World's second-largest diamond found in Botswana | BBC News

The second-largest diamond ever found - a rough 2,492-carat stone - has been unearthed in Botswana at a mine owned by Canadian firm Lucara Diamond.

It is the biggest find since the 3,106-carat Cullinan diamond, found in South Africa in 1905 and cut into nine separate stones, many of which are in the British Crown Jewels.

The diamond was found at Karowe mine, about 500km (300 miles) north of Botswana's capital, Gaborone.

Botswana's government said it was the largest diamond ever discovered in the southern African state.


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[pauljansen]

One thing is for certain....no local people will ever benefit from the wealth that this Canadian "owner" gains....

[juliak]

Looks like Botswana is gonna need some "freedom and democracy"

[Renard]

*Finds largest diamond in the world*

*cuts it into 9*

[juanmansego]

That's mine. I dropped it last time i visited Botswana.

[henrychinaski-donu]

10 years from now we can all make diamonds in a simple 3D printer.

[nashespiritu]

The people of Botswana will never see a cent of this... as usual

[megamind_]

I see lots of people saying locals are not going to benefit from this. I am from Botswana and I can assure you that even though my country is far from perfect these diamonds have done the most for us. In the 60s before diamonds were discovered Botswana was the second poorest country in the world. In fact, part of the reason why we got our independence so easily was because Botswana was a desolate country with absolutely nothing of value, or so the British thought. By the 80s when the diamonds had been discovered we were the fastest growing economy in the world thanks to these gemstones. Fast forward to today and we have the longest continuous democracy in Africa, as well as the third largest GDP per capita. We get free education from elementary school to university. For a country rich with minerals, we are very stable and peaceful. One can't really say that for much of Africa so I'll always consider us blessed.

[nkundezhimakuya]

The burning question is why dont our African governments mine these minerals themselves? One would wonder if the local people will ever benefit from the wealth they sit on

[deathvalleydemon]

Can’t wait to see all the rappers and celebrities rocking VVS diamonds at fashion shows off the backs of their African brothers.

[Tmaxar]

The Brits would be drooling over it thinking how they can steal it.

[jason]

owned by Canadian firm WTF, people should be posting on why the country doesn't own all the mining companies.

[aryanali]

Does anyone from Botswana own anything in Canada I don’t think so

[sisa_]

South Africans never benefited anything from finding the worlds largest diamond, we only have to listen to a rich group of colonisers sit us down in classrooms and bragged about how they found the world’s largest diamond in our country then sent it to a stupid museum in Europe where other rich people can look at it. Watch the same thing happen with this Botswana diamond

[Censortubes]

Imagine still thinking they are rare and worth something hahaha.

[DZ-hpqc]

I feel bad for the poor worker who found it.

[uwemattiss]

Just so you know Botswana will only get 8% of its value, 92% belongs to the colonisers.

[NakuruFilmandArtsCollective]

Literally 119 years apart; same shit, different day.

[NulKyaut-zehu]

What a banal discussion... No words on the mining industry, the scientific value, the origin of this object. Delusional.

[maxasaurus]

Wow, I’ll bet it took at least two starving orphans to dig that up!

[DV-zvox]

Wow.. a huge piece of rock that was extracted leaving a huge, ugly scar, poisoning the land and resources for the locals who we know will never see a scrap of compensation for this.