BOTSWANA, Africa -- A Canadian diamond producer has unearthed the second largest diamond ever found in a land-locked southern Africa country. Lucara Diamond Corp. announced the recovery of a 1,111 ...

The Lucara diamond is the biggest gem-quality diamond discovered since the famed Cullinan measuring more than 3,000 carats was found in South Africa in 1905. The Cullinan was subsequently cut into ...

On January 26, 1905, the course of gemstone history was altered forever in a small town near Pretoria, South Africa. During a routine inspection at the Premier No. 2 mine, Frederick Wells, the mine’s ...

Russia Diamond Production: Diamonds are the one of the world's most coveted natural resources, cherished for their ornamental use besides their industrial applications due to their exceptional ...

Rio Tinto Group has dug its last diamond and will close its final mine for the precious gemstone, marking the end of a business that lasted more than half a century. The world’s second-biggest miner ...