Alrosa’s affiliate Almazy Anabara has extracted a 34.17-carat yellow diamond from Ebelyakh alluvial deposit. The rough measures 20.17 х 19.65 х 15.1 mm and “is the largest fancy-colored rough diamond” extracted by Alrosa this year, according to a press release.
The stone is a transparent intense yellow crystal with a small inclusion in the intermediate zone. A more accurate estimate will be made by the United Selling Organization ALROSA (USO ALROSA) in Moscow.
Director of USO ALROSA Evgeny Agureev commented: “This year for ALROSA has already hit the record in the number of large fancy-colored stones. We used to extract fancy-colored rough diamonds over 10 carats once a year on the average. This year, we have already recovered several large fancy-colored diamonds, and this 34.17-carat yellow stone is the largest one so far […]”.
Earlier this year, Almazy Anabara “also extracted a unique 27.85-carat pure pink diamond – the largest pink stone in ALROSA’s history”, according to the company.
