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The biggest diamond in over a century is found in Botswana
Whopping 2,492-carat stone is presented to the world at the office of Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi; It weighs approximately half a kilogram and Masisi was one of the first to get to hold it
The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana, and the country's president showed off the fist-sized stone to the world at a viewing ceremony Thursday. A bigger, less pure black diamond was discovered in Brazil in the late 1800s, but it was found above ground and was believed to have been part of a meteorite. Botswana, a country of 2.6 million people in southern Africa, is the second-biggest producer of natural diamonds behind Russia and has unearthed all of the world's biggest stones in recent years.
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