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A 2,492 carat diamond – the second largest in the world – has been discovered in Botswana.
The diamond was discovered at the Karowe Diamond Mine in northeastern Botswana using X-ray technology, Lucara Diamond Corp said in a statement on Thursday.
Lucara did not give a value for it and did not mention its quality. But in terms of carats, the stone is second only to the 3016-carat Cullinan Diamond discovered in South Africa in 1905.
"We are thrilled to recover this extraordinary 2,492-carat diamond," Lucara President William Lamb said in the statement.
Pictures released by the company show that the diamond is as big as the palm of a hand.
The discovery was "one of the largest rough diamonds ever discovered" and was discovered using the company's Mega Diamond Recovery X-ray technology installed in 2017 to identify and preserve large, high-value diamonds, it said. statement.
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