Alrosa finds 62.75-carat diamond at prolific Jubilee pipe

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65.75-carat rock found

Russia’s Alrosa (MCX:ALRS), the world's top diamond producer by output, said it found a 65.75-carat precious rock at the Jubilee kimberlite pipe of its Aikhalsky Mining unit in Yakutia, northeast Russia, mining.com reports.

The transparent crystal, the miner said, has an octahedron-shape, light-yellowish tint and its measures 23 x 16 x 17 mm.

Alrosa’s Jubilee pipe is famous for its large finds. A few diamonds from 50 to 138 carats were recovered from the deposit in the past two years,