List of largest rough diamonds

This is a partial list of the largest diamonds with a rough stone (uncut) weight of over 200 carats (40 grams).^[1] However, the Cullinan (formerly Premier) mine alone has produced 135 diamonds larger than 200 carats since mining commenced.

Carats	Name	Country	Mine	Date	Current owner
3167	Sergio[2][3][4]	Brazil	Carbonado, not a gem. Possibly from Outer Space.	1895
3106.75	Cullinan Diamond	South Africa	Premier Mine	1905	British Crown
1111	Lesedi La Rona[5]	Botswana	Karowe Mine	2015	Lucara Diamond
995.20	Excelsior Diamond	South Africa	Jagersfontein Mine	1893	Robert Mouawad
969	Star of Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone	Diminco Mine	1973	Harry Winston
890	Incomparable Diamond	Democratic Republic of the Congo	MIBA mine	1984	Louis Glick
813	The Constellation [6]	Botswana	Karowe Mine	2015	Nemesis International DMCC[7][8]
793	Koh-i-Noor	India	Kollur Mine	13th Century	British Crown
777	Millennium Star[9]	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Mbuji-Mayi	1990	De Beers
770	The Woyie River	Sierra Leone	Woyie River	1945
755	The Golden Jubilee	South Africa	Premier Mine	1985	Government of Thailand
726.6	The Vargas	Brazil	San Antonio River	1938
726	The Jonker	South Africa	Elandsfontein	1934
650.8	The Jubilee	South Africa	Jagersfontein Mine	1895	Robert Mouawad
620	The Sefadu	Sierra Leone	Diminco Mine	1970	Lazare Kaplan
616	The Kimberley Octahedron	South Africa	Dutoitspan Mine	1964	De Beers
603	Lesotho Promise	Lesotho	Letseng mine	2006	Graff Diamonds
601	Lesotho Brown	Lesotho	Letseng mine	1967
599	Centenary	South Africa	Premier Mine	1986
587	Spirit of de Grisogono	Central African Republic
550	Letseng Star	Lesotho	Letseng Mine	2011
507[10][11]	Cullinan Heritage	South Africa	Cullinan Diamond Mine (fmr. Premier Mine)	2009	Chow Tai Fook Jewellery
493.24	Letseng Legacy	Lesotho	Letseng Mine	2007	SAFDICO (Graff Jewellers)
490	The Kimberley	South Africa	Kimberley Mine	1921
478[12]	Light of Letseng	Lesotho	Letseng Mine	2008
460.2[13]		South Africa	Cullinan Diamond Mine (fmr. Premier Mine)	2009
428.5	The De Beers	South Africa	De Beers Mine	1888	Disappeared
410	The Regent	India	Paritala-Kollur Mine	1698	Louvre Museum, France
404.2	[14]	Angola	Lulo Diamond Project	2016	Lucapa Diamond Company
401.97	[15][16]	Russia		2016	Sold by Alrosa and JSC Almazy Anabara
374	[6]	Botswana	Karowe Mine	2015	Lucara Diamond
357		Lesotho	Letseng Mine	2015
353.9	Premier Rose	South Africa	Premier Mine	1978	Robert Mouawad
347.00		Botswana	Karowe Mine	2016
342.57	26th Congress of the CPSU[17][18][19]	Russia /  Soviet Union	Mir mine	1980	Diamond Fund, Moscow
341.9	[20]	Botswana	Karowe Mine	2015
320.65	Alexander Pushkin[17][18]	Russia /  Soviet Union	Udachnaya pipe	1989	Diamond Fund, Moscow
314		Lesotho	Letseng Mine	2015
300 (?)	The Orlov	India		~1750	Diamond Fund, Moscow
298.48	The Creator[17][18]	Russia	Placer mining, Yakutia	2004	Government of the Sakha Republic; kept in the Diamond Fund, Moscow
296.66		Botswana	Karowe Mine	2016
287.42	Tiffany Yellow Diamond	South Africa	Premier Mine	1877	Tiffany & Co.
269.7		Botswana	Karowe Mine	2015
256.6		Botswana	Karowe Mine	2013
254.5	Star of the South	Brazil	Bagagem River	1853	Last known at Cartier, 2002
253.7	The Oppenheimer	South Africa	Dutoitspan Mine	1964	Smithsonian Institution
245.42		Botswana	Karowe Mine	2016
241.88	Free Russia[18]	Russia	Sytykanskaya pipe, Yakutia	1991	Diamond Fund, Moscow
240.8	The Taylor Burton	South Africa	Premier Mine	1966
239.0		Botswana	Karowe Mine	2013
235.16	The Town of Vilyuysk[19]	Russia	Yubileynaya mine	2013	Diamond Fund, Moscow
232.1		South Africa	Cullinan Mine	2014
232.05	Star of Yakutia[18][19]	Russia /  Soviet Union	Mir mine	1973	Diamond Fund, Moscow
224.47		Botswana	Karowe Mine	2016
221.47	Manhattan Lycos White	South Africa	Manhattan Diamonds	2012
217.39	The Angola Star	Angola	Luarica Mine	2007	Diamond in the Rough, New York City
214.65		Russia	Nyurbinskoye mine	2016	Alrosa
210.55	Premier[18]	Russia /  Soviet Union			Diamond Fund, Moscow
200.74	60th anniversary of the Komsomol[18][21]	Russia /  Soviet Union	Mir mine	1978	Diamond Fund, Moscow

See also

• Biggest diamond
• List of diamonds

References

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External links

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