Rockwell Recovers Five +50 Carat Diamonds
January 13, 10
Rockwell Diamonds Inc. recovered five diamonds larger than 50 carats from their Saxendrift and Holpan mining operations in the last few weeks. Among the diamonds are a light fancy yellow diamond and 75 carat clean white stone.
The diamond miner found the stones either prior to the holiday break or since their operational start-up on January 8.
The five stones are a 52.40 carat clean light fancy yellow diamond from Holpan; a 60.52 carat light yellow octahedral diamond from Saxendrift; a 74.99 carat clean white irregular blocky stone from Saxendrift; a 54.23 carat light yellow broken macle stone with inclusions from Saxendrift; and a 60.51 light yellow rounded flat stone with oxide coating and minor inclusions from Saxendrift.
The stones are currently being cleaned before valuation by the company's diamond experts.