The real deal
After more than a month of speculation, the “world’s largest diamond“, said to be twice the size of the famous Cullinan, was yesterday denounced as a “piece of plastic” by the man at the centre of the drama over its discovery.
A British property developer, Brett Jolly – who thought he was going to be fabulously rich as a result of the find – had come to Johannesburg earlier this week to “sort the matter out”. After something of a wild goose chase he had met the miners on a roadside, and they had presented him with what was claimed to be the 7,000-carat gem.
“They showed me a lump of plastic,” Mr Jolly said. “It was clearly, clearly a lump of plastic. There was no way in the world it was a diamond.”
He said the miners then produced a diamond tester. He said they had seemingly fixed it beforehand to give a positive reading, but forgot to take the cap off while they did the test, making a nonsense of the claim that the instrument showed it was a genuine diamond. “The cap was still on the bloody thing,” Mr Jolly said.
The Guardian reporter asked why he said he was waiting till Monday to turn these idiots in to the police?
He said: “Because I’m very, very tired.”
I could have told you this was a hoax. The world’s largest diamond is currently in the possession of a Nigerian prince, who has asked me to assist him in getting it out of his country, where thieves are hot on his trail. I have already paid several thousand dollars to make sure it is transported safely and doesn’t fall into the wrong hands. I pity all of you who will not be sharing in the great wealth bestowed upon me by my Nigerian friend (whom I will soon be meeting). Better luck next time.
Easy way to test….
HOT needle, right into it…ROCk dont burn or distort..
#1 – Damn! What a coincidence! Me too!
Remember this and save yourself a lot of money – no hymen, no diamond.
#1 & #3,
Best of luck getting your diamond out of Nigeria.
I have an invitation from a real African Princess to help her get her late father, the former King, stolen loot out of Africa. Then a week later, her sister (also a Princess) sent me the exact same letter! They must really need my help.
#1, #3, #5, Darn, you guys have all the luck. All I got was an email confirmation of the super powered “V_i~a*g+-r~a” that I didn’t even order !!
I’m anxiously awaiting its arrival. I’m certain it will get here about the same time as your diamonds / money, so maybe we could work out some kind of deal.