World's second largest diamond found in Botswana

Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi showed a massive 2,492-carat diamond, the second largest in the world that was discovered in the north east of the country by a Canadian mining company.

The diamond was discovered in the Karowe Diamond Mine in northeastern Botswana using x-ray detection technology, Lucara Diamond Corp. said in a statement. Lucara did not provide an estimation of the value of the find. In terms of carats, the stone is second only to the 3,016-carat Cullinan Diamond discovered in South Africa in 1905.