A few weeks ago we reported on what could have been the worlds largest diamond. World’s Largest Diamond.

According to Mining Weekly the diamond has been declared a fake.

The stone that was found at an unnamed mine in the North West province and said to be bigger than the Cullinan diamond, the biggest in the world, is not a diamond, bringing over a month of speculation to an end, Mining Weekly Online revealed on Friday.

Brett Jolly, the person who first claimed the find said that he did not want anything more to do with it, and that he “doesn’t care anymore if it’s a diamond or not”.

Speaking in a telephone interview from Potchefstroom with Mining Weekly Online, he confirmed that he had tested the alleged diamond with a journalist yesterday, but that what the miners who had found the stone had brought to be tested was a “disgusting lump of resin”.

You can read more about this story here.

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