Botswana’s biggest ever diamond found

Botswana’s Okavango Diamond Company says it has recovered an oval shaped blue diamond weighing over 20 carats, the biggest such stone ever discovered in the country.

ODC said the diamond was discovered at Orapa mine as a 41.11 carat rough stone. Its unique and vibrant blue colour is created by the molecular inclusion of the rare mineral boron which between one billion and three billion years ago was present in the rocks of ancient oceans during violent diamond forming volcanic activity.

“Everyone who has viewed the 20 carat polished diamond has marvelled at its unique colouration which many see as unlike any blue stone they have seen before. It is incredibly unusual for a stone of this colour and nature to have come from Botswana – a once-in-lifetime find, which is about as rare as a star in the Milky Way.”

Diamonds are a key natural resource for Botswana, accounting for approximately half of government revenue.

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