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AFRICA, LAND OF DIAMONDS: 9 PRODUCING COUNTRIES AND 9 FAMOUS STONES

http://www.afriquemedia.tv/science/...9-pays-producteurs-et-9-pierres-celebrissimes

Apart from Catoca, Endiama and Alrosa are also partners on the Luaxe project, presented as the most important diamond discovery of the decade, with a resource of 350 million carats and the capacity to produce 10 million carats annually over its entire duration of life.

The other major diamond project in Angola is Lulo, managed by Lucapa Diamond in partnership with Endiama and Rosas & Petalas. In 2016 and 2017, the project recorded the highest price per diamond carat.Lucapa and its mine partners recorded a year-over-year increase of 3% year-on-year to 19,196 carats.Among the largest diamond discoveries made on the mine, the largest is the 404 carat stone quarried in February 2016, the largest diamond ever found in Angola.