Talk:Sierra Leone diamond (Kono region)

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Name Change edit

The Sierra Leone Diamond/Kono Diamond had since been named The Peace Diamond and sold at auction. I suggest the name of this page be changed to The Peace Diamond or Peace Diamond.

"The president has kept his word. The stone, since named the Peace Diamond, has made its way to the global auction market, and will go up for sale in New York on December 4. Better still, the government approached the renowned Rapaport Group to handle the marketing and auctioning process, and convinced the fair-trade organisation to do so at zero cost." [1]

709 carats or 706? edit

Latest comment: 7 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

The cited sources appear to disagree on the weight, and this should be acknowledged unless there‘s reason to believe one of them is less reliable or most likely erroneous. It‘s not evident to me why the 709-ct figure should be preferable in this case, so I think we should say something like … alluvial diamond of more than 700 carats … in the lead, and then mention both figures (with their references) in the body.—Odysseus 1479 01:44, 17 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

That sounds good. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:48, 17 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

Article Name suggestions edit

Latest comment: 7 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Most of my suggestions are around the fact that he gave it to the government of Sierra Leone:

Sierra Leone diamond (Kono region)
Sierra Leone diamond (Yakadu village)
Yakadu village diamond

Generally, I'm leaning more toward the first since most of the articles refer to that region. Drewmutt (^ᴥ^) talk 01:56, 17 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

Problem of origin and ownership edit

Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

According to a Swiss newspaper (Tages-Anzeiger, Friday 2nd February 2018, p. 12) the original person who found the diamond was not Pastor Emmanuel Momoh, but Komba Nyandomoh (owner of the land) and his team. The problem was that Mr. Nyandomoh was no longer able to pay his workers so that Pastor Momoh took over the salary payment. Later on, Pastor Momoh traveled the world to find interested bidders for the diamond. And unfortunately this is another sad story about the workers getting very little and the traders and government getting the big chunks of the fortune. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JonnyGofA (talk • contribs) 16:48, 13 April 2018 (UTC)Reply

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