Russia’s ALROSA produces 122-carat diamond costing $1.5 mln

MOSCOW, Feb 11 (PRIME) -- Russian uncut diamond mining giant ALROSA has extracted a diamond weighting 121.96 karats at the Yubileinaya mine, the company said in a statement Thursday.

Expert of agency Rough&Polished Sergei Goryainov told PRIME that the price of the gem is U.S. $1.5 million.

The octahedron-shaped diamond measures 31.28õ30.00õ28.57 millimeters, is transparent with a yellow tone, and is encrusted with olivine, graphite-sulphides on the periphery, ALROSA said.

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