A person working a small scale brick kiln enterprise has discovered a 26.11 carat diamond in a shallow mine in Madhya Pradesh’s Panna district, an official mentioned on Tuesday.
The valuable stone could fetch as much as Rs 1.20 crore in public sale, Panna’s diamond officer Ravi Patel mentioned.
Sushil Shukla, a resident of Kishoreganj in Panna city, and his companions discovered the diamond on Monday within the mine situated close to Krishna Kalyanpur space, the official mentioned.
The gem might be put up for public sale in a few days and the proceeds could be given to the miner after the deduction of presidency royalty and taxes, he mentioned.
Shukla, who runs a small scale brick kiln enterprise on a rented land, advised reporters that he and his household had been additionally concerned within the diamond mining work for the final 20 years, however this was the primary time that he unearthed such a giant gem.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
