Lucara Diamond said it recovered a 9.46 carat rare type II blue diamond from its wholly-owned Karowe Mine in Botswana.
It said in a statement that the diamond was the first of its kind to be identified at the Botswana mine and would be up for sale at a tender slated for November 26.
“The recovery of such a rare stone is of great importance to the Karowe asset,” said William Lamb, Lucara's president and chief executive officer.
“We had previously identified a population of type II diamonds at Karowe and the recovery of this rare blue diamond confirms the quality distribution of the diamonds being mined at Karowe.”
Mathew Nyaungwa, Editor in Chief of the African Bureau, Rough&Polished
