Gem Diamonds has announced the recovery of a “high quality 126 carat, D colour Type IIa diamond” from its Letšeng mine in Lesotho.
In June, Gem Diamonds recovered a high-quality 104.73 carat, D-colour Type IIa diamond and a 151.52 carat Type I yellow diamond from the same month. In May, an exceptional 80.58 carat D-colour Type IIa diamond and a 98.42 carat D-colour Type IIa diamond were unearthed at the mine. In April, it recovered a 114 carat D colour Type IIa diamond from Letšeng.
The Letšeng diamond mine is the world’s highest diamond mine at 3,100 meters above sea level, and is located in the Southern African kingdom of Lesotho. The mine is owned by Gem Diamonds Ltd. and the government of Lesotho. Letšeng has the highest percentage of large diamonds, which gives it the highest dollar value-per-carat of any diamond mine in the world.
