World’s Largest Diamond Sold For $6.5 Million Dollars
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NEW YORK, NY - MAY 04: The 1109-carat rough Lesedi La Rona diamond, the biggest rough diamond discovered in more than a century, sits in a display case at Sotheby's on May 4, 2016 in New York City. The stone was found by Lucara Diamond Corp. last year at its Karowe mine in Botswana. The diamond, which is nearly the size of a tennis ball at 66.4 x 55 x 42mm and is believed to be about 2.5 billion to 3 billion years old, was named "Our Light" in the local Tswana language. Lesedi La Rona will be offered at auction in London on June 29 and be on display at Sotheby's New York. The diamond could sell for $70 million or more. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Have you ever wondered what a $6.5 million diamond even looks like? Well feast your eyes on this beauty. It’s one of the worlds’ largest diamonds — it’s a 709 carat diamond. It was found in Sierra Leone and much of the proceeds will benefit the village there.
One of the world’s biggest luxury jewelers, Laurence Graff, won the bidding in New York.
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