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$20M Diamond Found

Egg-sized diamond ranks among the highest quality gems ever discovered

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(Newser) – A giant diamond experts believe ranks among the top 20 gems ever found has been unearthed at a South African mine. The egg-sized, 500-carat sparkler was found at the same mine where the biggest diamond in history, the Cullinan, was found in the 19th century. The diamond is being analyzed and is expected to be worth over $20 million when it's cut and polished.

Petra Diamonds CEO Johan Dippenaar holds the 507.55 carat white diamond recovered at the Cullinan Diamond Mine in South Africa.
Petra Diamonds CEO Johan Dippenaar holds the 507.55 carat white diamond recovered at the Cullinan Diamond Mine in South Africa.   (AP Photo/Petra Diamonds)
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The Cullinan mine has again given the world a spectacularly beautiful and important diamond.
- Johan Dippenaar,
chief executive of Petra Diamonds

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Altoecko
Sep 30, 09 2:48 AM CDT
There must be a shit ton of pressure in those mines. Reply
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ksu92
Sep 30, 09 4:48 AM CDT
Yeah, I'm sure the white guy in the picture did the mining. Reply
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chamisi
Sep 30, 09 5:14 AM CDT
you know he dug it out of the miners ass
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MarkMcJackoff
Sep 30, 09 8:31 AM CDT
I think Chamisi meant a Minor's Ass - now known as a Polanski ass.
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Toon
Sep 30, 09 8:55 AM CDT
That was my thought too. An awful lot of people live in poverty and work under brutal conditions so that those who live in comfort and ease can trade rocks and wood pulp back and forth.
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