澳洲开采出’史无前例’粉红钻石

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BBC Chinese, Feb 22, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... 20222_diamond.shtml
(" 力拓矿业在一份声明中说，全世界90%以上的粉红钻石都是在阿盖尔钻石矿发现的，而这颗钻石的大小是“史无前例”的。力拓的声明说，阿盖尔钻石矿花了26 年时间，才开采出这颗巨大的粉红钻石，今后可能再也不会有这么大的粉红钻石了")

Note:
(a) 阿盖尔 Argyle
(b) This particular is christened as the Argyle Pink Jubilee.
The report says, “2010年，在日内瓦的一个拍卖会上，一颗名为’浓彩粉红’的罕见的24.78克拉大的钻石，以破纪录的4千6百万美元天价卖给了一个知名的英国商人。”

In fact, that is not a proper name. See
Australia's largest rough pink diamond unearthed,  BBC, Feb 21, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17108778
("In 2010, a rare 24.78-carat ‘fancy intense pink’ diamond was sold for a record-breaking $46 million (£29m), the highest price ever paid for a jewel, to a well-known British dealer at an auction in Geneva")