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Monday, December 21, 2009

A huge 478 carats diamond has been discovered in Lesotho's Letseng mine, mutually owned by Gem Diamonds and the Lesotho government.

According to specialists, it is previously the 20th largest rough diamond found, and if cut and polished, could be the largest ever polished round diamond, weighing in at 150 carats.

The well-known Koh-i-Noor diamond set in the British crown jewels is a 105 carat diamond.


But, the new diamond from Lesotho is still far smaller than the Cullinan diamond discovered in 1905, which was 3,106 carats uncut and yielded a teardrop shaped diamond of 530 carats called the Great Star of Africa.

Usually large diamonds are named, though none has been announced for the newly discovered stone.

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