The Lesedi La Rona diamond is an 1109 carat gem quality diamond and was found at the Karowe Diamond Mine. For example, it resembles a tennis ball in size. The Lucara Diamond Corporation, a Canadian diamond mining company found the diamond. Furthermore, after an entire year of negotiations, the world famous David Graff of
made the purchase of a lifetime. Additionally, the total for the entire sale was $53 million dollars US. However, it was after this year of negotiation that brought the price from $70 million US down a whopping $17 million. Also, the diamond is classified as a D in color. Also, A D color diamond means there is no hint of
The Lucara Diamond Corporation of Canada notes that the Lesedi La Rona Diamond is just too big to sell. Furthermore, the chief executive of Lucara Diamond Corporation mentions that “It’s only the second stone recovered in the history of humanity over 1,000 carats. Why would you want to polish it? The stone in the rough form contains untold potential.
Formerly known in media as Karowe Ak6 or as Quad 1 by the miners is the third-largest
diamond ever found, and the second-largest of
gem quality. For example, the only two larger stones are the
blackSergio, which is not gem-quality and the
Cullinan, which is gem quality. It was found in the country of in
Botswana on 16
November 2015. The name of the mine where it comes from is the Karowe Diamond mine.
For example, Karowe Diamond Mine kimberlite pipe produced the Lesedi La Rona
Naming the Lesedi La Rona Diamond
Initially, the diamond was first given a generic name after the Karowe Diamond Mine and the pipe (AK6). However, on January 18th, 2016 Chief Executive Officer of Lucara Diamond Corporation, William Lamb, made an announcement for a competition. The competition open to all Botswana citizens, to name the stone. Additionally, the winner would receive
P25,000 (about $2,170) as a prize. The winner of the competition who named the diamond was Thembani Moitlhobogi from
Mmadikola. The Lesedi La Rona Diamond translates to the name ‘Our Light’ in the national language of Botswana, the
Tswana language. He mentions that his reason for the name was that "the diamond is a pride, light, and hope of Botswana." During the competition, Lucara Diamond Corporation had 11,000 emails and 1,000
SMSs with name suggestions.
Description of the Lesedi La Rona Diamond
The Lesedi La Rona Diamond is a colorless white diamond. Furthermore, it is a special
type IIa diamond. The weight of the diamond weighs in at 1,111 carats (222.2 g; 7.84 oz) and its dimensions are 65 mm × 56 mm × 40 mm (2.6 in × 2.2 in × 1.6 in). The only other larger gem-quality diamond ever found is the Cullinan Diamond, found in 1905 in South Africa, and weighs in at 3,106.75 carats (621.350 g). Furthermore, the age of the diamond is around 2.5 billion years old.
Lucara Diamond Corporation and Mining the Lesedi La Rona at the Karowe Diamond Mine
The Lesedi La Rona Diamond was extracted using Large Diamond Recovery ("LDR") XRT machines. For example, this method uses machines for automatic diamond sorting. Also, the diamond was too large for the machines scanners. The result being an error. In May 2015, the operation at the Karowe Diamond Mine replaced their Dense Media Separation (DMS) technology. The new machines are the TOMRA XRT sorters for sorting material in the -60+8 mm
size range. Likewise, the
X-ray transmission (XRT) sorting technology was chosen after following a suite of tests. Also, each machine can sort up to 150 metric tons (330,000 lb) of diamond material hourly. Additionally, after that, the selecting must be direct to hand sorting. Furthermore, The Karowe Diamond Mine is the first mine using this automated diamond sorting solution.
The Karowe Diamond Mine and the Discovery of Lesedi La Rona Diamond by Lucara Diamond Corporation
The discovery date of the Lesedi La Rona Diamond is in the Karowe Diamond Mine is November 16th, 2015. Just under the South Lobe of the Karowe Diamond Mine about 200 m (660 ft) below the surface. Likewise, The find made news on November 18th. Furthermore, only 0pen for 18 months the AK6
pipe has brought in over 1,000,000 carats (200 kg) of diamonds. For example, a large diamond recovery (LDR) machine utilizing X-ray transmission sensors.
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The Lesedi La Rona Diamond is a 1109 carat rough diamond.
The Lucara Diamond Corporation is responsible for finding the Lesedi La Rona Diamond.