A 1109 carat diamond as a tennis ball!!

A Diamond as a tennis ball.

The largest diamond discovered in more than a century appeared in an exhibition in New York. Called "Lesedi la Rona" (Our Light) it is a 1,109 carat diamond and has the size of a tennis ball.

While the auction that will be held in London on June 29, the value of that is expected to reach a figure of 70 million dollars. The diamond was found in a dry area and sparsely populated South Africa, which relies heavily on diamond mining.
"This is something phenomenal. It's unbelievable, this is the largest diamond discovered in the last 100 years. It is almost unbelievable. If you can imagine the number of places on this planet where there are diamonds as Australia, Canada, Russia, South Africa or Brazil, this is the greatest discovery of the century, is truly unique, "said David Bennett.
While the largest diamond ever found is the Cullinan, a 3,106-carat gem, also found in the Premier Mine in South Africa in 1905.