‘Perfect gemstones’: Russia exhibits unique collection of 5 diamonds worth $10mn (PHOTO, VIDEO)

“These are perfect gemstones. Russia has never seen such a quality before,” said Pavel Vinikhin, the CEO of the diamond division of the Russian mining giant Alrosa. The exhibition in Carnegie Hall was the diamonds’ final stop before they go on sale in an online auction on November 29. The New York venue winds up the roadshow that saw the gems displayed in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vladivostok, Hong Kong and Israel.

“This is a real masterpiece, the Russian cut, the skill of Russian professionals to produce what others cannot do,” Vinikhin said, describing the “Dynasty” collection. “Each of these five diamonds was cut from a sole rough diamond. It was polished in Moscow, we have been working on it for a year and a half,” he said, adding that all five meet the highest standards of color and quality.

In 2015, the company unearthed the 179-carat rough at the Nyurbinskaya kimberlite pipe in the Siberian Sakha region. Named after the Romanovs dynasty, the finding was split into five polished gems, which were graded by the Gemological Institute of America. Less than 3 percent of the world’s diamonds can boast same quality and clearness, Alrosa claims.

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Polishing five separate diamonds from one is “very, very rare,” according to the company’s sales director, Evgeniy Tsybukov.

Уникальная коллекция «Династия» состоит из пяти бриллиантов, которые были изготовлены мастерами «Бриллианты АЛРОСА» из одного алмаза весом 179 карат, добытого на кимберлитовой трубке «Нюрбинская» в Республике Саха (Якутия). Работы по его огранке заняли полтора года. Про каждый бриллиант в отдельности читайте в наших следующих постах. The unique collection “The Dynasty” consists of five faceted diamonds, which were created from the same magnificent crystal weighing an unbelievable 179 carats by the masters of “Diamonds ALROSA”. It was mined in 2015 at the Nyurbinskaya kimberlite pipe in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). It took one year and a half to cut “The Dynasty” diamonds. About each diamond separately you can read in our next posts. #alrosa #diamonds #mining #gem #yakutia

Публикация от ALROSA® (@alrosadiamonds) Сен 8 2017 в 11:26 PDT

“All five diamonds have become decolored, the best color, and with VVS1 clarity,” Tsybukov said. This is the third grade of clarity on a scale of 11, meaning any flaws are so miniscule, only an expert, equipped with a microscope and viewing the stone from the bottom, can detect them.

The collection’s biggest “Dynasty” piece “has no matches in Russian history in terms of overall quality characteristics. This is the most clean and expensive diamond ever cut in our country, the pinnacle of Russia diamond cutters’ craftsmanship.”

Центральный элемент коллекции – бриллиант традиционной круглой формы «Династия» весит 51,38 карата. The valuable specimen of the collection is a diamond “Dynasty” of a traditional round shape weighing 51.38 carats. #alrosa #diamonds #mining #gem #Yakutia

Публикация от ALROSA® (@alrosadiamonds) Сен 11 2017 в 5:23 PDT

Apart from the main 51.38-carat Dynasty gem, the set flaunts a 16.67-carat round-cut Sheremetevs diamond, a 5.05-carat oval Orlovs diamond, a 1.73-carat pear-cut Vorontsovs diamond, and a 1.39-carat Yusupovs diamond. All of them bear family names of the famed nobility dynasties of the Russian Empire, who contributed to developing the nation’s jewelry industry. The starting price for the collection is set at $10 million, according to Alrosa president Sergey Ivanov.

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