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07/21/2004:

"Diamond find brings joy, worry"

CONAKRY, Guinea -- There's lucky: finding a diamond when you're a young miner sweating it out in the West African forests of Guinea. And there's too lucky: finding a 182-carat stone, that everyone -- starting with the government of Guinea -- wants a piece of.

Result: The stone -- four times the size of the famous Hope diamond -- was tucked away Monday deep in the vaults of Guinea's Central Bank, no pictures, please.

And the 25-year-old miner who found it, if not exactly in hiding, was making himself scarce. No interviews, please.

Full Article : indystar.com