Lucara said in a statement Wednesday that it recovered the "exceptional" rough diamond from its Karowe Mine in central Botswana. Lucara said it was a "high-quality" stone and was found intact.

Natural light streams in from a wall-to-wall window where Eric, a diamond cutter (whose surname must remain a secret), is ...

Lab-grown diamonds are also being used for money laundering. Late last year, Indian and Hong Kong customs revealed a joint operation in which they discovered “cheap synthetic diamonds were being ...

Botswana's parliament passed amendments to its mining law in July, a month before the country announced the discovery of a 2,492-carat rough stone, the second-largest diamond ever found.