08.05.2025, 14:32
The largest jewelry diamond in the history of Russia was mined in Yakutia
Source: OREANDA-NEWS
OREANDA-NEWS Alrosa has extracted the largest gem-quality diamond in the history of Russia in Yakutia. The company announced this in the Telegram channel.
"A crystal of fancy amber color weighing 468.30 carats and measuring 56x54x22 millimeters was extracted in Yakutia," the statement said.
According to Pavel Marinychev, CEO of Alrosa, the company considers it symbolic that a unique diamond was found in the year of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. In this regard, it was decided to give him a name in honor of this event.
Earlier, the CEO of the diamond mining group De Beers, Moses Madondo, stated that the global industry had passed the peak of diamond production. According to him, in the 21st century, only the Luele mine in Angola was discovered.
"A crystal of fancy amber color weighing 468.30 carats and measuring 56x54x22 millimeters was extracted in Yakutia," the statement said.
According to Pavel Marinychev, CEO of Alrosa, the company considers it symbolic that a unique diamond was found in the year of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. In this regard, it was decided to give him a name in honor of this event.
Earlier, the CEO of the diamond mining group De Beers, Moses Madondo, stated that the global industry had passed the peak of diamond production. According to him, in the 21st century, only the Luele mine in Angola was discovered.
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