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Petra Recovers 26-Ct. Blue Diamond at Cullinan
Apr 17, 2013 2:31 AM
By Deena Taylor
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RAPAPORT... Petra Diamonds recovered a high-quality top-color 25.50-carat blue diamond from its Cullinan mine in South Africa.
 The diamond follows a line of other special blue stones that Petra has recovered at Cullinan since acquiring the mine from De Beers in 2008.
These have included a 26.60 carat rough stone, which yielded a 7-carat, fancy vivid blue, internally flawless polished diamond and it subsequently sold for $9.49 million, or $1.35 million per carat at a Sotheby's auction in May 2009. A 39-carat blue diamond, also recovered at the mine, sold for $8.8 million.
The company is currently implementing an expansion plan at Cullinan, which will take production from 870,000 carats per year in 2012 to a projected 5 million carats per year by the end of 2019.
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Tags:
Blue diamond, Cullinan Mine, Deena Taylor, Petra Diamonds, Star of Josephine
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