Shem Banbury - Kiwi Kids News Editor
A tennis ball-sized diamond has been sold for US$53 million ($73 million).
The diamond was found nearly two years ago by a Vancouver-based diamond producer.
The 1109-carat stone, which is the world’s largest uncut diamond, was bought by British diamond dealer Graff Diamonds for $US47,777 per carat. The stone is named ‘Lesedi La Rona’, or ‘Our Light’ in the national language of Botswana.
It is said to be 2.5-3 billion years old.
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Wow!!! Thats alot of money but it is quite big and I think it is worth 3 billion it is so rare and special and beautiful
ITS WORTH SO MUCH MOOLAH?????????
That is big for a dimond
That would be cool to have
I WISH I FOUND IT
I wish I had that
RAIN THOSE $$$ ?
THAT IS SO GREAT
i would make a thousand rings and necklaces with that
That is amazing you know!
COOL!!!
wow i love dimonds
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this is so cool I want it.
I wish I had it
cool
i want it but i dont have enough money…
I want it