Sierra Leone: Miners Found a 706-Carat Diamond in Sierra Leone. Who Should Get the Profit?


Mar 25, 2017 | Jaime Yaya Barry, New York Times
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Fist-size and lumpy, the rock that a team of miners came upon recently in the diamond fields of Sierra Leone was orange with red speckles that looked like tiny droplets of palm oil. The strange lump turned out to be one of the biggest diamonds ever uncovered in Sierra Leone — an estimated 706 carats, valued at as much as $50 million.

Fist-size and lumpy, the rock that a team of miners came upon recently in the diamond fields of Sierra Leone was orange with red speckles that looked like tiny droplets of palm oil.  Source: http://us.lalalay.com/news/world/-35032-miners-found-a-706-carat-diamond-who-should-get-the-profit/Fist-size and lumpy, the rock that a team of miners came upon recently in the diamond fields of Sierra Leone was orange with red speckles that looked like tiny droplets of palm oil.  Source: http://us.lalalay.com/news/world/-35032-miners-found-a-706-carat-diamond-who-should-get-the-profit/Fist-size and lumpy, the rock that a team of miners came upon recently in the diamond fields of Sierra Leone was orange with red speckles that looked like tiny droplets of palm oil.

Source: http://us.lalalay.com/news/world/-35032-miners-found-a-706-carat-diamond-who-should-get-the-profit/