============================================================================================================ 2015 AAM ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING When: Saturday, 14 November 2015 Where: Urban League of Greater Madison, 2222 S. Park Street, Suite 200, Madison, WI 53713 Time: 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. ============================================================================================================ AAM NEW YEAR'S EVE GALA WHEN: Thursday, December 31st 2015 TIME: 7:00 pm – 1:00 am WHERE: SHERATON HOTEL, 706 John Nolen Drive, Madison, WI 53713 ============================================================================================================ November 19, 2015 BBC News Africa [image: Inline image 1]Lucian Coman/Lucara The stone measures 65mm x 56mm x 40mm in size The world's second-largest gem quality diamond has been discovered in Botswana, the Lucara Diamond firm says. The 1,111-carat stone was recovered from its Karowe mine, about 500km (300 miles) north of the capital, Gaborone. It is the biggest diamond to be discovered in Botswana and the largest find in more than a century. The 3,106-carat Cullinan diamond was found in South Africa in 1905 and cut into nine separate stones, many of which are in the British Crown Jewels. "The significance of the recovery of a gem quality stone larger than 1,000 carats, the largest for more than a century... cannot be overstated," William Lamb, the CEO of Lucara Diamond, a Canadian diamond producer, said in a statement <http://lucaradiamond.mwnewsroom.com/press-releases/lucara-makes-diamond-history-recovers-1111-carat-diamond-tsx-luc-201511181033600001> . Lucara says two other "exceptional" white diamonds - an 813-carat stone and a 374-carat stone - were also found at the Karowe mine. "I am truly at a loss for words. This has been an amazing week for Lucara with the recovery of the second largest and also the sixth largest gem quality diamonds ever mined," Mr Lamb said. Botswana is the world's largest producer of diamonds and the trade has transformed it into a middle-income nation. -- Ann Marie "The art of living consists of knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore." -- Mardy Grothe ################################################################################################# Join the African Association of Madison, Inc. for $25 per year. Mail check to: AAM, PO Box 1016, Madison, WI 53701 Phone: 608-258-0261 Email: [log in to unmask] Web: www.AfricanAssociationofMadison.org ################################################################################################# *** Send email to the list: [log in to unmask] *** *** Access AAM list archives: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/AAM.html ***