72-carat yellow diamond recovered in Africa

by Samantha Ashenhurst | April 9, 2019 11:50 am

Firestone Diamonds has recovered a 72-carat yellow, makeable diamond from its Liqhobong Mine in Lesotho, Southern Africa.

International mining company Firestone Diamonds[2] recently reported several impressive finds from its Lesotho mine, Liqhobong[3].

Among the discoveries was a 72-carat yellow, makeable diamond, which was recovered alongside a 22-carat makeable white stone. The finding was followed with the discovery of an 11-carat fancy light-pink diamond.

The diamonds follow Firestone’s discovery of a gem-quality, 70-carat stone earlier this year, which sold for a record overall price for a diamond from the Liqhobong mine.

The three discoveries will go on sale at miner’s next tender, scheduled to take place in May.

“It was a good weekend for us, recovering the 72-carat diamond as well as the two smaller, high quality stones from within the northern, lower grade part of the pit,” said Paul Bosma, CEO of Firestone.

Endnotes:

[Image]: https://www.jewellerybusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/SA_FirestoneYellow.jpg
Firestone Diamonds: https://www.firestonediamonds.com/
Liqhobong: https://www.firestonediamonds.com/operations/overview

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