Woman Left Stunned After Discovering Diamond She 'Almost Threw In Bin' Was Worth Rs 20 Crore

A woman was left stunned after discovering that a piece of jewellery she was going to throw away was a 32-carat diamond worth ?2million (Rs 20 crore).

The woman from UK, said to be in her 70s, had bought the stone at a car-boot sale years ago, but had no idea of its value, the BBC reported. But little did she know that it was worth a fortune.

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It was the woman's neighbour who convinced her to get it valued and it's when she was given the incredible news that the diamond was ¡°off the scale¡± in terms of its wealth.

Mark Lane, of Featonby¡¯s Auctioneers in North Shields, told the BBC that the woman came off the street into his shop saying ¡°she just thought she would bring it in as she was passing¡±.

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He continued: "It had been in a box along with her wedding band and a number of low-value costume jewellery items.

"We saw quite a large stone, bigger than a pound coin, and I thought it was a CZ [cubic zirconia, a synthetic diamond lookalike].

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"It sat on my desk for two or three days until I used a diamond tester machine. We then sent it off to our partners in London before it was certified by experts in Antwerp, Belgium, who confirmed it is 34 carat."

The diamond is larger than a ?1 coin and Mr Lane said it is the biggest that he has seen in five years running the business.

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