Lesotho: discovery of biggest ever pink diamond

Storm Mountain Diamonds (SMD) has recovered the biggest ever pink diamond by far from its Kao mine, in Lesotho.

The 108.39-carat Type IIa fancy intense pink stone is more than twice the weight of the 47.81-carat Pink Eternity, which was recovered last year and sold for an undisclosed price.

Mohlomi Moleko, Lesotho's minister of natural resources, described the newly-recovered gem as "one of the most significant diamonds found to date in Lesotho".

The same mine yielded the Pink Dawn (25.97 carat) and Pink Palesa (21.68 carat) in 2021, and the Rose of Kao (29.59 carat) in 2018.

The Kao kimberlite was discovered in 1956 and is the largest in Lesotho and the fourth largest in Southern Africa.

For many years it was mined by artisans and organized cooperatives. It was bought from the Lesotho government in 2006 by Kao Diamond Mines in 2006 and then by current owners SMD (jointly owned by Namakwa Diamonds Limited and the Lesotho Government) in 2010.

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South Africa: Nieuwoudtville Flower Reserve in Northern Cape

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Nieuwoudtville Flower Reserve

Nieuwoudtville is a town in Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The town lies on the Bokkeveld Escarpment, and was established in 1897.

The Nieuwoudtville Flower Reserve is 3 km east of town. You can drive up c
lose to the flowers and “be at one” with them. The Flower Reserve has a wide variety of bulbs. There is also a short hiking trail between the rock ‘koppies’ – hidden among these ‘koppies’ are even more varieties of bulbs

Nieuwoudtville — город в муниципалитете округа Намаква в провинции Северный Кейп в Южной Африке. Город расположен на хребте Боккевельд и был основан в 1897 году. Цветочный заповедник Nieuwoudtville находится в 3 км к востоку от города.

Можно подъехать вплотную к цветам и «побыть наедине» с ними. Цветочный заповедник имеет большое разнообразие. Также есть короткая пешеходная тропа между скалами — среди них спрятано еще больше разновидностей цветов.

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