The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana. The country’s president showed off the fist-sized stone to the world at a viewing ceremony Thursday.

The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana, and the country’s president showed off the fist-sized stone to the world at a viewing ceremony Thursday.

The Botswana government says the huge 2,492-carat diamond is the second-biggest ever discovered in a mine. It’s the biggest diamond found since 1905.

  • Transporter Room 3English
    2•4 months ago

    Cool, I can burn it to ash with the tools in my garage.

    Diamonds are shiny/glittery and hard, that’s about it.

    • @CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      13•4 months ago

      And thermally conductive, and low-friction, and semiconducting. They are pretty neat, just for different reasons than people think.

      Also, it wouldn’t leave ash, because it’s totally pure carbon, but that’s just a nitpick.

      • Transporter Room 3English
        4•4 months ago

        Well, I could have gone into detail about their scientific and industrial value, but those aren’t what massively inflates their perceived importance and price.