Udachnaya pipe

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View of the Udachnaya open pit

Udachnaya pipe (Russian: , lit. successful pipe) is a large diamond deposit in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located within the Arctic circle, at ([66°25′N 112°19′E]) in the Daldyn kimberlite field. Udachnaya was discovered in 1955 by V. N. Shchukin and his team. It is 530 m deep.

The Udachnaya pipe is the largest diamond deposit in Russia and one of the largest in the world. It consists of two bodies, east and west, which are both diamondiferous. Udachnaya has yielded a lot of large diamond crystals. The mine is one of the largest open pits in the world.

See also

• Mir diamond pipe
• Aikhal diamond deposit
• Jubilee diamond deposit
• open-pit mining
• volcanic pipe

External links

• [Satellite photo of the Udachnaya pipe]
• [Official website of the city Udachnyy near the pipe] - in Russian, with many articles on history of the pipe

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