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This was mined not far (at least by Siberian standards) from the Mir mine that hit the front-page [0] a couple weeks back. I started looking for anything mine-l
by KuiN 7y ago
This was mined not far (at least by Siberian standards) from the Mir mine that hit the front-page [0] a couple weeks back. I started looking for anything mine-looking near Nyurba but couldn't find any likely candidates, I guess it's totally underground rather than strip-mined like Mir?
Also can't comment on a Russian diamond without bringing up the most oddly-named diamond I've ever found, the "26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union"[1].
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22034055 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22034055
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26th_Congress_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union_(diamond) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26th_Congress_of_the_Communist...
Edit: I believe I found the mine, 65°01'11.2"N 117°05'15.7"E
- bluedevil2k 7y agoDiamond mines are pit mines simply because of how they’re created and pushed to the earths surface. Think of it as an underground explosion resulting in a cone shape with the flat part on the earths surface and the point somewhere underground.