{"id":2764,"date":"2017-09-26T15:19:40","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T19:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/?p=2764"},"modified":"2017-09-26T15:19:40","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T19:19:40","slug":"lucara-sells-tennis-ball-sized-diamond-for-65-6-million-to-graff-diamonds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/mundo\/lucara-sells-tennis-ball-sized-diamond-for-65-6-million-to-graff-diamonds\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucara sells tennis-ball sized diamond for $65.6 million to Graff Diamonds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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VANCOUVER – A Vancouver-based mining company has sold a tennis ball-sized\u00a0diamond<\/span>to a luxury jeweller for US$53 million, or about C$65.6 million.<\/p>\n

The 1,109-carat Lesedi La Rona rough stone is reputed to be one of the largest gem-quality\u00a0diamond<\/span>s ever discovered.<\/p>\n

Lucara\u00a0Diamond<\/span>\u00a0Corp. (TSX:LUC) says the price was above the highest bid attracted at an auction in June 2016. But it was below a Southeby’s estimate of US$70 million before last year auction.<\/p>\n

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A model displays the 1,109-carat Lesedi La Rona diamond at Sotheby’s in New York, Wednesday, May 4, 2016. A Vancouver-based mining company has sold a tennis ball-sized diamond to a luxury jeweller for US$53 million, or about C$65.6 million. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/AP\/Seth Wenig<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

It was also less than fetched by a smaller\u00a0diamond<\/span>, the 813-carat Constellation, that Lucara sold in May 2016 for US$63.1 million – about C$78.3 million at current exchange rates.<\/p>\n

Diamond<\/span>\u00a0merchant Laurence Graff says the natural beauty of the Lesedi La Rona will be respected when the rough stone is cut.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe stone will tell us its story, it will dictate how it wants to be cut, and we will take the utmost care to respect its exceptional properties,\u201d Graff said in a joint statement issued with Lucara.<\/p>\n

via CP24 News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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