500 Carat Egg-Sized Diamond Unearthed – One of the Top 20 Stones in the World

500 Carat Egg-Sized Diamond Unearthed – One of the Top 20 Stones in the WorldBy Lawrence ReavesThe famed Cullinan Mine in South Africa claimed another prize when a massive 500 carat diamond was unearthed in late-September 2009. The Cullinan Mine has long been associated with large and very high quality diamonds since the Cullinan Diamond was mined – this is the world’s largest diamond weighing in at a simply enormous 3,106 carats and which now forms the centerpiece for the British Crown

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