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Kimberley recovers 7.9ct gem from Ellendale 4

KIMBERLEY Diamond Company NL has pulled the biggest sparkler to date from the Ellendale field, recovering a 7.9-carat gem-quality diamond from the Ellendale 4 lamproite pipe in a parcel of 377 stones weighing 65.74ct.

Greg Tubby

The latest results, which also included the recovery of a 3.96ct macle diamond, take the company's total diamond recovery to 739 gems weighing 132.1ct carats since the current sampling program started...

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