Posted on 08/23/2024 2:22:27 AM PDT by zeestephen
The 2,492-carat diamond is the world's second-largest discovery and comes more than a century after a 3,106-carat diamond was found in South Africa in 1905...The gem was discovered at the Karowe Diamond Mine in northeastern Botswana using X-ray technology. [Photo in Comment #1]
(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...
That’s too big to fit on the wife’s finger ....
“Diamonds ... that’ll shut her up.” (Ron White)
3,106-carat diamond worth $2 billion
She will find a way.
They found yer buried treasure !
I'll bet the guy who actually found it got a dollar.
Ah yes. The “employee”.
The point of the pickaxe.
He gets a Bud Light ad.
Time for a remake of the original Pink Panther movie!
Are you sure about the authenticity of the photo?
The Cullinan Diamond was cut into nine stones before 1910.
All the stones eventually became part of the British Crown Jewels.
The photo you posted does not look like pre-1910 photography.
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Do you have a link to the Cullinan Diamond photo you posted?
Big fuss over a lump of compressed carbon.
Nice. I need a good door stop.
I once had shares in a speculative mining venture at the site of the Morokweng Crater in South Africa. The Geologist at the head of the team decided not to go ahead. I’m thinking what a perfect location for a diamond mine.
https://astronomy.activeboard.com/t6932007/morokweng-crater/
Well,its interesting that its a CAnadian company that owns the BOtswana diamond mind, they have foound 3 giant diamonds altgether, one selling for 63 million in the rough.
Justin TRudeau has driven Canadian mineral exploreres out of Canadas North using environmental regulation warfare and the Natives...can’t have these upstart geologists getting rich!
So they exploration companies from Canada are now working world wide while the Trudeau feds make sure ZILCH can happen here at home.
Its good to have stock in those Canadian companies.
https://www.savvynewcanadians.com/canadian-penny-stocks/
Good reads:
https://www.northernminer.com/region/canada/
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