It was not long after De Beers Corporation set about the business of mining diamonds that their first major discovery surfaced. A stone weighing 428.5-carats was unearthed from the Kimberly mines of South Africa . At 228.5 carats after its polishing it was thought to be the worlds largest cut diamond in 1889. It has the honor of being the fourth largest cut diamond in the world.
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