What is the name of the largest gem-quality diamond ever found?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → The Cullinan
The Cullinan is the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found: it weighed about 3,106 carats (some 621 g) when it was dug up at the Premier Mine near Pretoria, South Africa, in 1905. It was cut into nine major stones; the largest, the Great Star of Africa (Cullinan I), is set in the British Sovereign’s Sceptre among the Crown Jewels.