216 ct white diamond recovered in Lesotho

A 216 ct white D colour flawless diamond - bar a small peripheral gletz, a small naturally formed plane in a diamond - was found at the Letseng diamond mine in Lesotho by Gem Diamonds. This follows shortly after the recovery of the Lesotho Promise, a 603 ct white diamond recovered in August 2006.The stone was transported for sale to Antwerp in February and will be tendered for in a parcel that includes two other white D colour flawless stones of 54,9 ct and 30 ct respectively.

The Letseng mine recently rose to prominence with the recovery last year of the Lesotho Promise, the fifteenth largest gem quality diamond publicly reported as being recovered, which was sold in Antwerp to the South African Diamond Corporation, the owners of Graff Jewellers, for $1,.4-million. The mine is situated in the Maluti Mountains in Lesotho and is the highest diamond mine in the world.

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