Gem Diamonds has recovered a 370-carat rough stone in Lesotho, the second over 100 carats in one week. The “high-quality,” white, type II diamond came from the company’s Letšeng mine, known for producing large diamonds, it said Monday. The new find follows the discovery of a high-quality, 254-carat, white, type II diamond the miner reported … Read more
Gem Diamonds has recovered a 179 carat rough diamond from its Letšeng mine in Lesotho. The miner found the high quality, type I diamond on Thanksgiving Day, it said last week. The stone is the 16th diamond over 100 carats the company has found this year. Earlier this month, Gem Diamonds unearthed 104 and 111 … Read more
Gem Diamonds has recovered a high quality 233 ct Type II white diamond from its 70% owned Letšeng mine, in Lesotho, the highest dollar per carat kimberlite diamond mine in the world. This follows the recent recovery of a high quality 442 ct Type II diamond, one of the world’s largest gem quality diamonds to … Read more
A small diamond miner that has dug some of the world’s most valuable gems from a mountainous African kingdom has found another huge stone. Gem Diamonds Ltd. said Friday it had an unearthed a 442-carat diamond at its Letseng mine in Lesotho. While it’s hard to establish a price for such stones before cutters can evaluate them, … Read more
Graff has unveiled a new ring with a centre stone crafted from the 13.33 carat Lesotho Pink diamond.
