A diamond believed to be the third largest ever found has been put on display in Botswana.

The stone - weighing 1,098 carats - was shown to President Mokgweetsi Masisi, two weeks after the diamond firm, Debswana, unearthed it.

The huge gem is only slightly less heavy than the world's second-largest diamond which was also found in Botswana in 2015.

Botswana is Africa's largest producer of diamonds.

"This is the largest diamond to be recovered by Debswana in its history of over 50 years in operation," said Lynette Armstrong, Debswana Diamond Company's acting managing director.

"From our preliminary analysis it could be the world's third largest gem quality stone."

Debswana is a joint venture between the government and global diamond giant De Beers and up to 80% of the income from sales goes to state coffers through dividends, royalties and taxes.

Botswana's Minerals Minister, Lefoko Moagi, said the latest find could not have come at a better time for Botswana after the pandemic caused diamond sales to slump last year.

The biggest diamond ever discovered was the 3,106 carat Cullinan diamond found in South Africa in 1905 and the second largest is the 1,109 carat Lesedi La Rona found in Botswana in 2015.

The newly discovered stone, which was found at the Jwaneng mine, is yet to be named.

Ms Armstrong said a decision had not yet been taken on whether to sell the "rare and extraordinary stone" though De Beers or through the state owned Okavango Diamond Company.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57506828

If to say na me just get am now

Another toy for the big boys.

oz4real83:
If to say na me just get am now

Daydreaming sh*t

Better go hustle.

Ahmed0336:


Daydreaming sh*t

Better go hustle.

I am already at work at this time of the day unlike u who may still be on the bed or looking for an innocent person to hack his bank account. Idiotic. Shit.

Africa

Imagine being the largest exporter of one of the priciest gems and yet underdeveloped

A continent with so much mineral resources yet so little development to show for it.






Japan and so many western countries do not even have one tenth of what many African countries are endowed with yet they are a Millon miles ahead in terms of development.


Is Africa cursed

bluefilm:
It's just a fucking_ piece of rock and nothing else

But Humans will always continue valuing nonsense over useful things.

Nonsense.

A whole diamond

TheGiftedOne:
A continent with so much mineral resources yet so little development to show for it.






Japan and so many western countries do not even have one tenth of what many African countries are endowed with yet they are a Millon miles ahead in terms of development.


Is Africa cursed

Africa is blessed , Africa leaders are cursed

Ordinary stone

This is money. If put into good use, it will provide water, provide electricity and put smiles pn people's face. Africa is richly bless only if we could make us of it abundant wealth

oz4real83:
I am already at work at this time of the day unlike u who may still be on the bed or looking for an innocent person to hack his bank account. Idiotic. Shit.

Dem go still mis-use am come dey blame white people!!

Stupidil black monkeys!

oz4real83:
I am already at work at this time of the day unlike u who may still be on the bed or looking for an innocent person to hack his bank account. Idiotic. Shit.

Chai my heart, this is too much

size of average stones wey we been dey take harvest mangoes and cashews from tree tops years ago

iamyemiakins:

All thanks to Europe.

All these excuses of blaming the west for Africa's under developed state and backwardness is becoming stale..

oz4real83:
I am already at work at this time of the day unlike u who may still be on the bed or looking for an innocent person to hack his bank account. Idiotic. Shit.

AHMED0336 YOU HAVE BEEN DECIMATED

OBALOLA55:
AHMED0336 YOU HAVE BEEN DECIMATED

Nahhh. I was at work when he quoted me. Just closed for the day.

Where I'm from we don't do fraud like he said. No need quoting a kid

Ahmed0336:


Nahhh. I was at work when he quoted me. Just closed for the day.

Where I'm from we don't do fraud like he said. No need quoting a kid

BORORO I GUESS

I Know say I don ever pick diamond for this obodo Lagos... But I use am fall mango from tree...use am break palm kernel and some many things I can't mention because of time.... Pls who see my diamond stone for Lagos

TheGiftedOne:
A continent with so much mineral resources yet so little development to show for it.






Japan and so many western countries do not even have one tenth of what many African countries are endowed with yet they are a Millon miles ahead in terms of development.


Is Africa cursed

Natural resources don't make a nation rich, Human resources do. That's the problem with us in Africa.

Raydos:
Dem go still mis-use am come dey blame white people!!

Stupidil black monkeys!

Botswana is better than most European countries





Yes I said that

theTranslator:

Botswana is better than most European countries

Yes I said that

But most European countries are better than Africa overall, African run to Europe, European Don't run to Africa!!

I saw something like this yesterday while my workers were digging trenches for foundation...I’ll go examine it again, it might just be my way out of this suffering

Thank God we're now in UAR, no longer part of Africa.

Let Africa enjoy their diamond, we'll keep our bandits, gunmen, boko boys, UGM, UMG, etc.

Hope they won’t steal it

Africa is really blessed but our kwarupt leaders are the ones choking the continent to death

O my Africa. A virgin you were. You have been raped severally by your colonial fathers. They promise you long life then took away your breast.

I'm a proud African. Africa is the richest continent. Africa can survive without Europe but the remaining six continents need Africa to survive.

It's just a fucking_ piece of rock and nothing else

But Humans will always continue valuing nonsense over useful things.

Nonsense.

The Niggar above me is a Real Gee.....