A historic 170-carat pink Type IIa diamond recovered from the Lulo alluvial mine in Angola is believed to be the largest pink diamond discovered in the last three hundred years, according to a statement by Lucapa Diamond Company Limited, Endiama E.P. and Rosas & Petalas, partners in Sociedade Mineira Do Lulo (SML).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The diamond has been given the name \u201cThe Lulo Rose\u201d. The Lulo concession boasts the two largest recorded diamonds recovered in Angola, the largest being the 404-carat \u201c4th February Stone\u201d. This historical pink diamond is the 5th largest diamond and is the 27th +100 carat recovered to date on the Lulo concession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The diamond will be sold via international tender to be conducted by Sodiam E.P, Angola\u2019s state diamond marketing company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Diamantino Azevedo, Angola\u2019s Minister of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Gas, said, \u201cThis record and spectacular pink diamond recovered from Lulo continues to showcase Angola as an important player on the world stage for diamond mining and demonstrates the potential and rewards for commitment and investment in our growing diamond mining industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lucapa Diamond Company Limited Managing Director, Stephen Wetherall said \u201cLulo is an exceptional alluvial resource and is truly a gift. We are once again made very proud by yet another historic recovery. We too look forward to our partnership progressing its exploration effort, where we are now bulk sampling the priority kimberlites, in search for the primary kimberlite sources of these exceptional and high-value diamonds.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A historic 170-carat pink Type IIa diamond recovered from the Lulo alluvial mine in Angola is believed to be the largest pink diamond discovered in the last three hundred years, according to a statement by Lucapa Diamond Company Limited, Endiama E.P. and Rosas & Petalas, partners in Sociedade Mineira Do Lulo (SML). The diamond has…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-16321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bulletin"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n