Table of Largest Gem-Quality Rough Diamonds Discovered in the Different Diamond Mines of the World

Dedicated WebPage for an Up-to-date Table on Largest Gem-Quality Rough Diamonds Discovered in the World

Our website has an extensive resource database on the history of the diamond trade, that also includes well written articles on the history of the famous diamonds in the world. More than 200 famous diamonds have been treated extensively under this section and are listed in alphabetical order on two webpages titled Famous Diamonds, Gemstones and Pearls. A third webpage listing additional famous diamonds have been created, and given the title “More Famous Diamonds”

In this webpage we are publishing a table of largest gem-quality rough diamonds discovered in the various diamond mines of the world throughout history. The diamonds are arranged in descending order of carat weights on the table, and apart from the weight of the diamonds also gives information on the country of discovery, year of discovery, color of the diamond and overall position on the table. The table would be updated as more significant large diamonds are unearthed.

List of Largest Gem-Quality Rough diamonds discovered in the world arranged in descending order of carat weights

Last updated by Lareef A. Samad on Saturday, August 13, 2017

Name	Country of discovery	Year of discovery	Carat Weight	Color	Position
Cullinan	South Africa	1905	3,106	Colorless/White	1
Lesedi La Rona	Karowe Mine Botswana	2015	1,109	Colorless/White	2
Excelsior	South Africa	1893	995	Colorless /White	3
Star of Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone	1972	969.80	Colorless/White	4
Incomparable	Zaire	1984	890	Brownish-yellow	5
Constellation	Karowe Mine Botswana	2015	813	Colorless/White	6
Great Mogul	India	1650	787	Colorless/White	7
Millennium Star	Zaire	1990	777	Colorless/White	8
Woyie River	Sierra Leone	1945	770	Colorless/White	9
Golden Jubilee	South Africa	1985	755	Yellowish-brown	10
President Vargas	Brazil	1938	726.60	Colorless/White	11
Jonker	South Africa	1934	726	Colorless/White	12
Jubilee-Reitz	South Africa	1895	650.80	Colorless/White	13
Unnamed	South Africa	1984	620.14		14
Sefadu	Sierra Leone	1970	620	Colorless/White	15
Kimberley Octahedral	South Africa	1964	616	Yellow	16
Lesotho Promise	Lesotho	2006	603	Colorless/White	17
Lesotho Brown	Lesotho	1967	601	Brown	18
Centenary	South Africa	1986	599	Colorless/White	19
De Grisogono	Central Africa	Probably in the 1950s	587	Black	20
Letseng Star	Lesotho	2011	553	Colorless/White	21
Unnamed Petra Diamond	South Africa	2009	507	Colorless/White	22
Letseng Legacy	Lesotho	2007	493	Colorless/White	23
Light of Letseng	Lesotho	2008	478	Colorless/White	24
Jacob-Victoria	South Africa	1884	457.50	Colorless/White	25
Zale light of peace	Sierra Leone	1969	435	Colorless/white	26
De Beers	South Africa	1888	428.50	Yellow	27
Niarchos	South Africa	1954	426.50	Colorless/White	28

©Internet Stones.com

Please do not copy our tables. We may be compelled to inform the search engines or file a DMCA request if our content and tables are plagiarised.

Important Information that can be gathered from the above table

1) The 3,106-carat Cullinan rough diamond discovered in 1905 from the Premier Diamond Mine in South Africa remains the largest ever gem-quality rough diamond discovered.

2) The 787-carat Great Mogul Diamond discovered in India in 1650, remained the largest rough diamond ever discovered for 243 years, until the discovery of the 995-carat excelsior rough diamond in the Jagersfontein diamond mine in South Africa in 1893.

3) The 995-carat Excelsior rough diamond held the unique distinction of being the world’s largest gem-quality rough diamond ever discovered for a period of 12 years from 1893 to 1905 until the discovery of the enormous Cullinan rough diamond.

4) The 770-carat Woyie River discovered in 1945, was the 4th-largest rough diamond at the time of its discovery.

5) The 726.60-carat President Vargas discovered in Brazil in 1938, was the 4th-largest rough diamond at the time of its discovery.

6) The 726-carat Jonker diamond discovered in South Africa in 1934, was the 4th-largest rough diamond at the time of its discovery.

7) The 650.80-carat Jubilee-Reitz diamond discovered in 1895 in South Africa was the 3rd-largest diamond at the time of its discovery.

8) The 457.50-carat Jacob-Victoria diamond discovered in 1884 was the 2nd-largest rough diamond at the time of its discovery.

9) The 428.50-carat De Beers diamond discovered in 1888 was the 3rd-largest rough diamond at the time of its discovery.

The information gathered above is confirmed by the table below arranged in chronological order

List of Largest Gem-Quality Rough Diamonds discovered in the World Arranged in Chronological Order

last updated by Lareef A. Samad on Saturday, August 31st, 2013

S/N	Name	Country of discovery	Year of discovery	Carat Weight	Color	Position at the time of discovery
1	Great Mogul	India	1650	787	Colorless/White	Largest until 1893
2	Jacob Victoria	South Africa	1884	457.50	Colorless/White	2nd-largest in 1884
3	De Beers	South Africa	1888	428.50	Yellow	3rd-largest in 1888
4	Excelsior	South Africa	1893	995	Colorless /White	Largest in 1893
5	Jubilee-Reitz	South Africa	1895	650.80	Colorless/White	3rd-largest in 1895
6	Cullinan	South Africa	1905	3,106	Colorless/White	Largest in 1905
7	Jonker	South Africa	1934	726	Colorless/white	4th-largest in 1934
8	President Vargas	Brazil	1938	726.60	Colorless/White	4th-largest in 1938
9	Woyie River	Sierra Leone	1945	770	Colorless/White	4th-largest in 1945
10	Niarchos	South Africa	1954	426.50	Colorless/White	10th-largest in 1954
11	De Grisogono	Central africa	1950s	587	Black	8th-largest in 1950s
12	kimberley Octahedral	South Africa	1964	616	Yellow	8th-largest in 1964
13	Lesotho Brown	Lesotho	1967	601	Brown	9th-largest in 1967
14	Zale Light of Peace	Sierra Leone	1969	435	Colorless/White	12th-largest in 1969
15	Sefadu	Sierra Leone	1970	620	Colorless/White	8th-largest in 1970
16	Star of Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone	1972	969.80	Colorless/White	3rd-largest in 1972
17	Incomparable	Zaire	1984	890	Brownish-yellow	4th-largest in 1984
18	Unnamed	South Africa	1984	620.14		12th largest in 1984
19	Golden Jubilee	South Africa	1985	755	Yellowish Brown	8th-largest in 1985
20	Centenary	South Africa	1986	599	Colorless/White	17th-largest in 1986
21	Millennium Star	Zaire	1990	777	Colorless/White	6th-largest in 1990
22	Lesotho Promise	Lesotho	2006	603	Colorless/White	15th-largest in 2006
23	Letseng legacy	Lesotho	2007	493	Colorless/White	21st-largest in 2007
24	Light of Letseng	Lesotho	2008	478	Colorless/White	22nd-largest in 2008
25	Unnamed Petra Diamond	South Africa	2009	507	Colorless/White	20th-largest in 2009
26	LetsengStar	Lesotho	2011	553	Colorless/White	19th-largest in 2011

©Internet Stones.com

Back to Updated Tables

Please let us know by commenting below if any diamond that is not listed, which would fit in the table above.

Please do not copy our tables. We may be compelled to inform the search engines or file a DMCA request if our content and tables are plagiarised.

You are welcome to discuss this post/related topics with Dr Shihaan and other experts from around the world in our FORUMS (forums.internetstones.com)