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ALROSA names diamond after folklore heroine to honor indigenous culture

MINING.com Editor | December 22, 2021 | 12:37 pm Education Russia and Central Asia Diamond 

ALROSA announced Wednesday it has given a newly mined yellow-brown 91.86-carat diamond the name Kyndykan in honour of a folklore heroine. Kyndykan was a young girl who was miraculously found alive 200 years ago by Yakut hunters near the Verkhoyansk...

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