Diamonds are mined in about 25 countries today yet Botswana is still one of the world’s leading ones, especially now with its recent unique discovery.
Formed around 3.3 billion years ago under intense heat and pressure deep within the Earth’s crust, diamonds were found for the first time in India back in the 4th century BC. They reached Europe only in the 13th century and it was believed that these mystical and powerful stones were tears from the Gods.
For Botswana, this unique finding is much more than just showing a global leadership in diamond production, since the country has made truly remarkable progress in developing its diamond industry for the benefit of its citizens by funding critical areas such as education and It’s the largest rough diamond found in the last 120 years since the discovery of the world-famous Cullinan DiamondThe recently discovered diamond appears to be not so far behind the largest gem-quality diamond ever mined – the 3,016.75-carat Cullinan. It was found at the Premier No.2 mine in Cullinan, South Africa, on the 26th of January in 1905 and named after Thomas Cullinan, the owner of the mine.
Unlike other standard, sparkling ones, the Sergio is solid black carbonado diamond and besides its unusual appearance, there are lots of myths about where it came from. While some of the researchers believe that carbonado diamonds are the result of ancient meteors embedded in the earth’s crust, others suggest that they were formed in space following a
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