Tuesday 11 August 2020

Alrosa unearths Russia's largest color diamond

Alrosa unearths Russia's largest color diamond

August 7, 2020  Press release Alrosa: Almazy Anabara (Diamonds of Anabar), a part of ALROSA Group, announced that the company has mined the largest Russian, natural colored rough diamond to date, a 236ct stone of intense yellow-brown color. The Toffee diamond was extracted from the Ebelyakh mine in Yakutia, Russia. 

The diamond’s dimensions are 47x24x22 mm, and, according to preliminary estimates, it is 120-230 million years old. For more information on this beautiful stone see Alroa's press release

 

Image: The 236-carat, intense-yellow-brown diamond. (Courtesy: Alrosa)