Namakwa Diamonds, a diamond resource group whose operations focus on southern Africa, is tendering an extremely rare large orange diamond at its mine in South Africa's North West Province, the diamond company has announced.



The orange diamond weights 7.53 carats, is assessed to be of flawless potential, and its color has been assessed as Vivid Orange – an extremely rare hue, since most orange colored diamonds bear tinges of yellow or pink. In 2002, actress Halle Barry wore a Harry Winston necklace set with the 5.54-carat Pumpkin Diamond – arguably the most famous orange diamond in the world.



In addition to the large orange stone, Namakwa also recovered a 26.74-carat white diamond with a color grade of D, which is also part of this month's tender.



Heno Kruger, Head of Sales and Trading at Namakwa, said of the two finds that the company was "experiencing tremendous interest" from all centers of the diamond trade.



These two diamonds, Kruger continued, highlighted the quality of the resource that Namakwa was mining on its North West Province property. "Given the rarity and desirability of Vivid Orange stones of this size, we expect it to be the talk of the town for some time to come," he noted.