Second largest diamond recovered from Lulo, Angola, at 235 carats
Lucapa Diamond Company, Endiama and Rosas & Petalas have unearthed a 235 carat Type IIa diamond, the second largest ever recovered from the Lulo alluvial mine in Angola.
This come a week after the recovery of a 208 carat Type IIa diamond.
Lucapa Diamonds managing director Nick Selby commented on the recovery.
“Lulo continues to demonstrate it is a prolific producer of large diamonds,” he said.
“To unearth three +100 carat diamonds, with two being over 200 carats in such a short space of time from different areas of concession, makes us more determined to find the primary source, by dedicating even more resources to the exploration program.”
The 235 carat stone is the 40th +100 carat and fourth +200 carat diamond recovered from Lulo, this time from Mining Block 550, immediately south of Mining Block 19, an area which has yielded eight +100 carat diamonds.
It is expected this diamond will be included in a special tender, together with 123 and 208 carat diamonds recovered earlier in the quarter and is being organised by Sodiam E.P in Luanda for later this month.
