世界第二大鑽石售出 5300萬美元成交價低於預期

The world's second-biggest diamond has finally found a buyer.

世界上第二大的鑽石現在終於找到主人了。

After failing to sell at a Sotheby's auction last year, the 1,109-carat uncut stone has now fetched $53 million in a private sale to luxury jeweler Graff Diamonds.

在經歷了去年在蘇士比拍賣行的流拍後，這顆1109克拉未經切割的鑽石，如今以5300萬美元的高價被英國奢侈珠寶商格拉夫珠寶公司拿下。

The seller, Canada's Lucara , recovered the huge diamond from Botswana's Karowe mine nearly two years ago. It named it Lesedi La Rona, which means "Our Light" in Botswana's Tswana language.

大約兩年前，賣家加拿大盧卡拉鑽石公司在博茨瓦納卡羅韋鑽石礦中發現了這顆鑽石，併爲其命名“Lesedi La Rona”，在博茨瓦納語中意爲“吾輩之光”。

Lucara had originally hoped to get at least $70 million for the stone, describing it as the biggest gem quality diamond found in more than a century.

盧卡拉公司最初希望“吾輩之光”至少可以賣到7000萬美元，並稱這塊鑽石是一個多世紀以來所發現的體積最大的寶石級鑽石。

Lucara CEO William Lamb said the price paid by Graff topped the highest bid received in the Sotheby's auction last year.

盧卡拉公司的CEO威廉姆·蘭姆表示，格拉夫珠寶給出的價格已經超過了去年蘇富比所拍出的最高價。

But it falls short of the $63 million Lucara received last year for The Constellation, a smaller 813-carat uncut diamond.

但是，這一數字與去年盧卡拉賣出的重813克拉、未切割的“星座”鑽石的6300萬美元的價格要低一些。

U.K.-based Graff Diamonds has a long history of acquiring the precious stones in multimillion-dollar deals.

英國的格拉夫珠寶公司有着悠久的購買珍貴鑽石的歷史，交易往往達數百萬美元。

In 2006, it bought the 603-carat uncut Lesotho Promise at an auction in Belgium for $12.4 million.

2006年，該公司以1240萬美元的價格在比利時的一場拍賣會上買下了603克拉的原鑽萊索托。