Huge Diamond Could Sell for More Than $70 Million

For those of us with an untrained eye, the lovely big crystal looks like something we might put on display. But for diamond experts, it's the find of a century — the largest gem-quality diamond discovered in more than 100 years. The 3-billion-year-old crystal, unearthed last November at a Canadian-owned mine in the southern African country of Botswana, is about the size of a tennis ball. The famous auction house Sotheby's will put the diamond up for public sale June 29, where...

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