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The 1109-carat rough Lesedi La Rona diamond, the biggest rough diamond discovered in more than a century, sits in a display case at Sotheby's in New York City. The diamond, which is nearly the size of a tennis ball at 66.4 x 55 x 42mm and is believed to be about 2.5 billion to 3 billion years old, was named 'Our Light' in the local Tswana

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Biggest diamond in more than a century sells for $53m

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Tue 26 Sep 2017Thu 7 Oct 2021

Vancouver-based sold the smaller 813-carat The Constellation diamond to Dubai-based rough-diamond trading company

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