List of largest rough diamonds

This is a partial list of the largest non-synthetic diamonds with a rough stone (uncut) weight of over 200 carats (40 grams).^[1] The list is not intended to be complete—e.g., the Cullinan (formerly Premier) mine alone has produced 135 diamonds larger than 200 carats since mining commenced.^[2] De Beers generally does not publish information relating to large diamond discoveries.

Carats	Name	Country	Mine	Date	Current owner
3,167	Sergio (carbonado)[3][4][5][6]	Brazil	Possibly from outer space. Found above ground in Lençóis	1895	Eventually sold to I.K. Gulland of London, where it was broken up into small pieces as industrial diamond drills.[7]
3,106.75	Cullinan Diamond	South Africa	Premier Mine	1905	British Crown (I and II) and Charles III (III–IX). The largest gem-quality diamond ever discovered.
2,492[8]	Motswedi	Botswana	Karowe Mine, Lucara Diamond Corp.[9]	2024	Lucara Diamond
2,036			Karowe Mine, Lucara Diamond Corp.	2025	Lucara Diamond
1,758	Sewelô[10]		Karowe Mine, Lucara Diamond Corp.	2019	Louis Vuitton[11][12][13]
1,476				2025	Lucara Diamond
1,174				2021	Lucara Diamond[14]
1,111	Lesedi La Rona[15]			2015	Graff Diamonds[16]
1,098			Jwaneng Mine	2021	Debswana[17]
1,094	Seriti		Karowe Mine, Lucara Diamond Corp.	2024	Lucara Diamond
1,080	Eva Star[18]			2023
1,019.85				2025	Lucara Diamond
998	[19]			2020
995.2	Excelsior Diamond	South Africa	Jagersfontein Mine	1893	Robert Mouawad
968.9	Star of Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone	Diminco Mine	1973	Harry Winston
910	Lesotho Legend	Lesotho	Letseng Mine	2018	Samir Gems[20] and Taché Diamonds [21]
890	Incomparable Diamond	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Societé Minière de Bakwanga	1984	Louis Glick
862		Botswana	Karowe Mine, Lucara Diamond Corp.	2023
813	The Constellation[22]	Botswana	Karowe Mine, Lucara Diamond Corp.	2015	Nemesis International DMCC
793	Koh-i-Noor	India	Kollur Mine	13th Century	British Crown
780	Great Mogul Diamond			around 1650
777	Millennium Star[23]	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Mbuji-Mayi	1990	De Beers
770	The Woyie River	Sierra Leone	Woyie River	1945
755.5	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
709	Peace Diamond[24]	Sierra Leone	Artisanal mine	2017	Graff Diamonds (bought for US$6.5 m)[25]
692.3	[26]	Botswana	Karowe Mine, Lucara Diamond Corp.	2023	Sold for US$13 m after polishing.
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	1974	De Beers
603	Lesotho Promise	Lesotho	Letseng Mine	2006	Graff Diamonds
602	Santo Antônio[27]	Brazil	Santo Antonio do Bonito River	1994
601	Lesotho Brown	Lesotho	Letseng Mine	1967
600	Goias[27]	Brazil	Verissimo River	1906
599	Centenary	South Africa	Premier Mine	1986
587	Spirit of de Grisogono	Central African Republic
581	Wynn	Brazil	Amazon River	2002
552.74	[28]	Canada	Diavik Mine	2018
550	Letseng Star	Lesotho	Letseng Mine	2011
549	Sethunya[29]	Botswana	Karowe Mine, Lucara Diamond Corp.	2020	Lucara Diamond
507[30][31]	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[32]	Light of Letseng	Lesotho	Letseng Mine	2008
476.7	Meya Prosperity[33]	Sierra Leone	Meya Mine	2017	Graff Diamonds [34]
472.37		Botswana	Karowe Mine, Lucara Diamond Corp.	2018	Top light brown. Sold June 2018
470	[35]			2021	Top light brown.
468.3	80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War[36]	Russia /  Soviet Union	Mir mine[37]	2025	Alrosa; amber-coloured.
460.2[38]		South Africa	Cullinan Diamond Mine (fmr. Premier Mine)	2009
460	Darcy Vargas[27]	Brazil	Santo Antonio do Bonito River	1939
	Charneca 1[27]		Santo Ignacio River	1940
439	Letseng Icon	Lesotho	Letseng Mine	2020	Samir Gems and Taché diamonds
434.6	Zale Light of Peace[39]	Sierra Leone		1969	Sold in 1980 to unknown buyer
428.5	The De Beers	South Africa	De Beers Mine	1888	Disappeared
424.89	The Legacy of the Cullinan Diamond Mine		Cullinan Mine	2019	Choron Group
410	The Regent	India	Paritala-Kollur Mine	1698	Louvre Museum, France
404.2	4 de Fevereiro[40][41]	Angola	Lulo Diamond Project	2016	De Grisogono[40]
401.97[42][43]		Russia /  Soviet Union			Sold by Alrosa and JSC Almazy Anabara[44] to Taché Diamonds and Samir Gems
378	[45]	Botswana	Karowe Mine, Lucara Diamond Corp.	2021
393.5
391.45 [46]		Sierra Leone	Meya Mine	2024
373[47]		Botswana	Karowe Mine, Lucara Diamond Corp.	2015	Graff Diamonds[16]
367	Letseng Princess	Lesotho	Letseng Mine	2021	Samir Gems and Taché diamonds
357.61				2018	Light brown
357	Letseng Dynasty			2015
353.9	Premier Rose	South Africa	Premier Mine	1978	Robert Mouawad
347		Botswana	Karowe Mine, Lucara Diamond Corp.	2016
342.92		South Africa	Cullinan Mine	2021
342.57	26th Congress of the CPSU[48][49][50]	Russia /  Soviet Union	Mir mine	1980	Diamond Fund, Moscow
341.9	Queen of Kalahari[51]	Botswana	Karowe Mine, Lucara Diamond Corp.	2015	Bought by Chopard in partnership with Taché Diamonds and Samir Gems
341	[52]			2021
327.48				2018	Sold for US$10.1 m in June 2018
320.65	Alexander Pushkin[48][49]	Russia /  Soviet Union	Udachnaya pipe	1989	Diamond Fund, Moscow
300.12	Gruosi Diamond[53]	India
300 (?)	The Orlov			~1750	Diamond Fund, Moscow
299		South Africa	Cullinan Mine	2021	Sold to Stargems DMCC in March 2021 for US$12.18 m
298.48	The Creator[48][49]	Russia /  Soviet Union	Placer mining, Yakutia	2004	Government of the Sakha Republic; kept in the Diamond Fund, Moscow
296.66		Botswana	Karowe Mine, Lucara Diamond Corp.	2016
295.8		South Africa	Cullinan Mine	2021	Sold to Stargems DMCC for US$13.9 m
295		Lesotho	Letseng Mine	2024
287.42	Tiffany Yellow Diamond	South Africa	Premier Mine	1877	Tiffany & Co.
280[54]			Jagersfontein Mine	1902
271		Canada	Victor Mine	2018	De Beers
269.7		Botswana	Karowe Mine, Lucara Diamond Corp.	2015
267.53	Unnamed[55]	Brazil	Pontesinha diamond bed	Unknown
256.6		Botswana	Karowe Mine, Lucara Diamond Corp.	2013
254.5	Star of the South	Brazil	Bagagem River	1853	Last known at Cartier, 2002
254		Lesotho	Letseng Mine	2021
253.7	The Oppenheimer	South Africa	Dutoitspan Mine	1964	Smithsonian Institution
249.89		Botswana	Karowe Mine, Lucara Diamond Corp.	2017
248.9[56][57]		South Africa	Jagersfontein Mine	1967
246		Lesotho	Letseng Mine	2021	Samir Gems and Taché diamonds
245.42		Botswana	Karowe Mine, Lucara Diamond Corp.	2016
245		Lesotho	Letseng Mine	2022	Samir Gems and Taché diamonds
242	The Manami Star	Botswana	Jwaneng Mine	2018?	Cut into an 88.22 carat diamond; auctioned in Hong Kong by Sothebys and sold for US$13.8 m to a Japanese collector.
241.8	Free Russia[49]	Russia /  Soviet Union	Sytykanskaya pipe	1991	Diamond Fund, Moscow
240.8	The Taylor Burton	South Africa	Premier Mine	1966
240		Botswana	Karowe Mine, Lucara Diamond Corp.	2019
239				2013
236.25	Dawn (Anabar)	Russia /  Soviet Union	Ebelyakh diamond mine	2020	Alrosa, Moscow. Brown/yellow diamond.
235.17	The Town of Vilyuysk[50]		Yubileynaya mine	2013
235		Angola	Lulo Mine	2023
233		Lesotho	Letseng Mine	2020
232.4		Russia /  Soviet Union	Udachnaya Mine	2019
232.1		South Africa	Cullinan Mine	2014
232.05	Star of Yakutia[49][50]	Russia /  Soviet Union	Mir mine	1973	Diamond Fund, Moscow
227		Angola	Lulo Mine	2017	Lucapa Diamond
224.47		Botswana	Karowe Mine, Lucara Diamond Corp.	2016
223				2019
222.09	Vladimir Grib[58]	Russia /  Soviet Union	Grib diamond mine	2019
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
216.96		Botswana	Karowe Mine, Lucara Diamond Corp.	2017
215		Lesotho	Mothae Mine	2021
214.65	Boris Eifman	Russia /  Soviet Union	Nyurbinskoye mine	2016	Alrosa
212.53	Lev Rovnin[59]	Russia /  Soviet Union	Grib diamond mine	2019
212.49		Lesotho	Letseng Mine	2024
210.55	Premier[49]	Russia /  Soviet Union	Mir mine	1991	Diamond Fund, Moscow
208		Angola	Lulo Mine	2023
207.29	Diaghilev (Children of Asia)	Russia /  Soviet Union	Zarnitsa mine	2016	Alrosa
203		Angola	Lulo Mine	2024
202		Lesotho	Letseng Mine	2017	Bought by Taché Diamonds & Samir Gems
200.74	60th anniversary of the Komsomol[49][60]	Russia /  Soviet Union	Mir mine	1978	Diamond Fund, Moscow

See also

• List of diamonds
• List of emeralds by size
• List of individual gemstones
• List of gold nuggets by size
• List of sapphires by size

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