PEACE DIAMOND: Precious Stone Fetches $6.5m In New York
A giant 709-carat diamond unearthed in Sierra Leone has sold at auction in New York for $6.5m (ยฃ4.8m).ย Laurence Graff, chairman of Graff Diamonds, won the precious stone – nicknamed the “peace diamond” – in bidding on Monday. Half of the proceeds, $3.8m, will be used to fund infrastructure projects to benefit the community of the […]
