Lucapa Diamond Co. Ltd. said Aug. 6 that it recovered a 64-carat D-color, type IIa diamond that it considers as the best quality stone unearthed from its 70%-owned Mothae kimberlite mine in Lesotho.

In May, the miner recovered a 126-carat, gem-quality diamond from Mothae, which is the largest recovered from the site.

Lucapa generated US$3.5 million in proceeds from the second tender of diamonds this year from the Mothae mine.