u00a0A white diamond the size of a small egg sold for $30.6 million (Rs 190 crore) at an auction on Monday, edging out the previous record for such a stone set just six months ago. <img alt="Diamond auctioned in Hong Kong" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/oct/diamond-hong-kong.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 835px;" /> Two phone bidders competed for the 118-carat African diamond in six minutes of measured bidding, until one dropped out at the Sotheby&rsquo;s auction. The stone, dubbed the &lsquo;Magnificent Oval Diamond&rsquo;, was discovered in a deep mine in an undisclosed southern African country in 2011. As a rough stone before being cut, it weighed 299 carats. The sale beat the record set at a diamond auction last year, when a 101.73-carat diamond was sold for $26.7 million (Rs 165 crore).

If diamonds are a girl's best friend, this giant rock auctioned off in Hong Kong yesterday is what? Life partner? Champion? Soul mate?

Girl's best friend: Diamond sells for record Rs 190 crore

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