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Museum or Sheik? World's second largest diamond awaits new home

The world's second largest diamond could soon find a new home in a museum or a sheikh's collection -- but first needs to be properly evaluated, the Belgian firm holding said. Unearthed last year in Botswana, the 2,488-carat stone known as Motswedi is currently being analysed by gem dealer HB Antwerp in the namesake port city and global diamond hub.

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Transcript
00:00I can't think of what I've been doing, man.
00:02It's a lot of microscopes in each one.
00:06No, see, you might have to work with it.
00:10Okay, this is done.
00:22Excellent.
00:24Can we first do the interview?
00:26Yeah, we can do the interview.
00:30Maybe.
00:40Maybe.
00:44Sit like this.
01:00I saw, I saw, I'm sorry, but...
01:12Because they're so exceptionally large.
01:14We are talking about the Motswedi, which is the second largest diamond ever discovered in history.
01:22Then we also have a 2035 carat, which is the third largest ever found.
01:28Rough.
01:30Today we are presenting four different diamonds.
01:32All of them very exceptional.
01:34Three of those are larger than 1000 carat.
01:38And then we also have a pink diamond, which is a bit smaller, but still 37.42 carats.
01:44But because of its exceptional pink color, also a little miracle of nature.
01:50The size of these stones is so exceptionally rare that they also perfectly could end up in a museum.
02:00We already spiked the interest of some museums that reached out to us.
02:04But it could also maybe end up in the hands of a Sheikh that would like to add it to his collection.
02:40If you Twine in your hand...
02:42All right.
02:44...
02:46All right.
02:48So here's our, okay.
02:50This is so-called..
02:52What's your name?
02:54This one is mostly...
02:56...
02:58� tandstalleria,
03:00you can go on to it.
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