Eight-carat pink diamond unveiled
One of the largest pink diamonds ever found in Australia has been unveiled at the Melbourne Museum.
It weighs more than eight carats and was donated to the museum.
Museum manager Brett Dunlop says the rare gem was discovered in the Argyle diamond mine in Western Australia last year.
"Pink diamonds are incredibly rare under any circumstances," he said.
"The Argyle mine has to mine about 1 million carats of diamonds before a pink diamond comes through.
"They can grow to a large size but they're particularly hard to polish and cut, so they're quite rare."
The diamond was destined for sale but could only be partially cut and polished.