Russia: Russia’s most expensive diamonds go on a dazzling display in Moscow

Five dazzling gems cut and polished from a 179-carat rough diamond went on display in Moscow, Tuesday, by the production company ALROSA. The rough diamond was mined in 2015 from the kimberlite pipe in Nyurbinskaya, in the Sakha Republic of Russia. The rock was named in honour of the imperial Romanov house, which celebrated its 400th anniversary in 2013. SOT Sergei Ivanov, President of ALROSA (Russian): “There are five diamonds, made and cut from the rough diamond, which was found at one of our kimberlite pipes in Nyurbinskaya.“