10.8 carats worth of diamonds is almost nothing for a state. Half a million USD if it was all one single stone, but probably in the tens of thousands USD for multiple stones, I believe.

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[–] pluggerslugs@piefed.social 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

sell natural rough diamonds weighing 10.8 carats or more from the country's state fund

That's probably the minimum size of the stones not the total weight they're selling.

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[–] NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

Ah, you're right, I misunderstood. A different article makes it a bit clearer that your interpretation is correct:

an open domestic auction in Moscow on September 9 for natural diamonds weighing 10.8 carats (2.16 grams) or more.

Although the wording is not that different... I just misread, I guess.

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[–] pluggerslugs@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago

I also thought it was worded confusingly and reread it a couple times.

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