News of Lucara's discovery of the Lesedi La Rona
diamond (it was named in a national contest held in Botswana and translates
into «our light» in the Tswana language) has helped invigorate a mining category that has languished in the wake of a global recession, not to mention a campaign by Blood
Diamond star Leonardo DiCaprio to promote
synthetic alternatives to alleviate working conditions of miners in Africa.