Lucara Diamond Corporation, a high quality diamond producer, announced the recovery of a 1,111-caratType IIA diamond, the world’s second-largest gem-quality diamond ever found, from its Karowe mine in Botswana on 18 November 2015.
The stone, measuring 65mm x 56mm x 40mm in size, is the largest diamond ever to be recovered in Botswana and the largest ever to be retrieved through a modern processing facility, the recently installed Large Diamond Recovery (LDR) XRT machines. The diamond is also the largest discovered since the 3,106-carat Cullinan diamond which was taken from the Cullinan mine in South Africa in 1905.
“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. Our focus on mining the south lobe, which is delivering value beyond expectation, has been perfectly timed with the commissioning of our recent plant modifications, enabling the recovery of these large, high quality exceptional diamonds,” said William Lamb, president and CEO of the company.
Lucara also discovered two white diamonds weighing 813 carats which is the world’s sixth-largest rough diamond ever found, and 374 carats from Karowe using the LDR XRT technology.
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