The Creator

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The Creator
Weight 298.48 carats (59.696 g)
Color Colored
Cut Raw
Country of origin  Russia.
Mine of origin Placer mining, Sakha Republic, Russia.
Discovered 2004
Original owner Government of the Sakha Republic, Russia.
Owner Government of the Sakha Republic, Russia; kept in the Russian Diamond Fund, Moscow Kremlin.
Estimated value Never put on sale.

The Creator (Russian: Творец) is a 298.48 carat[1][2][3] colored raw diamond, the third largest gem diamond ever found in Russia or the territory of the former USSR (after the 26th Congress of the CPSU and the Alexander Pushkin), and one of the largest in the world as of 2016. It was found at a placer mining factory in the area of the Lower Lena River (Yakutia, Far Eastern Federal District) in 2004[1][4] and is owned by the Government of the Sakha Republic, but kept in the Russian Diamond Fund (Moscow Kremlin.)[4]

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