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Diamond & Pyrope On Kimberlite

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Diamond & Pyrope On Kimberlite

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Description
Locality: 
Mirny Mine, Mirny, Malo-Botuoba, Sakha Republic, Russian Federation
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.5 × 1.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.40cm
Weight: 
16.00gr
Description

One of the famous and super-rare Russian diamond matrix specimens from the Mir pipe. The crystal looks like a very complex twin, but I cannot tell if there is a cleavage or it is a natural crystal surface. Anyway a top rarity with the even rarer combination with red-brown pyrope grains. Who knows? - the specimen might even contain myrnyite.

We guarantee that the diamond is not artificially mounted on the matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Diamond

Formula: 
C
Strunz: 
1.CB.10a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
10.0
Streak: 
none

Pyrope

Formula: 
Mg3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Czech Republic

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