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Miners in Angola have unearthed a rare pure pink diamond that is believed to be the largest found in 300 years, the Australian site operator announced Wednesday.A 170-carat pink diamond -- dubbed The Lulo Rose -- was discovered at Lulo mine in the country s diamond-rich northeast and is among the largest pink diamonds ever found, the Lucapa Diamond Company said in a statement to investors.The company released a video showing images of the stunning diamond on YouTube. Historic 170ct Pink Diamond - The Lulo Rose by Lucapa Diamonds on YouTube The historic find of the Type IIa diamond, one of the rarest and purest forms of natural stones, was welcomed by the Angolan government, which is also a partner in the mine. This record and spectacular pink diamond recovered from Lulo continues to showcase Angola as an important player on the wo samba shoes rld stage, Angola s Mineral Resources Minister Diamantino Azevedo said.The diamond will be sold at international tender, likely at a dazzling price. Although The Lulo Rose would have to be cut and polished to realize its true value, in a process that can see a stone lose 50 percent of its weight, similar pink diamonds have sold for record-breaking prices.The 59.6 carat Pink Star was sold at a Hong Kong auction in adidas originals hombre 2017 for 71.2 million US dollars. The Pink Star, which was mined in Africa by De Beers in 1999 as a raw 132.5 carat g air max 98 em and cut over a two-year period, remains the most expensive diamond ever sold. Komh Queen Elizabeth Gets It All
Updated at stanley flask 8:42 a.m. Eastern.Suspected U.S. missile strikes killed at least 15 people Thursday at a compound formerly used as a religious school in Pakistan s North Waziristan tribal region, officials said, the eighth such attack in two weeks.CBS News sources in Pakistan say the sprawling compound had recently been converted into a training camp for Taliban militants, and there were rumors that Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud was at the camp before the strikes.Taliban militants in Pakistan denied their leader was killed in the attack, and intelligence sources, speaking to CBS on condition of anonymity, said it looked very unlikely that he was at the site when the missiles struck. Mehsud is known to have used body doubles as decoys. Intelligence sources tell CBS that 15 people were killed in the two-missile strike early Thursday morning.T kubki stanley he strike took place in the Shaktoi area, which lies on the edge of Mehsud s territory in South Waziristan.Locals in Shaktoi tell CBS they ve seen Arabs at the compound recently - possibly indicating the presence of al Qaeda militants or other fighters friendly to Mehsud s Taliban.The strike illustrated the Obama administration s unwillingness to abandon its missile campaign against insurgent targets along Pa stanley termosy kistan s northwest border with Afghanistan. Despite Pakistani protest, the missile attacks have surged in number in recent days. Nearly all the attacks in recent months have focused on North Waziristan, a segme
Miners in Angola have unearthed a rare pure pink diamond that is believed to be the largest found in 300 years, the Australian site operator announced Wednesday.A 170-carat pink diamond -- dubbed The Lulo Rose -- was discovered at Lulo mine in the country s diamond-rich northeast and is among the largest pink diamonds ever found, the Lucapa Diamond Company said in a statement to investors.The company released a video showing images of the stunning diamond on YouTube. Historic 170ct Pink Diamond - The Lulo Rose by Lucapa Diamonds on YouTube The historic find of the Type IIa diamond, one of the rarest and purest forms of natural stones, was welcomed by the Angolan government, which is also a partner in the mine. This record and spectacular pink diamond recovered from Lulo continues to showcase Angola as an important player on the wo samba shoes rld stage, Angola s Mineral Resources Minister Diamantino Azevedo said.The diamond will be sold at international tender, likely at a dazzling price. Although The Lulo Rose would have to be cut and polished to realize its true value, in a process that can see a stone lose 50 percent of its weight, similar pink diamonds have sold for record-breaking prices.The 59.6 carat Pink Star was sold at a Hong Kong auction in adidas originals hombre 2017 for 71.2 million US dollars. The Pink Star, which was mined in Africa by De Beers in 1999 as a raw 132.5 carat g air max 98 em and cut over a two-year period, remains the most expensive diamond ever sold. Komh Queen Elizabeth Gets It All
Updated at stanley flask 8:42 a.m. Eastern.Suspected U.S. missile strikes killed at least 15 people Thursday at a compound formerly used as a religious school in Pakistan s North Waziristan tribal region, officials said, the eighth such attack in two weeks.CBS News sources in Pakistan say the sprawling compound had recently been converted into a training camp for Taliban militants, and there were rumors that Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud was at the camp before the strikes.Taliban militants in Pakistan denied their leader was killed in the attack, and intelligence sources, speaking to CBS on condition of anonymity, said it looked very unlikely that he was at the site when the missiles struck. Mehsud is known to have used body doubles as decoys. Intelligence sources tell CBS that 15 people were killed in the two-missile strike early Thursday morning.T kubki stanley he strike took place in the Shaktoi area, which lies on the edge of Mehsud s territory in South Waziristan.Locals in Shaktoi tell CBS they ve seen Arabs at the compound recently - possibly indicating the presence of al Qaeda militants or other fighters friendly to Mehsud s Taliban.The strike illustrated the Obama administration s unwillingness to abandon its missile campaign against insurgent targets along Pa stanley termosy kistan s northwest border with Afghanistan. Despite Pakistani protest, the missile attacks have surged in number in recent days. Nearly all the attacks in recent months have focused on North Waziristan, a segme
