Second largest diamond recovered in Botswana

A small Canadian diamond company has announced the discovery of the world’s second biggest gem quality diamond that has ever been recovered, as Telegraph reports.

According to Lucara Diamond Corp the 1,111 carat stone was found at its Karowe mine in north-central Botswana.

The diamond, type IIA, measures 65 millimetres by 56mm by 40mm.

The biggest gem-quality diamond ever found is the Cullinan diamond, a 3,106-carat stone which was found in the Premier mine in South Africa in 1905 and it was cut into several gems. The two largest of them are part of Britain’s crown jewels.