世界第二大钻石博茨瓦纳出世:约1111克拉
The world's second-largest gem quality diamond has been discovered in Botswana, the Lucara Diamond firm says.
加拿大卢卡拉钻石公司宣布在博茨瓦纳发现世界第二大宝石级钻石。The 1,111-carat stone was recovered from its Karowe mine, measures 65mm×56mm×40mm in size, about 500km (300 miles) north of the capital, Gaborone. It is the biggest diamond to be discovered in Botswana and the largest find in more than a century.
这颗钻石重达1111克拉,尺寸为65毫米×56毫米×40毫米,开采于距首都哈博罗内500千米以北的博茨瓦纳Karowe矿场。 这是有史以来在博茨瓦纳发现的最大钻石,也是近百年来发现的最大钻石。The 3,106-carat Cullinan diamond was found in South Africa in 1905 and cut into nine separate stones, many of which are in the British Crown Jewels.
史上最大钻石“卡利南钻石”于1905年在南非发现,重量惊达3106克拉,被切割成9块,其中多数被镶嵌在英国皇室的皇冠上。
"The significance of the recovery of a gem quality stone larger than 1,000 carats, the largest for more than a century... cannot be overstated," William Lamb, the CEO of Lucara Diamond, a Canadian diamond producer, said in a statement.
坐落于加拿大的这家钻石公司的首席执行官威廉兰姆,在一份声明中这样表示,“虽重达1000多克拉的宝石级钻石,一个多世纪以来的钻石之最,这次发现的重要性不可过分估量。”Lucara says two other "exceptional" white diamonds - an 813-carat stone and a 374-carat stone - were also found at the Karowe mine.
卢卡拉公司表示,本周公司在Karowe矿场还发现另外两颗钻石,重量分别为813克拉和374克拉。"This has been an amazing week for Lucara with the recovery of the second largest and also the sixth largest gem quality diamonds ever mined," Mr Lamb said.
兰姆表示,“这一周对卢卡拉公司来说是巨大的惊喜,先后发现世界第二大钻石,也是被开采的世界第六大宝石级钻石。”The stone is yet to be evaluated, but commodities and mining analyst Kieron Hodgson, told AFP news agency that "the potential to be one very expensive diamond."
钻石还有待准确估价,而大宗商品和矿物分析师基隆霍奇向法新社表示,这颗钻石的价值不菲。In April a flawless 100-carat diamond was sold for $22.1m (14.8m bounds) at Sotheby's in New York. The gem, originally mined in South Africa, had taken more than a year to cut, polish and perfect.
今年四月,在纽约苏富比,一颗没有瑕疵、100克拉的钻石售价是2210万美元(148万英镑)。这颗于南非开采的钻石切割、打磨、完善,整个过程花费了一年多的时间。Botswana is the world's largest producer of diamonds and the trade has transformed it into a middle-income nation.
博茨瓦纳是世界上最大的钻石生产国,凭借钻石贸易位居中等收入国家之列。