One of world’s largest diamonds fetches $US6.5 million to aid Sierra Leone
Thomson Reuters Foundation One of the world’s largest diamonds was sold for $US6.5 million by Sierra Leone on Monday to fund local development projects, dealing a blow to smugglers in the West African nation. The egg-sized, 709-carat diamond found by a Christian pastor was bought at auction in New York by Laurence Graff, a British […]
Egg-sized diamond for sale: proceeds to benefit Sierra Leone’s poorest
Thomson Reuters Foundation Sierra Leone will auction one of the world’s largest diamonds to fund development projects in the impoverished community where it was found, the group managing the sale said on Tuesday. The 709-carat gem, named the “peace diamond”, was found in the eastern Kono region in March by a Christian pastor who handed […]