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On the eve of the New Year, namely December 25 in Yakutia (Botuoba kimberlite pipe) a unique diamond was found. First, he, as scientists have established, is more than two billion years old, secondly, it is simply huge (190.77 carats in mass), and therefore one of the rarest finds of this level.
New Year’s diamond, as the miners themselves jokingly christened it, has an unusual octahedral shape and the highest characteristics inherent in precious stones. True, this is still preliminary findings, in detail one of the largest diamonds in Russia will be studied in a single sales company of the Russian Federation.
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Here is what Evgeny Agureev, who is Deputy General Director of AK Alrosa:
A unique diamond was found on the night of December 25, and if we were Catholics, it would rather be called not New Year’s, but Christmas. Another thing is surprising in this regard: in the same year in All Valentine’s Day, that is February 14th, was also found quite a large diamond on the Lucky pipe, moreover, it was in the shape of a heart. Here you involuntarily believe in mysticism or predestination. over…
We add that in October of this year, the miners of the Udachnaya pipe found even larger than today’s New Year diamond – at 232.4 carat mass. Unfortunately, with no significant date in life no one could connect this country or the world as a whole …
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