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Lesotho: Golf-Ball-Size Diamond Sold (New York Times) |
South African Diamond, the manufacturing arm of the British gem seller Graff, won the bidding for the world?s 15th-largest rough diamond, paying $12.4 million for the 603-carat, golf-ball-sized gem found in a Lesotho mine in August. Lesotho, a tiny mountain kingdom completely encircled by South Africa, co-owned the gem with a private concern, Gem Diamonds. South African Diamond said it plans to Read more at: . |