Nov 18 (Reuters) - A small Canadian diamond company has
found what it says is the world's second-biggest gem quality
diamond ever recovered, and the largest in more than a century,
at its mine in Botswana.
Lucara Diamond Corp LUC.TO said on Wednesday the 1,111
carat stone was found at its Karowe mine in north-central
Botswana, one of the world's most prolific diamond-producing
areas.
The Type IIa diamond measures 65 millimeters by 56 mm by 40
mm.
The biggest gem-quality diamond ever found is the Cullinan
diamond, a 3,106-carat stone found in the Premier mine in South
Africa in 1905. It was cut into several polished gems, the two
largest of which are part of Britain's crown jewels.