Photos: A Sierra Leone pastor finds one of the largest uncut diamonds in the world.

A Sierra Leone pastor who has just discovered one of the largest uncut diamonds in Kono district, Sierra Leone.

His name is Pastor Emmanuel Momoh's, his discovery which is yet to be valued weighs 709 carats, is now locked up in Sierra Leone's central bank in Freetown, BBC reports.

 The diamond is the biggest to be in Sierra Leone since 1970, when the 969-carat Star of Sierra Leone was dug up.

The diamond was first taken to President Ernest Bai Koroma on Wednesday evening before being locked up in the bank.

"The President thanked local chief and his people for not smuggling the diamond out of the country" this is a statement from the presidency which says;

 'Mr Koroma said that the owners should get what is due to them and it should benefit the country as a whole"