[Rockhounds] Debt-ridden India labourer digs up diamond worth $95, 000

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

An Indian labourer's fortunes have changed overnight after he found a
massive diamond in a mine in the central state of Madhya Pradesh.

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.


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