Miner Unearths 1,094-Carat Diamond Weeks After Finding Another Major Stone

  • Lucara says 1,094 carat stone discoverd at Karowe in Botswana
  • CEO says discovery helps validate move to expand underground
The 1,094 carat rough diamond recovered from Lucara’s Karowe mine.Source: Lucara Diamond Corp.
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Lucara Diamond Corp. has recovered another mammoth diamond from a mine in Botswana, its second major find in a month.

The latest gem weighed 1,094 carats and was found at the Karowe mine, the company said it a statement. While it’s smaller than the 2,942 carat stone discovered at the same site in August, it is still roughly a third the size of the biggest ever found, the famous Cullinan Diamond of South Africa.