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The Zarnitsa mine (Кимберлитовая алмазная трубка «Зарница» Kimberlitovaya Almaznaya Trubka "Зарница"; English: kimberlite diamond pipe "Lightning" (more exact translation: "heat lightning")) was the first kimberlite diamond pipe discovered in Russia.[1]

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Table of Contents

  1. 10 relations: Alakit, Carat (mass), Diamond, Heat lightning, Kimberlite, Larisa Popugayeva, Mir mine, Mirninsky District, Russia, Sakha Republic.

  2. Diamond mines in Russia
  3. Diamond mines in the Soviet Union
  4. Diatremes of Russia
  5. Economy of Siberia
  6. Surface mines in Russia

Alakit

The Alakit (Алакит) is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia.

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Carat (mass)

The carat (ct) is a unit of mass equal to, which is used for measuring gemstones and pearls.

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Diamond

Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic.

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Heat lightning

Heat lightning (not to be confused with dry thunderstorms, which are also often called dry lightning) is a misnomer used for the faint flashes of lightning on the horizon or other clouds from distant thunderstorms that do not appear to have accompanying sounds of thunder.

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Kimberlite

Kimberlite, an igneous rock and a rare variant of peridotite, is most commonly known to be the main host matrix for diamonds.

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Larisa Popugayeva

Larisa Anatolyevna Popugayeva (Лари́са Анато́льевна Попуга́ева; September 3, 1923 – September 19, 1977) was a Soviet geologist, candidate of geological and mineralogical sciences (1970), one of the discoverers of diamond deposits in the USSR.

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Mir mine

The Mir mine (кимберлитовая алмазная трубка «Мир» kimberlitovaya almaznaya trubka "Mir"; English: kimberlite diamond pipe "Peace"), also called the Mirny mine, is an open pit diamond mine located in Mirny, Sakha Republic, in the Siberian region of eastern Russia. Zarnitsa mine and mir mine are diamond mines in Russia, diamond mines in the Soviet Union, Diatremes of Russia, Economy of Siberia, science and technology in the Soviet Union and Surface mines in Russia.

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Mirninsky District

Mirninsky District (Ми́рнинский район; Мииринэй улууһа, Miiriney uluuha) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Sakha Republic

Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of one million.

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See also

Diamond mines in Russia

Diamond mines in the Soviet Union

Diatremes of Russia

Economy of Siberia

Surface mines in Russia

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarnitsa_mine

Also known as Zamitsa diamond mine, Zarnitza mine.