Angola discovered that weighing 170 carat rare pink diamonds, the largest in the world in 300 years

Polar news reporter Wang Liangliang Huang Jiaqi

Intern Zhao Wenbo

According to the Associated Press reported on July 27th local time, Angola, the country in southwestern Africa, found a 170 -carat pink diamond, named "Lulo Rose". Pink diamond.

The owner of the diamond Lucapo Diamond announced on his website on the 27th that the diamond called "Luluo Rose" was found on the Luo Luo deposit diamond ore.

Lu Luo Rose (Picture Source: Associated Press)

Stephen Weshera, CEO of Lucapa Diamond Company: "Only one of the diamonds per 10,000 diamonds is pink. Therefore, when a very large pink diamond is found, people must be specially special Want to see the style of this rare treasure. "

There is no doubt that this pink gem is expected to be awarded a high price during the auction, but Wessellal said that due to its color characteristics, how many premiums will eventually generate.

Luluo Rose (Picture Source: Luca Diamond Company)

Angola is one of the top ten diamond producers in the world. The Luluo deposit mine is located in the eastern Angola, and these gems are mined from the river bed of the Luluo Mining Area. Stephen Wessellal said that Lucapa is looking for an underground mining bed called the Kimbeli Pipeline, which will be the main source of diamonds.

The Luluo Mining Area hired about 400 employees. The mine has produced two largest diamonds discovered by Angola so far, one of which weighs 404 carats with a transparent diamond.

According to Lucapa, this pink gem is the fifth largest diamond discovered by the mine. So far, the mine found 27 diamonds of 100 carats and more than above.

This pink diamond will be sold by Angola National Diamond Marketing Company Sodiam through international tender.

Angola Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Diamantino Azawido said: "The huge pink diamonds discovered by Lu Luo once again showed Angola's important position on the world of diamond mining, and also showed us in the world. The continuous development of the commitment and investment in the diamond mining industry has unlimited potential and long -term benefits. "

The size of the pink diamonds discovered this time is impressive. In fact, many transparent diamond weighs more than 1,000 carats. The Curryan diamonds discovered in South Africa in 1905 reached 3106 carats, which were later inlaid in the scepter of the British monarch.

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