One of the biggest diamonds ever was just discovered, but the romance is long gone

A massive white diamond was found recently in Botswana. Weighing over a pound, it is the largest diamond discovered in more than a century, and the second-largest ever found. It has made headlines around the world, as when major diamonds have been discovered before.

But there’s a way in which such discoveries have lost their magic. This recent find will no doubt be cut into several carefully shaped stones, and handed off to some corporate headquarters or end up in a collector’s vault.