Botswana President Mokgwezi Masisi viewed one of the world's largest diamonds discovered on the territory of the country he rules. FACTS wrote about the discovery on Thursday.
The head of state did not hide his admiration, but at the same time, as can be seen from the video, he reacted like a real jeweler and carefully examined the merits of the stone.
One of the world's largest diamonds ever discovered - a rough stone weighing 2,492 carats - has been found in the African country, the Canadian mining company that discovered the gem has boasted.
The diamond was found at the Karowe diamond mine in northeastern Botswana, about 430 km from the capital Gaborone, Lucara Diamond Corp said in a statement.
Lucara не посочи стойността на находката, нито нейното качество, предаде АФП, цитиран от dariknews.bg.
По отношение на карата камъкът изглежда не отстъпва много на най-големия диамант с качество на скъпоценен камък, добиван някога - 3 016,75-каратовия диамант Кулинан, открит в Южна Африка през 1905 г.
„Ние сме във възторг от откриването на този изключителен 2 492-каратов диамант“, казва в изявлението си президентът и главен изпълнителен директор на компанията Уилям Ламб.
This find is “one of the largest rough diamonds ever discovered” and was detected using the company's Mega Diamond Recovery x-ray technology, the statement said.
Botswana is one of the largest producers of diamonds in the world, which are the main source of income for the country.
Before the announced find, the largest diamond recovered in Botswana was a 1,758-carat stone mined by Lucara in 2019 and named Sevelo.