Century's biggest diamond
A 603-carat white diamond has been found in the tiny southern African kingdom of Lesotho, making it the biggest rock of the century and one of the world's largest, it was announced yesterday.
"The diamond, named the Lesotho Promise, is the largest reported find this century and ranks as the 15th largest diamond ever found," said the mine's joint owners, South Africa's Gem Diamond Mining and the Lesotho government.
"The stone is an exceptional colour, rated D, the top colour for diamonds. The largest diamond previously found (in Lesotho) was the 601-carat Lesotho Brown recovered in 1967," the statement said.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The Lesotho Promise went on sale in Antwerp yesterday, the day the mountain kingdom marks its 40th anniversary of independence from British rule.
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