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World’s Largest Uncut #Diamond Heads to Auction, a Break With Tradition The world’s largest uncut diamond...
World Diamond NewsWorld’s Largest Uncut #Diamond Heads to Auction, a Break With Tradition
The world’s largest uncut diamond is about to be sold in a most uncommon way.
The tennis ball-size gem — a 1,109-carat white diamond discovered last fall in the Lucara mine in Botswana — will be up for bid Wednesday evening in a public auction at Sotheby’s in #London.
Normally such stones are offered to a handful of sophisticated dealers in the diamond industry, who study the diamond for weeks to determine how many cut stones the rough one will yield. After figuring how much thos
http://nyti.ms/29bgv7Q
The world’s largest uncut diamond is about to be sold in a most uncommon way.
The tennis ball-size gem — a 1,109-carat white diamond discovered last fall in the Lucara mine in Botswana — will be up for bid Wednesday evening in a public auction at Sotheby’s in #London.
Normally such stones are offered to a handful of sophisticated dealers in the diamond industry, who study the diamond for weeks to determine how many cut stones the rough one will yield. After figuring how much thos
http://nyti.ms/29bgv7Q
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