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'Udachnaya pipe' (, lit. ''successful pipe'' or ''lucky pipe'') is a diamond deposit in the Daldyn-Alakit kimberlite field in Sakha Republic, Russia.^[1] It is an open pit mine,^[2] and is located just outside the Arctic circle at .^[3]. Udachnaya was discovered on June 15 1955, just two days after the discovery of the Soviet diamond pipe Mir by Soviet geologist Vladimir Shchukin and his team. ^[4] It is more than 600 m deep.
As of 2004 Udachnaya pipe is controlled by Russian diamond company Alrosa, which plans to halt open-pit mining in favor of underground mining in 2010.

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See also

★ Mir diamond pipe

★ open-pit mining

★ volcanic pipe

References

1. Amakinite Mineral Data
2. Meeting of ALROSA Supervisory Board
3. Udachny town, Yakutia, established by Udachnaya Pipe in 1968
4. МИРОВОЙ РЫНОК ЮВЕЛИРНЫХ КАМНЕЙ, , М. Владимиров, , IrGTU, 2006,

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★ Satellite photo of the Udachnaya pipe

★ The First Experience of Saline Drainage Waters Disposal from the Udachnaya Pipe Quarry into Permaforest