[far-east] giant diamond found in china

The Chinese government has announced that the fourth biggest diamond ever found in China, weighing 101.47 carats, has been discovered in Mengyin County of Shandong Province, during ore dressing in one of the Group's mines on May 27. The diamond, now in the Central Bank, is yellowish, translucent and described as an oblong octahedron, the color and clearness up to the quality of a finished diamond, according to an assessment made by the National Gemstone Testing Center. A diamond of this size and quality was an extremely rare find anywhere in the world, explained the Center. In 1983 a diamond weighing 119.01 carats was also found in Mengyin. The Industry Group's general manager, Tan Zhongming, said that this discovery displays China's technical sophistication in diamond exploration, mining and dressing. [