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Miner Alrosa Finds Russian Doll-Type Diamond With Another Gem Inside

Miner Alrosa Finds Russian Doll-Type Diamond With Another Gem Inside

(Bloomberg) -- Alrosa PJSC found a small, but unique diamond that has another gem moving freely inside it, resembling a traditional Russian Matryoshka doll.

The stone, found at Alrosa’s Nyurba site in Siberia, weighs just 0.62 carats, with an internal cavity of 6 cubic millimeters holding another crystal of just 0.02 carats, the miner said in a statement. It’s the first diamond of that nature to ever be found and may be more than 800 million years old, Alrosa said, citing scientists.

Miner Alrosa Finds Russian Doll-Type Diamond With Another Gem Inside

The Russian gem producer has also made other rare finds in recent years. In August, it said it plans to sell a 14.83-carat pink gem, named The Spirit of the Rose, that is expected to fetch one of the highest prices ever for a diamond.

Alrosa plans to send the Matryoshka diamond to the Gemological Institute of America for further analysis, a spokesman said. There are no details yet on how much the gem may be worth.

Miner Alrosa Finds Russian Doll-Type Diamond With Another Gem Inside

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