The largest diamond unearthed was the Cullinan Diamond discovered in South Africa in 1905. The Cullinan was 3,106 carats and ...

The Timur Ruby, weighing some 361 carats, is named after Timur. Irregularly shaped, it bears the etched names of five ...

A natural faceted black diamond of this size is an "extremely rare occurrence," Sotheby's said, and the interstellar phenomenon was listed as the largest cut diamond in the world in the 2006 ...

Sotheby's said it is the largest faceted Fancy Black Diamond known to ever appear at auction and was listed as the largest cut diamond in the world in the 2006 Guinness Book of World Records.

Although the “Rose of Lulo” will still need to be cut and polished to achieve ... as well as Angola. The largest known pink diamond is the Daria-i-Noor (Sea of Light) diamond, which was ...

Recently a 2492 carat diamond weighing over a pound was found in Botswana in southern Africa. Diamonds are formed by carbon particles, black coal, being put under extreme pressures for long periods of ...

The Enigma’s mysterious origins The Enigma, which has 55 facets, is currently the largest cut black diamond in the world, according to Guinness World Records. Its origins are “shrouded in ...

The second-largest diamond ever found - a rough 2,492-carat stone - has been unearthed in Botswana at a mine run by Canada firm Lucara Diamond. It is the biggest find since the 3,106-carat ...