Petra sells 232 ct diamond for $15m

24th October 2014 By: Natasha Odendaal - Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The 232.08 ct white diamond recovered at London-listed Petra Diamonds’ Cullinan mine has been sold for $15.2-million to multinational diamond company Diacore.

The exceptional D colour Type II high-quality diamond was recovered early in September.

“We are delighted to have achieved the sales result for this exceptional white stone, which is an outstanding example of the high-quality, large diamonds produced at Cullinan,” commented Petra CEO Johan Dippenaar.