Miner Digs Up 182 Carat Diamond (Matcom News Lives On)

[matcom]

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THERE'S lucky: Finding a diamond when you're a young miner sweating it out in the west African forests of Guinea.

And then 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 today 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.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10190125%255E13762,00.html

[Bronco69]

1. So THAT'S where I lost it!

:-)

[Guaranteed]

2. Holy...shit.

Is that the biggest ever? That thing has to be worth hundreds of millions.

On edit: I read the article. Not the biggest ever, by far, and worth only tens of millions.

[ps1074]

3. saw the article earlier but decided to leave it to MATCOM NEWS

:hi:

My 2 news stories are more interesting this morning ('Crazed surgeon amputates penis' and 'Granny lulls thief to sleep - shows him family pictures').

I am THE REAL COMPETITION to Matcom News :)

[matcom]

4. ummmm. Matcom news broke the penis story yesterday

and the Granny story was posted oh, maybe 3 days ago :)

do a search :hi:

on edit: ORIGINAL penis link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=1420132

[ps1074]

5. dammit matcom

Did you have to ruin my morning? :freak:

I promise tomorrow I will find the most interesting stories :hi: