The Sergio ( Portuguese: Carbonado do Sérgio) was the largest carbonado and the largest rough diamond ever dug up on earth. [1] It weighed 3,167 carats (633.4 g; 20.36 ozt) and was found above ground in Lençóis (State of Bahia, Brazil) in 1895 by Sérgio Borges de Carvalho. Like other carbonados, it is believed to be of meteoritic origin. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
The Sergio was first sold for $780,000 and later for $25,000 (equivalent to $915,600 in 2023) to Joalheria Kahn and Co. and shipped to G. Kahn in Paris, who sold it to I. K. Gulland of London in September 1895 for £6,400 (equivalent to £933,766 in 2023). It was then broken up into small 3–6-carat (0.60–1.20 g; 0.021–0.042 oz) pieces as industrial diamond drills. [10]
The Sergio ( Portuguese: Carbonado do Sérgio) was the largest carbonado and the largest rough diamond ever dug up on earth. [1] It weighed 3,167 carats (633.4 g; 20.36 ozt) and was found above ground in Lençóis (State of Bahia, Brazil) in 1895 by Sérgio Borges de Carvalho. Like other carbonados, it is believed to be of meteoritic origin. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
The Sergio was first sold for $780,000 and later for $25,000 (equivalent to $915,600 in 2023) to Joalheria Kahn and Co. and shipped to G. Kahn in Paris, who sold it to I. K. Gulland of London in September 1895 for £6,400 (equivalent to £933,766 in 2023). It was then broken up into small 3–6-carat (0.60–1.20 g; 0.021–0.042 oz) pieces as industrial diamond drills. [10]