ALROSA sold $21.8 million of rough and polished diamonds at its tender at the International Diamond Week in Israel in February.
The comments were made in an email to Rapaport News by a spokesperson for the miner.
The Russian diamond mining giant sold 105 stones at the February 13-16 event held in the trading hall at the Ramat Gan diamond exchange.
Diamonds sold included the round, 80.59-carat, J-color, VS2, 'Star of Viluysk' polished diamond which was on display at the fair.
However, the ALROSA spokesperson declined to comment on the price paid for the diamond.
