Diamonds Are Botswana’s Best Friend

Spot on. Botswana is a lucky country for diamonds for now. You need accumulated luck not only to find big gem quality rough diamonds but also to sell. Finding a responsible buyer for big diamonds is not easy. 

Useful links:

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za

http://www.debswana.com

Lucara Recovers 1174 Carat Diamond From The Karowe Mine In Botswana

The rough diamond is not considered 100 per cent gem, but a clivage diamond of variable quality with significant domains of high quality white gem material. Take a look. 

Useful link: https://lucaradiamond.com

World’s Third Largest Diamond Discovered In Botswana

1098 carat rough diamond. Rare and extraordinary. Take a look.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/16/worlds-third-largest-diamond-discovered-in-botswana

http://www.debswana.com

Lucara Recovers 470 Carat Rough Diamond From The Karowe Mine

Lucara Diamond Corp has found six diamonds over 100 carats from its Karowe mine in Botswana, including a light-brown diamond weighing 470 carats. A lucky miner.

Useful link: https://lucaradiamond.com

Gem Diamonds Recovers 370 Carat Rough Diamond

Gem Diamonds has recovered a 370 carat rough diamond in Lesotho, the second over 100 carats in one week. The high quality, white, type II diamond rough came from the company's Letseng mine, known for producing large diamonds. Take a look.

Useful link: https://www.gemdiamonds.com

World's Diamond Production

Just three countries--Russia, Australia and the Democratic Republic of Congo--jointly produced almost 80 per cent of the world's diamonds last year. Russia was the single biggest diamond producer. It mined 19 million carats--just over 35 per cent. Australia and Congo tied for second place, both producing a little over 22 per cent of total production, or 12 million carats. The three countries jointly produced 79.62 per cent of the world's diamonds. Botswana trailed in fourth place with 9 per cent, or 5 million carats, but has the second biggest reserves--310 million carats. Russia has by far the biggest reserves, estimated at 650 million carats, or 34 years at current rates of consumption.

Useful links: https://finbold.com I https://www.usgs.gov

Letšeng Mine Recovers 254 Carat Rough Diamond

Gem Diamonds has unearthed a 254 carat rough diamond in Lesotho. The high quality, type II, white diamond came from Letseng mine. Take a look.

Useful link: https://www.gemdiamonds.com

Petra Diamonds Finds 39-carat Blue Diamond At Cullinan Mine

South Africa's Petra Diamonds has found a blue rough diamond at Cullinan mine, a 39.34-carat, type IIb said to be of exceptional quality due to both its color and clarity. Take a look.

Useful link: https://www.petradiamonds.com

Three 100 Plus Carats Diamonds Recovered At Lulo

Lucapa Diamond Company has recovered three more 100 plus carat rough diamonds at its Lulo alluvial mine in Angola. The company found a 131 carat D-color, type IIa, a brown diamond weighing 118 carats and a 133 carat lower quality grey diamond at the site's high-value Mining Block 46. That section, which is located along the Canguige tributary, also produced a 114 carat, D-color, type IIa stone earlier this month, as well as 104 carat and 113 carat diamonds in January.

Useful link: https://www.lucapa.com.au

Petra Diamonds Sells 299.3 Carat Diamond For US$12.18 Million

Petra Diamonds has sold a 299.3 carat rough diamond to Stargems DMCC for US$12.18 million, after recovering the diamond at its Cullinan mine in South Africa earlier this year. The exceptional white, type IIa, gem quality diamond fetched US$40701 per carat, exceeding the US$34386 per carat Petra achieved for the 424.89 carat Legacy of the Cullinan Diamond Mine in May 2019.

Useful link: https://www.petradiamonds.com

Lulo Mine Recovers 114 Carat Diamond

Lucapa Diamond Company has recovered a 114 carat, D-color, type IIa diamond at its Lulo alluvial mine in Angola. Take a look.

Useful link: https://www.lucapa.com.au

Alrosa's 242.31-carat Diamond For Sale

The 242.31-carat diamond will be showcased at Alrosa's sales office in Dubai from March 14 to 21. Results of the auction will be announced on March 22. The starting price will be little over US$2 million. Stay tuned.

Useful link: http://eng.alrosa.ru

215 Carat Diamond Recovered At Mothae

Lucapa Diamond Company has recovered a 215 carat rough from its Mothae mine in Lesotho, the largest high quality diamond it has found at the deposit. The D-color, white, type IIa diamond is the second diamond over 200 carats the miner has unearthed since it began commercial operations at the site in 2019. Take a look.

Useful link: https://www.lucapa.com.au

Polaris Diamond

The Gahcho Kue mine, in Canada, has yielded its largest diamond since operations began there more than four years ago. The 157.38 carat diamond, described as being of exceptional quality, will be sold later this month at a tender of special size diamond in Antwerp. Canadian miner Mountain Province Diamonds has named the diamond Polaris after the North Star, because of its rare natural blue fluorescence.

Useful link: https://www.mountainprovince.com

Lucara Recovers Second Large Diamond This Year

Lucara Diamond Corp has announced another recovery of significance from its 100% owned Karowe Mine in Botswana. A magnificent unbroken Type IIa 378 carat gem quality top white diamond was recently recovered from milling of ore sourced from the M/PK (S) unit of the South Lobe. Take a look.

Useful link: https://www.lucaradiamond.com

Lucara Recovers 341 Carat Diamond In Botswana

Lucara Diamond Corporation has unearthed a 341 carat white diamond at its Karowe mine in Botswana, the first over 100 carats the deposit has produced this year. Take a look.

Useful link: https://www.lucaradiamond.com

Gem Diamonds Unearths 146.9 Carat Rough Diamond

Gem Diamonds received a New Year's surprise, retrieving a 146.9 carat rough diamond from its Letseng mine Lesotho. The miner found the high quality, type II diamond on January 7, 2021.

Useful link: https://www.gemdiamonds.com

Lucapa Recovers 113 Carat Diamond At Lulo

The 113 carat rough diamond had been recovered from Mining Block 46, downstream of the Canguige river at Lulo in Angola. There may be more large high value diamonds in the area. Stay tuned.

Useful link: https://www.lucapa.com.au

BlueRock Recovers High Value Diamonds

BlueRock Diamonds has announced the recovery of two exceptional gem quality diamonds weighing 14.8 carats and 8.7 carats at its Kareevlei mine in South Africa.

Useful link: https://www.bluerockdiamonds.co.uk

Lucapa Recovers 101 Carat Rough Diamond from Mothae

Lucapa Diamond Company has recovered a 101 carat rough diamond from its Mothae mine in Lesotho. The company found the D color, type IIa diamond in the mine's southern lobe region. Take a look.

Useful link: https://www.lucapa.com.au