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澳大利亚发现12.76克拉粉钻原钻

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2012-02-22 06:31 字体： [ ]　

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an australian mining company says it has found a 12.76-carat pink diamond, the largest rough pink diamond found in the country.

澳大利亚一家采矿公司发现了一颗12.76克拉的粉钻，这是该国发现的最大的一块粉色钻坯。

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unearthed in western australia, the argyle pink jubilee is a rare pink diamond
the rare diamond was found at rio tinto's argyle diamond mine in western australia's east kimberly region.

estimated to be worth millions, it has been named the argyle pink jubilee, and is being cut and polished in perth.

it will be sold later this year after being shown around the world, including in new york and hong kong.

the process of polishing and cutting, which began in perth on tuesday, is expected to take about 10 days. the diamond will then be graded by a team of international experts.

more than 90% of the pink diamonds in the world come from the argyle mine, a rio tinto statement said.

the argyle pink jubilee is a light pink diamond, the company said. it is similar in colour to the williamson pink - the diamond found in tanzania that queen elizabeth ii received as a wedding gift and which was subsequently set into a brooch（胸针） for her coronation.

a rio tinto spokesperson said that a diamond of this calibre（口径，水准） was ''⁴''.

''it has taken 26 years of argyle production to ¹ this stone and we may never see one like this again,'' said argyle pink diamonds manager josephine johnson.

in 2010, a rare 24.78-carat "fancy intense pink" diamond was sold for a record-breaking $46 million (£29m), the highest price ever paid for a jewel, to a well-known british ⁵ at an ⁶ in geneva.

that diamond had been in a private collection for 60 years.

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1
v.发掘，掘出，从洞中赶出
参考例句：
most of the unearth relics remain intact.大多数出土文物仍保持完整无损。 more human remains have been unearthed in the north.北部又挖掘出了更多的人体遗骸。

2
出土的（考古）
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many unearthed cultural relics are set forth in the exhibition hall. 展览馆里陈列着许多出土文物。 some utensils were in a state of decay when they were unearthed. 有些器皿在出土时已经残破。

3
n.周年纪念；欢乐
参考例句：
they had a big jubilee to celebrate the victory.他们举行盛大的周年纪念活动以祝贺胜利。 every jubilee,to take the opposite case,has served a function.反过来说，历次君主巡幸，都曾起到某种作用。

4
adj.无前例的，新奇的
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the air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。 a flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

5
n.商人，贩子
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the dealer spent hours bargaining for the painting.那个商人为购买那幅画花了几个小时讨价还价。 the dealer reduced the price for cash down.这家商店对付现金的人减价优惠。

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n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖
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they've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。 they bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。