs 1,109 carats. The stone, which was sold recently by the Canadian mining company Lucara Diamond, was discovered in 2015 at Lucara’s Karowe mine in Botswana. This is the largest diamond found in the last century. The record is held by the Cullinan Diamond, which was found…
