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step1: kill the dude who found it.
step2: lock it up in the debeers vault.
A small South African mining company has claimed to have discovered the world's biggest-ever diamond.
A shareholder in the unnamed mine told the BBC the stone had been unearthed at their operation in the north-west province on Monday afternoon.
He said the giant gem was about 7,000 carats - which would be twice the size of the Cullinan Diamond, centre-piece of the British crown jewels.
But industry experts are sceptical about the unconfirmed claim.
Brett Jolly, a shareholder at the mine, said the stone had been taken to a bank vault in Johannesburg.
Mr Jolly said he hoped tests on Tuesday would prove its worth.
In a photograph emailed to the BBC, the 'stone' appears to be about the size of a coconut, and has a greenish tinge.
But a spokesman for De Beers, the world's biggest diamond mining company, said the north-west province was not known for producing gems and greenish stones were even rarer.
The firm also said that if the find were genuine it would be the stone of the century.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6966540.stm <<<<PIC
step1: kill the dude who found it.
step2: lock it up in the debeers vault.
Kobe has already enquired about the price.
7,000 carats, Too big for the black SA miners to try this smuggling trick:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-zTns957B4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AjEK...elated&search=
Last edited by boutons_; 08-31-2007 at 09:23 AM.
Beat me to itKobe has already enquired about the price.
Bill Gates said he wants two...
Kobe has already enquired about the price.
I've always heard that if all of the diamonds already mined and/or discovered were actually introduced into the market that it would glut the market and make them as readily available and cheap as practically any other average gemstone.
That's why I only purchase Diamonelle's for my lady friends... http://www.diamondchitchat.com/bbs/s...ead.php?t=1993
Cheap er...I've always heard that if all of the diamonds already mined and/or discovered were actually introduced into the market that it would glut the market and make them as readily available and cheap as practically any other average gemstone.
That's why I only purchase Diamonelle's for my lady friends... http://www.diamondchitchat.com/bbs/s...ead.php?t=1993
the diamond industry is just as bad as the oil industry....
but but but he is not greedy
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