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Aug 16, 2018 · Weighing 709 carats, it was the third largest diamond ever unearthed in Sierra Leone, and the 15th largest in the world. “We thought we would become the richest persons in the world,” recalls...
- 4 min
- Aryn Baker
Nov 4, 2017 · Sierra Leone's Peace Diamond: how the gem made its way from mud to marketplace. The gem is the second largest found in Sierra Leone and the 14th largest discovered in the world. The 709-carat Peace Diamond is estimated to be worth US $50 million. Reuters. Panna Munyal. Nov 04, 2017. Listen In English. Listen in Arabic.
The Sierra Leone Diamond is a 709-carat, alluvial diamond found in 2017 by workers hired by Pastor Emmanuel Momoh in river sediment in Koidu village, Kono district, Sierra Leone. It has since been renamed The Peace Diamond.
- March 2017
- Sierra Leone
- Emmanuel Momoh
- 709 carats (141.8 g)
Dec 5, 2017 · FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Officials say a 709-carat diamond found in Sierra Leone has been sold for more than $6.5 million. The diamond is said to be the 14th-largest ever discovered, according to the Rapaport Group, which auctioned the stone in New York on behalf of Sierra Leone’s government.
Apr 19, 2022 · Ever since the so-called “Star of Sierra Leone” – at 969 carats, the fourth-largest diamond to have ever been unearthed – was discovered in a river near Koidu in 1972, the entire region has...
Dec 6, 2002 · Despite its promises to surrender its forces, RUF never did. Now Sierra Leone is once again battling RUF, and control over the diamond mines is still at the center of the conflict. Ultimately as a result, the UN has issued a ban on nongovernmental diamonds for Sierra Leone. The Costs of Conflict Diamonds:
May 23, 2018 · Diamond mining remains one of Sierra Leone’s most lucrative export industries, with annual production of up to US$250m. But due to poor governance and widespread corruption, only a fraction...
