The world’s fifth largest diamond, The Lesotho Legend, is sold for 40 million dollars ♦
In which jewels will the fifth largest diamond in the world be transformed? The diamond, 910 carats, perfect, color D, type IIa, was extracted in January from the Letšeng mine in Lesotho. Just over a month later it was sold to Antwerp, Beglio, world capital of diamonds, for 40 million. The diamond has been nicknamed The Lesotho Legend and now belongs to the Gem Diamonds mining company. But perhaps it was a bargain: the price of the diamond sale, in fact, was 43.956 dollars per carat, that is a figure much lower than the record price touched for a rough diamond, ie 77.649 dollars, established by Constellation, stone of 812 , 77-carat, extracted years ago by Lucara Diamond in Botswana. Who is the new owner of the fifth largest diamond in the world? It is called Samir Gems, and it’s a stone broker based in Antwerp, founded in 1982 and managed by the Indian family Bhansali, who bought the stone together with other partners. All that remains is to wait for the birth of an equally exceptional jewel. Rudy Serra
