The rare rock was recovered at the Karowe diamond mine last month and presented to the government in a ceremony on Wednesday.
It is the third diamond of more than 1,000 carats found at the site, and it will now be made into"valuable collections of top colour polished diamonds," Canadian mining firm Lucara Diamond said in a press release.Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi attended a ceremony on Wednesday to view the stone.Monirul Bhuiyan/AFP/Getty Images
Naseem Lahri, the managing director of Lucara Botswana, said its unearthing"is history in the making, for us and Botswana as well." The stone is"a clivage gem of variable quality with significant domains of high-quality white gem material," Lucara said in the press release.-- a staggering 1,758-carat stone -- at the Karowe mine.
At present, the largest diamond ever recorded is the 3,106-carat Cullinan Diamond, found in South Africa in 1905. The Cullinan was subsequently cut into smaller stones, some of which form part of British royal family's crown jewels.
Diamonds are just shiny rocks with no actual value aside from some industrial applications.
How will that benefit the commoners of Botswana 🇧🇼?
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