Mir Mine

Mir Mine

Mir Mine ( _ru. Кимберлитовая алмазная трубка "Мир"; English: kimberlite diamond pipe "Peace") is an abandoned open pit diamond mine located in Mirny, Eastern Siberia. The mine is 525 m deep and has a diameter of 1200 m. [ru icon [http://www.alrosa.ru/production/list/921 Mirninsky GOK] at Alrosa] It was the first [cite web|title=The Nature of Diamonds - Russia|work=American Museum of Natural History|url=http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/diamonds/russia.html|accessdate=September 8|accessyear=2006|] and one of the largest diamond pipes of the USSR. Mir Mine was discovered on June 13 1955 by Soviet geologists Yuri Khabardin, Ekaterina Elagina and V.Avdeenko during the large Amakinsky Expedition in Yakut ASSR. It was operated for almost 50 years, finally closing on April 30 2004 [cite web|title=Mir Mine|work=Far East Geological Institute|url=http://www.fegi.ru/FEGI/MUSEUM/novoste/mirn.htm|accessdate=September 8|accessyear=2006|language=Russian] while in operation, Mir Mine gave out 2 million carats annually. It takes trucks close to 2 hours to drive from the bottom to the top.__NOTOC__

See also

* Udachnaya pipe

Bibliography

*cite book|last=Khabardin|first=Yuri|title = The Way to the Diamond Pipe|year = 1999| publisher = Geoinformmark| location = Moscow| language = Russian| id = ISBN 5-900357-23-6

References

External links

* [http://www.usmra.com/photos/bigpit United States Mine Rescue Association ]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/in_pictures_postcards_from_russia/html/10.stm BBC News Photo journal: "Postcards from Russia"]
* [http://www.umopit.ru/Faces/Mirny.htm "A Face of Mirny"]


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