Two rare diamonds were found in Yakutia

02 February 2018, 12:49 | Economy
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The stones were mined on the pipe of the Jubilee Aikhal Ore Mining and Processing Plant. As reported on the company's website on Friday, February 2, this is a large diamond jewelry quality of mass of 97.92 carats and 85.62 carats.

The first diamond weighing 97.92 carats is a transparent stone with a yellowish hue in the form of an octahedron with insignificant inclusions of sulfides and olivines in the intermediate and near-surface zones. It measures 26 x 17 x 21 millimeters.



The second diamond weighing 85.62 carats - also transparent, with a yellowish tinge. This is an isometric octahedral crystal with small scattered inclusions. Its dimensions are 27.89 x 27.20 x 27.14 millimeters, the company said. The Yubileinaya tube was opened in 1975 and is one of the largest indigenous diamond deposits both in Yakutia and abroad.

As reported URA-Inform, in the Urals found an emerald with a mass of 1.6 kg. The stone was tentatively estimated at four million rubles.




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