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13-Carat Pink Rough Sells for Nearly $9 Million
It set a price-per-carat record for a diamond recovered from the Letšeng mine in Lesotho.
London—Gem Diamonds has announced the sale of a special diamond.
Last month, the miner said it had recovered a 13.33-carat Type I pink diamond from the Letšeng mine in Lesotho.
Now, Gem Diamonds has sold the remarkable stone at a tender in Antwerp for $8.8 million, or roughly $656,441 per carat, to an undisclosed party.
RELATED CONTENT: As Argyle Nears Its End, Prices for Reds and Pinks SoarThe company said it’s a record dollar-per-carat price for any diamond recovered at Letšeng.
And Letšeng certainly has produced some incredible diamonds in its lifetime. In 2018 alone, Gem Diamonds dug up 15 stones at the Lesotho mine weighing over 100 carats.
Among these stones was the “Lesotho Legend,” a 910-carat rough white diamond that sold for $40 million, or $43,956 per carat.
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