Africa Found The World'S Second Largest Diamonds Near The Size Of A Baseball.

Recently, a Canadian Diamond Corp, Lucara Diamond Corp, announced that a huge diamond was found in the Karowe mine in North Central Botswana.

This huge diamond weighs 1111 carats, and its size is 65 mm 56 mm * 40 mm, with a shape close to a baseball.

In August this year, the government of Botswana indicated that the future demand for diamond market was sluggish, which could affect the country's national economy.

Quartz network reported on the diamond market at that time: "the price of diamonds has dropped by about 12% in the past 5 years.

For a long time, the diamond market is very dependent.

And China's rich demand for diamonds, but now that China's economy is slowing down, the Chinese government has begun to crack down on corruption, which has made some rich people avoid wearing diamond jewelry.

25% of Botswana's gross national product came from 2013.

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Botswana is located in the interior of Southern Africa. Although the country is full of diamond mines, this diamond is the largest diamond ever found in Botswana. It is also the second largest diamond in the world since the Cullinan Diamond, the world's largest diamond, was discovered in 1905.

The biggest in the world

Cullinan Diamond, also known as the star of Africa, was discovered in 1905 in the South Mine of South Africa.

The 3106.75 carat diamond was cut into 9 large and 96 small pieces, the largest of which was embedded in the Queen's sceptre and crown.

To date, 8 of the world's top 10 diamonds are from Africa: 4 from South Africa, 2 from Sierra Leone, and 2 from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

However, the history of Africa's diamond industry is far less than that of diamonds, especially in Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo, where most of the proceeds from diamond trafficking fall into the hands of local warlords and become an important source of funds for regional wars.

In South Africa, the use of cheap black labor to develop diamond mines once promoted the development of the apartheid system to its peak.