Sierra Leone: Egg-Sized Diamond for Sale: Proceeds to Benefit Sierra Leone's Poorest

Oct 17, 2017 | Nellie Peyton, Reuters
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Sierra Leone will auction one of the world’s largest diamonds to fund development projects in the impoverished community where it was found, the group managing the sale said on Tuesday. The 709-carat gem, named the “peace diamond”, was found in the eastern Kono region in March by a Christian pastor who handed it over to the West African country’s government to sell.