blue diamond found botswana
FILE PHOTO: The 45.42 carat Hope Diamond is pictured on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, January 29, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Reed /File Photo

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Rare Blue Diamonds Discovered in South Africa and Botswana Mines

A rare blue diamond has been discovered in a mine in Botswana, just days after one was found in South Africa, it was announced Thursday. Canadian miner Lucara Diamond Corp said it recovered a 9.74 carat blue gem diamond from its Karowe mine in Botswana (which is a fifth the size of the famous Hope […]

By Reuters
26-09-19 18:57
in Business
blue diamond found botswana
FILE PHOTO: The 45.42 carat Hope Diamond is pictured on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, January 29, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Reed /File Photo

A rare blue diamond has been discovered in a mine in Botswana, just days after one was found in South Africa, it was announced Thursday.

blue diamond found botswana
FILE PHOTO: This is NOT the latest blue diamond found. The 45.42 carat Hope Diamond is pictured above on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, January 29, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Reed /File Photo

Canadian miner Lucara Diamond Corp said it recovered a 9.74 carat blue gem diamond from its Karowe mine in Botswana (which is a fifth the size of the famous Hope Diamond pictured above).

The find comes just three days after London-listed Petra Diamonds Ltd said it recovered an extremely rare 20.08 carat blue diamond from its flagship Cullinan mine in South Africa.

South Africa is the world’s main source of blue diamonds.

Blue diamonds comprise only about 0.02% of mined diamonds and are highly sought after for their colour and rarity.

The company also said on Thursday it had found a 4.13 carat pink gem diamond.

A 1,758 carat diamond recovered from from Lucara Diamond Corp.'s Karowe Diamond Mine in Botswana
A 1,758 carat diamond recovered from from Lucara Diamond Corp.’s Karowe Diamond Mine in Botswana is pictured in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters April 25, 2019. Eduardo Hernandez M./Lucara Diamond/Handout via REUTERS

Lucara earlier this year unearthed the largest uncut diamond – 1,758-carat and weighing close to 352 grams – in recent history from the Botswana mine.

(Reporting by Debroop Roy in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)