NEW YORK – Sierra Leone sold one of the world’s largest uncut diamonds for $6.5 million at a New York auction Monday to raise funds for development projects in the West African country.
The egg-sized gem — known as the Peace Diamond — was bought by British luxury jeweler Laurence Graff, said Martin Rapaport, chairman of Rapaport Group, a network of diamond companies that managed the auction.
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