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Two new exhibitions open in Vladivostok museums on Friday welcoming the city’s residents and guests to discover the worlds of stone craft and icons.

The Arseniev museum welcomes visitors to the opening of the exhibition ‘The world of gemstones’ at 11 a.m. on Friday. The exhibition will run until April 14 and will feature exquisite works of craftsmen from all over Russia. Jewelry made from the gemstones will be offered for sale.

The exhibition will also display a collection of minerals including a rare meteorite found in the Far East of Russia in 1947. The iron meteorite was found near the Sihote-Alin mountains after its collision.

Another exhibition, opening at 4 p.m. on Friday in Primorye’s Art Gallery, will feature icons of the 19th and 20th centuries. The exhibition opens two days prior to Easter Sunday and will display religious icons, many of which have been recently restored and some of which will be exhibited for the first time. The exhibition will last until May 11.