Specialists from Lazurit-D restored the star of the famous spire of the Northern River Station in Moscow

Jewelers and cutters of Lazurit-D helped to restore the historical appearance of the main decoration of the spire of the Northern River Station in Moscow - a gilded star. The Northern River Station opened after renovation on September 5, 2020, the day of Moscow's 873rd anniversary. The restoration of the five-meter star took place for the first time in 80 years.

"Our jewelers and cutters were directly involved in the restoration of the star according to sketches and historical photographs. Specialists restored ornamental elements of the star - hammer and sickle, faceted and inserted seventeen gems, previously lost, into new casts. Each old stone was carefully removed, carefully washed and polished by hand. Now that the star is back in its place, the Ural gems shine with renewed vigor," said the representative of the company.

The gilded star has been decorating the 27-meter high spire of the Northern Railway Station since 1937. In the center of the star, on both sides, there is a hammer and sickle incrusted with 741 gems from the Urals; these are quartz (amethyst, rock crystal, citrine, smoky quartz), topaz, and beryls. The most impressive stone in terms of weight is the oval of rock crystal, weighing about 2,000 carats. According to the design, it was supposed to move out of the tower at the start of the navigation season, and then fall in at the end of the season. In fact, the mechanism was launched only a few times; however, now, after the restoration, the metal spire will work the way the architects had planned in the 1930s.

About the reconstruction of the Northern Railway Station

The building of the Northern River Station is a unique architectural monument built in the 1930s, that is why during restoration work special attention was paid to keeping most of the original interior elements and details while the lost parts were restored.

In the course of the renovation works all 17 berths of the station were reconstructed, 11 playgrounds and sports grounds were added to the park. The central element of the station was a multi-deck ship stylized as the steamship Sevryuga. Another such zone appeared in the southern part of the park. The Volga-Volga restaurant will open in the building of the station itself - in the same place where it was located in Soviet times, and an observation deck with a panoramic view of the Khimki Reservoir will operate on the roof. Also a historical waiting room and regularly updated exhibition of "Moscow transport" museum are made.

After opening the North River Station can simultaneously receive or dispatch up to four ships. Main navigation directions are St. Petersburg, Yaroslavl, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Astrakhan, Rostov-on-Don, Volgograd, Ples, Cherepovets, Uglich, Kostroma, Samara, Saratov, Gorodets, Myshkin, Valaam, Tver, Tutaev. Moscow may again be called the port of five seas.

About company Lazurit-D

Lazurit-D Company was established in 2001 and became one of the leading enterprises in the field of production and sale of gems and jewelry in Russia. The company became involved in processing diamonds into polished diamonds and wholesale sales of gemstones in the domestic and foreign markets in 2010. Later, in October 2013, Lazurit-D expanded its activities and the company's specialists also started cutting and selling emeralds and emerald rough diamonds on the Russian and international markets.

"Lazurit-D" is an official supplier of emerald, alexandrite raw materials and phenacite from Malyshevskoe deposit in the Urals. Fenacite from the Malyshevskoye field has unique properties being the largest and the purest minerals and, therefore, is in particular demand from Russian and foreign clients of the company.

The assortment of Lazurit-D also includes less expensive beryls, among which are large fraction beryls of the "shingle" fraction. Moreover, the catalog of Lazurit-D also includes transparent fenacite stones little-known in Russia. All these stones are offered by the company as raw material or cut in its own workshop.

The unique character of Lazurit-D Ltd. is that such gemstones are not treated with polymers, silicones or coloring agents unlike most South American and African stones. In addition, the stones are certified in the most renowned laboratories in Russia, Europe and the United States. Due to quality and individual approach to work with stones the company's products get the highest marks from foreign partners, which are used to create exclusive jewelry items.

A large part of the catalogue of the company also takes a variety of jewelry of its own production, including: women's and men's rings, wedding rings, key chains, bracelets, cufflinks, earrings, pendants, crosses, jewelry brooches, tie clips, souvenirs, badges and others. At the same time, the company not only produces products of its own design and development, but also made according to individual orders and sketches of customers.

In October 2019, the company registered its own trademark BlooMStone and launched several designer lines of jewelry.

"Lazurit-D" "is a regular customer of the Russian group of diamond mining companies "Alrosa" and cooperates with Gokhran RF.