{"id":11868,"date":"2015-11-20T07:24:20","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T07:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=11868"},"modified":"2015-11-20T07:39:07","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T07:39:07","slug":"botswana-miners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/botswana-miners","title":{"rendered":"Botswana Miners Find World&#8217;s 2nd-Largest Diamond"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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The Type IIa diamond measures 6.5 cm by 5.6 cm by 4 cm. It is the second largest diamond ever recovered after the 3,106-carat Cullinan diamond that was found near Pretoria, South Africa, in 1905.<\/p>\n<p>William Lamb,\u00a0Lucara&#8217;s CEO, said that though he has been inundated with questions from potential buyers. He cannot price the stone right now because it is too large to fit into the company\u2019s scanner. He has to transport the diamond to Antwerp, Belgium, for a detailed inspection. The company is most likely going to auction off the stone.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cPeople are still reeling from the fact that it\u2019s over 1,000 carats,\u201d William Lamb said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Last April, a 100-carat cut diamond sold for $22 million within three seconds at an auction in New York. The original stone weighed more than 200 carats\u00a0prior to being cut.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11870\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11870\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-11870\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/img_564d1175add19.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"710\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/img_564d1175add19.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/img_564d1175add19-600x353.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/img_564d1175add19-85x50.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/worlds-second-largest-diamond-recovered-in-botswana\/\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{adinserter CNP5}<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>A good week for Lucara<\/h2>\n<p>Botswana is world\u2019s second biggest diamond producer, and according to Lucara\u00a0this was was the largest ever to be recovered in the country.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;This historic diamond recovery puts Lucara and the Karowe mine amongst a select number of truly exceptional diamond producers [&#8230;] The 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,&#8221; Lamb said in a statement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The company announced the discovery of two more large diamonds in the same mine. They are estimated to be 813 and 374 carats.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11869\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11869\" style=\"width: 705px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-11869\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/w510.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"705\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/w510.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/w510-85x57.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/csi\/00151653_703f7d92631212b7d5b1200d43920292\/w510.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/trapped-miners\">SEE ALSO:\u00a05 Tanzanian Miners Survive 41 Days Trapped 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