Last year, proceeds from the sale of diamonds from the field LUKOIL im.Griba almost doubled to $ 335.8 million (20 billion rubles) before selling the oil company.
The volume of rough diamonds sales amounted to $ 184.7 million in 2015, up from $ 16.8 million in 2014.
LUKOIL, Russia's largest oil company, gets all their diamonds in the mine at the Grib Arkhangelsk region. Last year the company announced the sale of the mine Otkritie Holding Russian investment group for $ 1.45 billion. At present, this transaction is subject to approval by the government, said the oil company.
Production at the mine im.Griba was launched in September 2014. The volume of production was forecast at 4.5 million carats per year. Since the start of mining operations LUKOIL did not publish operating results field.
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Christie's auctioned the largest auction in the history of the diamond fancy bright blue color weighing 14.62 carats. Brilliant "Sineva Oppenheimer" (Oppenheimer Blue) will be the main lot of the auction "magnificent jewels" (Magnificent Jewels) auction house, which will be held in Geneva on 18 May. Christie's experts estimated the unique diamond of $ 38-45 million.
Raul Kadako (Rahul Kadakia), head of Christie's international jewelery department, said: "Before this outstanding blue diamond will be put up for auction in Geneva on May 18, 2016, he will make a pre-auction exhibition a tour of the world, and I have no doubt that this event will cause a sensation among collectors, experts of jewelry and the general public as a whole. "
A distinctive feature of the "Sineva Oppenheimer" is the fact that the characteristics of "a bright fantasy» (Fancy Vivid) has been assigned to its blue color. With regard to the blue diamonds, it is the average or much-darker shade, and a very deep color saturation. From 462 blue diamonds held in due time an assessment of the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), only 1% of stones such characteristic has been assigned. According to rough estimates, 200 000 harvested only one blue stone accounts worldwide rough diamond.
Tom Moses, executive vice president of the GIA, said: "We know very well what an incredible skill required for the processing of the best way to reveal the color of the stone fantasy painting In order to achieve this in the case of stones, similar to this, the stone should be natively. . have a truly outstanding performance in this diamond has converged all - traditional cut, striking color and impeccable provenance. "
One of the first famous blue diamond ever offered at auction, was the stone "eye idol" (Idol's Eye) sold by Christie's July 14, 1865 for £ 740 (about $ 86,000 in terms of today's money). In 2008, for a record $ 24.3 million as at Christie's auction was sold to the famous diamond "Wittelsbach" (Wittelsbach). In 2014, at the Geneva auction Christie's brilliant "Sineva Winston" (Winston Blue) was purchased for $ 23.7 million. In November 2015 the diamond bright fancy blue color weighing 12 carats was sold for $ 48.5 million ($ 4 million for a 1 carat ).
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