Star of Sierra Leone
The Star of Sierra Leone ( German Stern von Sierra Leone ) is the largest rough diamond found in Sierra Leone so far (as of August 2017) . It was excavated in the Dominica Mine in Sierra Leone on February 14, 1972. It weighed 968.9 carats (193.78 g), making it the third largest rough diamond ever found.
The Star of Sierra Leone was created by the jeweler Harry Winston for 2.5 million US dollars bought and first cut into a stone with 143.2 carats, the not flawless was. Later this was divided into 17 stones, 13 of them flawless. The largest flawless single stone has 53.96 carats (10.792 g), six of the stones have been combined to form a brooch (Star of Sierra Leone brooch).
The Star of Sierra Leone is considered to be perfectly chemically pure (Category IIa), which only applies to about one percent of all diamonds worldwide.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Star of Sierra Leone. Internetstones. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
- ^ Diamonds of Sierra Leone. Koidu Holdings. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
- ↑ STAR OF SIERRA LEONE, LARGEST ALLUVIAL DIAMOND IN HISTORY. The Israeli Diamond Industry. ( Memento of the original from June 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
- ↑ The Star of Sierra Leone. 24h gold. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
