{"id":67217,"date":"2021-06-18T15:16:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T15:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=67217"},"modified":"2021-06-18T15:16:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T15:16:54","slug":"worlds-third-largest-diamond-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/worlds-third-largest-diamond-found\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s third largest diamond found"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">World\u2019s third largest diamond found<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67218 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BOST1-e1624029271737.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"451\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800000;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/dailynews.lk\/2021\/06\/17\/world\/251849\/world%E2%80%99s-third-largest-diamond-found\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dailynews<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">A diamond believed to be the third largest ever found has been put on display in Botswana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The stone &#8211; weighing 1,098 carats &#8211; was shown to President Mokgweetsi Masisi, two weeks after the diamond firm, Debswana, unearthed it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The huge gem is only slightly less heavy than the world&#8217;s second-largest diamond which was also found in Botswana in 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Botswana is Africa&#8217;s largest producer of diamonds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;This is the largest diamond to be recovered by Debswana in its history of over 50 years in operation,&#8221; said Lynette Armstrong, Debswana Diamond Company&#8217;s acting managing director.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;From our preliminary analysis it could be the world&#8217;s third largest gem quality stone.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Debswana is a joint venture between the government and global diamond giant De Beers and up to 80% of the income from sales goes to state coffers through dividends, royalties and taxes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">An estimate of the stone&#8217;s potential cost has not yet been released but in 2017, the second-largest diamond ever found, Lesedi La Rona, was sold for $53m (\u00a339.5m).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The biggest diamond ever discovered was the 3,106 carat Cullinan diamond found in South Africa in 1905.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Botswana&#8217;s Minerals Minister, Lefoko Moagi, said the latest find could not have come at a better time for Botswana after the pandemic caused diamond sales to slump last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The newly discovered stone, which was found at the Jwaneng mine, is yet to be named.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Debswana Diamond Company&#8217;s acting managing director said a decision had not yet been taken on whether to sell the &#8220;rare and extraordinary stone&#8221; though De Beers or through the state-owned Okavango Diamond Company.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">(BBC News)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World\u2019s third largest diamond found Source:Dailynews A diamond believed to be the third largest ever found has been put on display in Botswana. The stone &#8211; weighing 1,098 carats &#8211; was shown to President Mokgweetsi Masisi, two weeks after the diamond firm, Debswana, unearthed it. 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