#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. A large gem-quality diamond weighing 262,5 carats was discovered during sand washing at the Ebelyah deposit, located in the Anabarsky district of the Saha (Yakutia) Republic reports the Arctic Age.
This is already the second record-breaking diamond discovered in Russia in less than a year. On September 10, 2023, a crystal weighing 390,7 carats was mined at the same Ebelyah deposit, which became the largest gem-quality diamond in Russia in the last ten years.
The Ebelyah deposit is famous for its rare colored and large diamonds that have gained worldwide fame, including the most expensive diamond in the history of Russia, mined there in 2017.
The transparent single crystal has minor inclusions of graphite-sulfide and slow ferrugination, as well as a characteristic shape for minerals of this deposit.
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Text: Polina Bardik, Photo: Nikolay Shchipko
