Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Mystery looms around discovery of wonder diamond

By Henry Booysen
28 August 2007

Huge mystery surrounds what is believed to be the excavating of the world’s biggest diamond in the North West on Monday.

The diamond which is a 7000-carat light green stone the size of a soccer ball was found in an unknown diamond mine in the North West.

After the discovery the diamond was transported under strict surveillance by a hired security company to a Johannesburg vault to be examined by experts.

A spokesperson for the mining company that made the discovery, Brett Jolly, says the stone was excavated on Monday. The mining company is part of the property-development firm Two Point Five Group

If the diamond is regarded as legitimate it could fetch a price tag of R218 million rand.

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