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  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.The Botswana government says the huge 2,492-carat stone is the second-biggest ever discovered in a mine. It's the biggest diamond found since 1905.The as-yet-unnamed diamond was 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.Officials said it was too early to value it or...

The biggest diamond in over a century is found in Botswana - a whopping 2,492 carats

 One of the largest diamonds ever found has been unearthed and will be put on show on Thursday.The Botswana government believes the huge 2,492-carat stone is the second biggest ever brought out of a mine.Canadian mining company Lucara Diamond Corp said in a statement on Wednesday that it recovered the “exceptional” rough diamond from its Karowe Mine in Botswana. Lucara said it was a “high-quality” stone and was found intact. It was located using X-ray technology.“We are ecstatic about the recovery of this extraordinary 2,492-carat diamond,” Lucara president and CEO William Lamb said.The weight would make it the largest...

One of the world’s biggest ever diamonds has been discovered in Botswana

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Another body has been brought to shore as Italian authorities continue to search for the six missing people from the “Bayesian” superyacht that sank off the coast of Sicily. Four bodies were found by divers on Wednesday, though their identities remain unclear. One body was recovered on Monday - thought to be that of the onboard chef Recaldo Thomas. Among the six individuals reported missing are British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter, Hannah Lynch.

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Kaydell Brown celebrated her 38th birthday when she decided to have cosmetic surgery done. Per ITV, Brown was initially enticed by the services of a Clinic Expert in Istanbul, Turkey. She paid £5,400 for a "Mummy MOT." Which includes a tummy tuck, liposuction, and a Brazilian butt lift. She went into the clinic for the procedure. Unfortunately, it would be the last time Brown's family saw her alive as she died during the operation.

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Gaborone, Botswana — Botswana says one of the largest diamonds ever found has been unearthed at one of its mines and will be put on show on Thursday. The Botswana government believes the huge 2,492-carat stone is the biggest discovered in the country, and the second-biggest ever brought out of a mine. Canadian mining company Lucara Diamond Corp. said in a statement Wednesday that it recovered the "exceptional" rough diamond from its Karowe Mine in western Botswana. Lucara said it was a "high-quality" stone and was found intact. It was located using X-ray technology.Proposing? Here's how much a lab-grown equivalent to...

2nd largest diamond ever pulled from a mine, Botswana officials say

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The stone was located using X-ray technology and is the biggest find since the 3,106-carat Cullinan Diamond was found.

Botswana finds 2,492-carat diamond, the world’s second-largest gem

 Torrential rains in Brazil have eroded parts of a fossil site, revealing what scientists think could be the world’s oldest known dinosaur skeletons.The “almost fully preserved” dinosaur fossil, discovered next to a reservoir in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, could be around 233 million years old, researchers say.They suspect the fossil creature lived during the Triassic Period, when all of the Earth’s continents were a single landmass called Pangea, and dinosaurs had just emerged.Researchers suspect the unearthed fossil belongs to a member of the Herrerasauridae family of carnivorous dinosaurs that grew to about 2.5m in length.These...

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The diamond, which weighs about a pound and is about the size of a baseball, was discovered at Lucara's Karowe mine in Botswana.

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A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

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 Archaeologists in the Czech Republic have found a hoard of buried weapons and jewellery dating to around 1600 BC, a rare discovery that could shed more light on life in central Europe during the Bronze Age.Researchers surveying a site in the town of Budyně nad Ohří stumbled upon the bronze artefacts, including eight axes and pieces of jewellery, from over 3,600 years ago.The site, 40km northwest of the capital Prague, was first found a year ago by an archaeologist using a metal detector.A series of excavations since have unearthed eight arm rings, as many axes, two pins and one...

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2,492-carat diamond – one of the world's largest – found in Botswana

Canadian mining company Lucara Diamond said in a statement Wednesday that it had discovered in Botswana a diamond as large as the palm of a hand,...

2,492-carat diamond – one of the world's largest – found in Botswana

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