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A 2,492-carat diamond has been discovered in a mine in Botswana, announced the Canadian mining company behind the find.
This precious stone, detected in the Karowe mine in northeastern Botswana, Africa’s leading diamond producer, is “one of the largest rough diamonds ever discovered”, Lucara points out in a press release published on its website.
According to the Botswana government and several experts, it is the second largest ever found in the earth.
In terms of carats, it is not far from the largest known diamond in the world, the “Cullinan”, with over 3,100 carats, unearthed in South Africa in 1905.
Botswana is one of the world’s largest producers of diamonds, which are its main source of income, accounting for 30% of GDP and 80% of exports, the same media outlet points out.
