Madhya Pradesh: India labourer finds diamond worth $95,000 in Panna mine

Raju Gound, who has been diamond-hunting for over a decade, finally got lucky this week.

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The 19.22-carat diamond is expected to fetch about 8m rupees ($95,570; £74,000) in a government auction.

Raju Gound said he had been leasing mines in Panna city for more than 10 years in the hope of finding a diamond.

Panna is famed for its diamond reserves and people often lease cheap, shallow mines from the government to hunt for the precious stone.

The federal government's National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) runs a mechanised diamond mining project in Panna.

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