Alrosa extracted a 106- karat diamond with the value of $1-1.2 mln
Edited by Rhod Mackenzie / 2015-12-17 10:41:29
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Alrosa has extracted a large diamond with the weight of 105.6 karats at the Yubileynaya pipe.
The stone has the form of octahedron, transparent, yellow, of "4 Black Sawables 2 colour" quality. There are small parts of olivine and graphite-sulphides.
Rough&Polished‘s S. Goryainov, the value of such a stone might make up about $1-1.2 mln.
In 2015 a few stones with the weight of 50-120 karats have already been extracted at the Yubileynaya pipe.
