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  2. Mir mine - Wikipedia

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    The largest diamond of the mine was found on 23 December 1980; it weighed 342.5 carats (68.50 g) and was named "26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union" (Russian: XXVI съезд КПСС). The mine operation was interrupted in the 1990s at a depth of 340 m (1,120 ft) after the pit bottom became flooded, but resumed later.

  3. New sanctions on Russian diamonds will change the global ...

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    An employee inspects a deep yellow asscher cut diamond, weighing 20,69 carats — the largest yellow diamond mined in Russia in 2017, at an exhibition of Alrosa collection of large colored ...

  4. Alexander Pushkin (diamond) - Wikipedia

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    The Alexander Pushkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Пу́шкин, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ˈpuʂkʲɪn]; lit. ' Alexander Pushkin ') is a 320.65 carat [1] colorless [2] raw diamond, the second largest gem diamond ever found in Russia or the territory of the former Soviet Union (after the 26th Congress of the CPSU), and one of the largest in the world as of 2016.

  5. Alrosa - Wikipedia

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    The first commercial-grade diamonds were recovered the same year. Two years later, the Soviet Union sold the first shipment of diamonds on the world market. [6] For the most part during the Soviet period, the diamond mining industry developed on the basis of the Mir open-pit mine and adjacent alluvial deposits. In those years its main open-pit ...

  6. Russian diamonds ‘set to be banned’ under new EU sanctions

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    EU mulling ban on direct diamond imports from Russia starting from 1 January 2024. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...

  7. US lukewarm on G7 Russian diamond ban after industry backlash

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    BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) -The United States is re-evaluating the strictest elements of a ban on Russian diamonds from the Group of Seven major democracies, after opposition from African countries ...

  8. Zarnitsa mine - Wikipedia

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    The Zarnitsa mine (Russian: Зарни́ца, IPA: [zɐrˈnʲit͡sə]; lit. ' Lightning ') was the first kimberlite diamond pipe discovered in Russia. [1] [2] It is located in the Daldyn-Alakit kimberlite field, in the watershed of two small streams that flow into the Daldyn River.

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