In Yakutia, a gem-quality type IIb blue diamond has been mined for the first time
At the Nakyn kimberlite field in Yakutia, ALROSA has for the first time in the history of Russian diamond mining extracted a natural blue diamond of the rarest type IIb weighing 2.74 carats. The inclusion-free crystal is being cut by 11 specialists; the finished diamond is planned to be presented at the end of November 2026.
Aziz Karimov