Miners discover largest pink diamond in 300 years

170-carat pink diamond (video screenshot)

170-carat pink diamond (video screenshot)

(ZEROHEDGE) – Australian miner Lucapa Diamond Co. announced it had unearthed a 170-carat pink diamond, believed to be the largest recovered in centuries.

Called the "Lulo Rose," the 170-carat pink Type IIa diamond was discovered at the Lulo mine in Angola's diamond-rich northeast and is the largest found in three hundred years.

The company said the diamond would be sold through an international tender conducted by Angolan state-owned diamond trading firm Sodiam.

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