- Adireshin: Mokotlong, Lesotho;
- Shafin yanar gizo: letsengdiamonds.co.ls;
- Waya: +266 2222 1000.
Da yake zaune a Lesotho , tsawon tsawon kilomita uku, an kirkiro ma'adinai na Letseng ne kawai ba kawai duniyar tudu mafi girma ba a duniya, amma har ma daya daga cikin ma'adinan "m" masu mahimmanci - a nan daya yana nada manyan duwatsu masu daraja waɗanda suke mamaki da girmansu, tsarki da launi.
Akwai karami a kusa da karamin garin na Mokotlong . Aikin na aiki na dogon lokaci, amma ya kasance maras kyau na dan lokaci. Don haka, an rufe shi shekaru da dama, bayan haka a shekara ta 2004 an yanke shawarar sake ci gaba da aikin hakar lu'u-lu'u.
Shekaru biyu bayan haka, maigidan na Gem Diamond Corporation, wanda ke yin amfani da kayan ado na kayan ado - na gode wa wani aikin musamman don aiki, inji na zama babban ma'adinin katako a cikin Lesotho.
Wuri na manyan lu'u-lu'u
Letseng yana yin farin ciki tare da manyan duwatsu. Ka lura cewa, a cikin 'yan shekarun nan, an yi amfani da manyan lu'u-lu'u 20 a duk faɗin duniya - kuma an samu hudu daga cikinsu a cikin mine na Lesotho.
Alal misali, a lokacin rani na 2006 an sami lu'u lu'u mai nauyin 603 carats a nan, mai suna "Hope Lesotho". An sayar da dutsen a kusan kimanin dala miliyan 12.5.
Bayan shekara guda, a watan Satumba na 2007, an sami wani babban lu'u-lu'u a kan min, nauyinsa kusan kusan 500. An sayar dutsen, mai suna "Legacy of Letsseng," kusan kusan dala miliyan 10.5.
Koda bayan watanni 12, ranar Satumba na 2008, mine ya gabatar da lu'u-lu'u na 478 carats - katon farko, dutse mai tsabta. Abin da ya shafi sunansa - an kira lu'u lu'u-lu'u "Light Letseng", kuma kimanin kusan miliyan 18.5 ne.
A watan Agustan 2011, injin na farin ciki da wani babban dutse 550-carat mai suna "Letseng Star". Da wannan sunan masu ma'adinai suna so su jaddada cewa ma'adinan na ainihi ne mai kyau, mafi girma mafi girma duwatsu. A wannan lokacin, lu'u-lu'u "Star Letsenga" ya zama:
- Na biyu mafi girma daga cikin dukkanin samin lu'u-lu'u a cikin min.
- na goma sha huɗu a duniya a cikin girma a cikin dukan m duwatsu da aka samu.
A hanyar, an tsabtace dutse a ɗayan dakunan gwaje-gwaje a Belgium ta hanyar acid na musamman, wanda ya cire nau'in tsabta, ciki har da kimberlite, wanda aka tara a kan dutse, ba tare da kyan lu'u-lu'u ba.
Kuma ba wanda zai iya ambaci wani dutse mai tsabta da aka samo a watan Agustan 2006 (ta hanyar, sun lura da wani mai ban sha'awa - duk manyan lu'u-lu'u a cikin Letseng mine an samu a Agusta ko Satumba?). Nauyinsa kawai ya zama 196 karatun (idan aka kwatanta da duwatsun da aka bayyana a sama), amma ya zama babban dutse mafi girma a duniya a shekara ta 2006. Bugu da ƙari, ya buge halayensa:
- tsabta;
- zurfin launi.
Binciken jari
Ya zama abin lura, amma duk da irin lokacin da ake yin lu'u-lu'u na lu'u-lu'u a cikin Letseng mine, an kiyasta kimanin ma'adinai na mine kawai. Don haka, idan adadi na farko ya kai miliyan 1.38, sa'an nan daga bisani sai ya karu da kimanin kashi 50% - zuwa miliyan 2.26. An kara yawan nauyin dutsen da ke dauke da lu'u-lu'u.
Yadda za a samu can?
Da farko kuna buƙatar tashi zuwa babban birnin Lesotho a Maseru - jirgin sama daga Moscow zai dauki fiye da awa 16. Dole ne muyi dashi biyu - daya daga cikinsu a Turai (Istanbul, London, Paris ko Frankfurt am Main - dangane da jirgin da aka zaɓa), na biyu a Johannesburg.
Na gaba, kana buƙatar zuwa Mokotlonga. A hanyar, a cikin wannan gari dubu bakwai da akwai filin jirgin sama. Saboda haka, yana yiwuwa a sami wani jirgin. Daga Mokotlong zuwa mine - kilomita 70. Za a shawo kan su ta hanya.
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