(quarrymagazine.com) - One of the largest diamonds in recorded history has recently been recovered in a Botswana mine, courtesy of innovative sorting sensor technology. The unbroken 1758-carat diamond, weighing in at 352 grams, was recovered at Karowe Mine by TOMRA XRT sensor technology, commissioned by Lucara Diamond Corp. Since introducing the TOMRA XRT technology as the primary recovery tool to the mine in 2015, Lucara has recovered two diamonds greater than 1000 carats. TOMRA sorting technology has detected four of the top 10 largest diamonds in the world to date.
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