Largest Diamond Size


World’s largest diamond found
On January 25, 1905, at the Premier Mine in Pretoria, South Africa, a 3,106-carat diamond is discovered during a routine inspection by the mine’s superintendent. Weighing 1.33 pounds, and christened the “Cullinan,” it was the largest diamond ever found.

THE EXCELSIOR DIAMOND


This fascinating Excelsior famous diamond is known for being the second largest diamond to be found in Africa. The diamond was discovered in 1893 at the Jagersfontein Mine in South Africa close to Kimberley. Today, the blue-white tinted diamond weighs an estimated 995.20 carats and remains to be the third largest rough diamond of gem-quality ever to be found.

THE MILLENNIUM STAR DIAMOND


The Millennium Star diamond is the second largest colourless diamond with the highest colour rating of D in the world. The remarkable diamond was found in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1990 and weighs an estimated 777 carats. The diamond is currently owned by the De Beers Group and is valued at an estimated R2 billion.


THE INCOMPARABLE DIAMOND



The beautiful Congolese rough diamond was discovered by a young girl in 1989 and weighed an estimated 890 carats when she stumbled upon it; she found the diamond lying on a pile of rubbish and gave it to her uncle who sold it to a diamond dealer. The diamond was then transported to Belgian, the city of Antwerp, where it took master craftsmen years to cut into a beautiful yellow-brown diamond that ended up weighing 407.48 carats.


THE SERGIO DIAMOND

Even though, the Cullinan diamond is known for being one of the largest gemstones ever to be found, the black carbonado diamond named, Sergio is known for outweighing the stone in carat weight. The beautiful rare black diamond was found in Brazil, in 1893 and weighs 3167 carats in total.


THE WOYIE RIVER DIAMOND


The gorgeous Woyie River diamond was named after a river near Koidu in Sierra Leone, where it was found in 1945. The rough diamond weighed 770 carats and was dubbed one of the largest alluvial diamonds ever to be found. The Woyie River diamond is also the third largest gemstone to be discovered in Africa after the Cullinan and Excelsior diamond. The diamond ended up being cut and polished into thirty smaller colourless diamonds

THE STAR OF SIERRA LEONE DIAMOND 



The one of a kind diamond was discovered in 1972, on Valentine’s Day in a river near Koidu, in Sierra Leone. The rough diamond weighed an estimated 968.9 carats and was purchased by Harry Winston for R34 million. The Star of Sierra Leone remains to be the fourth-largest gem-quality diamond and one of the largest alluvial mining diamonds ever to be found.

THE GOLDEN JUBILEE DIAMOND


The Golden Jubilee diamond is known as the world’s largest faceted diamond and weighs an estimated 545.67 carats. The beautiful gemstone was discovered in 1985 in South Africa and was given a papal blessing by Pope John Paul II. In 1997, the diamond was presented to the King of Thailand after it took specialists a few years to cut and polish. Today, the largest finished diamond is owned by the Royal Family of Thailand.

THE JONKER DIAMOND


The Jonker diamond was named after, Johannes Jacobus Jonker, who found the gemstone at the Elandsfontein mine in South Africa in 1934. The beautiful diamond weighed 726 carats and was cut into 13 smaller pieces; each diamond weighed 142.90 carats and was cut into an emerald shape. On the list of fascinating gemstones the Jonker diamond remains the 16th largest emerald cut, "D" colour diamond in the world.


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