Canadian diamond junior Lucara Diamond Corp has sold its 1 109 ct ‘Lesedi La Rona’ diamond for $53-million, or $47 777/ct, the company announced on Monday.
Discovered in November 2015, the precious stone ranks as the second-largest diamond ever found, and consolidated the company’s flagship Karowe mine, in Botswana, as a regular producer of desirable exceptionally large diamonds.
