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One-piece 1.6-kg emerald found in Urals sold for $58,700
EKATERINBURG, August 24, 2018 (BSS/TASS) – The one-piece 1.6-kg emerald
found in the Sverdlovsk Region earlier this year was sold for 4 mln rubles
($58,700). A Russian company engaged in gem cutting purchased it, press
service of the Mariinsky Mine told TASS on Monday.
“The emerald was sold. The sum is over 4 mln rubles ($58,700). A Russian
cutting company purchased it,” the press service said, without detailing the
buyer’s name.
The gem was found at the end of January 2018 in the Mariinsky Mine. It is
the largest-ever emerald mined there since the 1990s. Until just recently,
the 1.2-kilogram emerald “President” mined in the early 1990s was considered
to be the largest.
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