Miner digs up 182-carat gem
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 10:22 am
Man I wish we could go digging for diamonds in Missouri... I'd have a massive hole in my back yard and be out there right now...
LinkyCONAKRY, Guinea (AP) -- There's lucky: Finding a diamond when you're a young miner sweating it out in the west African forests of Guinea. And there's too lucky: finding a 182-carat stone that everyone -- starting with the government of Guinea -- wants a piece of.
Result: the stone -- four times the size of the famous Hope diamond -- was tucked away Monday deep in the vaults of Guinea's Central Bank. No pictures, please.
And the 25-year-old miner who found it, if not exactly in hiding, was making himself scarce. No interviews, please.