There
are people willing to enslave, exploit and kill other humans without a
second thought for a fistful of diamonds, so imagine what they would do
to get their hands on a 706-carat diamond worth millions.
That's the dilemma pastor Emmanuel Momoh faced when he discovered the
monster diamond in an artisanal mine in Sierra Leone, and knowing the
discovery put his life in danger he gave it to the government for safe
keeping:
According to
The Guardian,
the government said that Emmanuel Momoh found the gem in an artisanal
mine in the village of Koyadu within the diamond-rich Kono region. It
weighs in at 706 carats. The stone was presented on Thursday and will be
sold in a government-held transparent auction in the Sierra Leone to
benefit the community.
"I
have to help the government and my people, so all of us can benefit,"
presidential spokesman Abdulai Bayraytay quoted Momoh as saying.
The
diamond still needs to be analyzed by experts, but it's probable that
it's among the largest, behind the 3,106-carat Cullian diamond and a
1,111-carat diamond discovered in 2015. Diamond expert Paul Zimnisky
told the AFP news agency that it could possibly rank "between the 10th
and 15th largest dem-diamonds ever recovered."
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