{"id":22487,"date":"2015-11-19T12:44:55","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T12:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/blog\/?p=22487"},"modified":"2024-03-11T04:07:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T08:07:14","slug":"biggest-diamond-in-more-than-a-century-unearthed-in-botswana-1111-carats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2015\/11\/biggest-diamond-in-more-than-a-century-unearthed-in-botswana-1111-carats\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggest Diamond in More Than a Century Unearthed in Botswana &#8211; 1,111 Carats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh my! \u00a01,111 carats &#8212; the largest stone discovered in more than 100 years. \u00a0Now that is one big rock!! \u00a0It will be interesting to see how much it brings and then how many stones\u00a0can be cut from it. \u00a0Anyone need an engagement ring??? \u00a0For more on this story, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2015-11-19\/biggest-diamond-in-more-than-a-century-discovered-in-botswana\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2015-11-19\/biggest-diamond-in-more-than-a-century-discovered-in-botswana\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/1x-1.jpg\" alt=\"1x-1\" width=\"320\" height=\"229\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">1,111 carat diamond<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh my! 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