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Updated December 10, 2001

Welcome to the Russian Room.  For this update I am placing a number of fine specimens online including tourmalines from Malkhan, topaz, sphenes, sphalerites, fluorites and galena.  I have included specimens from Kazakhstan also in this update.

To learn more about Russia here are a couple of very good websites with photos and info!

 Click here for geographic info on Russia.

 Click here for an outstanding set of photos and info on the mountains of Russia!
 
 

Specimens


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RUS100 
Zircon
Lovolero
Kola Peninsula

8 x 6.5 x 5 cm specimen hosting dozens of lustrous bipyramidal crystals of zircon to 1.1 cm across.   Under SW UV light the crystals fluoresce a bright yellow color. No damage to any of the crystals on this specimen!
 

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RUS101 
Bornite on Quartz
Dzhezkazgan
Kazakhstan

4.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm specimen of crystallized quartz hosting two crystals of sharply crystallized bornite. The large crystal is 1.3 cm across. 
 

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RUS102 - 
Sphene on Calcite
Puyva
Polar Urals

6.8 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm specimen of crystallized calcite hosting a few crystals of root beer colored sphene to 1.4 cm in length. 
 

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RUS103 - 
Sphene on Calcite
Puyva
Polar Urals

7.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm specimen of crystallized calcite hosting a few crystals of root beer colored sphene to 1.8 cm in length. 
 

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RUS104 - $325.00
Topaz
Alabaschka
Ural Mountains
Polar Urals

5.7 x 4 x 3.3 cm specimen hosting a group of intergrown very light blue topaz crystals.  The largest crystal is 2.7 cm in length.  The matrix consists of quartz.
 

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RUS105 - $1200.00
Topaz
Alabaschka
Ural Mountains
Polar Urals

4 x 3.1 x 3 cm specimen of stunning ice blue (untreated) topaz.  The crystal is actually doubly terminated having a simple pincoid with pyramidal modifications on one end and a complex etched termination on the other.  No damage to this fine crystal at all. There are some small attached crystals of muscovite on the sides of the crystal.
 

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RUS106 - $85.00
Sphalerite
Dzhezkazgan
Kazakhstan

3.8 x 2.2 x 2 cm cluster of gemmy sphalerite crystals.  The largest of the crystals is 2.6 cm across. 
 

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RUS107 - $225.00
Fluorite
Kavalerovo, 
Primorskiy Kray
ex Bill Larson Collection

5 x 4.3 x 4 cm specimen of octahedral fluorite with attached muscovite and minute crystals of cassiterite.  The crystal is completely and doubly terminated without any damage. 
 

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RUS108 - $35.00
Uvarovite
Saranovskiy Mine
Ural Mountains

4.6 x 2.5 x 1 cm sawn specimen of black chromite rich matrix hosting a druse of rich pine green crystals of uvarovite to 2-3 mm across. 
 

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RUS109 - $65.00 
Uvarovite with Shuiskite
Saranovskiy Mine
Ural Mountains

6 x 2.3 x 0.7 cm sawn specimen of black chromite rich matrix hosting a number of gemmy deep green colored crystals of uvarovite to 2 mm across.  Also present are acicular crystals of Shuiskite - a chrome rich silicate species.  The TN picture to the left has both the Shuiskite and Uvarovite crystals present.
 

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RUS110 - $50.00
Kovdorskite
Kheleznyi Mine
Kovdor, Kola Penisula

1.1 x 1.1 x 0.6 cm fully terminated crystal of icey blue kovdorskite. Guess where this specimen gets its name?
 

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RUS111 - $135.00
Fluorite, Scheelite and Chalcopyrite on Quartz
Kara Oba
Karaganda Oblast
Kazakhstan

7.5 x 3.7 x 3.5 cm fully terminated crystal of quartz hosting a group of color zoned fluorite crystals to 2.3 cm across.  The fluorite crystals have phantoms preserving the crystals former habit of octahedron and dodecahedron morphology. Also present are crystals of chalcopyrite and minute crystals of scheelite to about 0.5 mm across.
 

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RUS112 - $85.00
Galena, Sphalerite & Pyrrhotite
Nikolaevskiy Mine
Dal'Negorsk

12 x 7 x 5.5 cm specimen hosting a couple dozen or so crystals of galena 1.3 cm across.  Also present are crystals of jet black sphalerite and brass colored pyrrhotite. 
 

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RUS113 - $30.00
Charoite
Murun massif, Chara River area
Aldan Shield, SW Yakutia 

8.5 x 3.5 x 0.7 cm sawn specimen of charoite with tinaksite and an unknown black mineral. This mineral is a product of metaporhism as evidenced by the wavy textures. 
 

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RU311 - $55.00
Tourmaline var. Elbaite
Malkhan Range
Transbaikal

3.3 x 2.5 cm intergrown specimen of elbaite.  The two intergrown crystals are terminated with pinacoids modifiied by pyramidal faces. 

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RU313 - $45.00 
Tourmaline var. Elbaite
Malkhan Range
Transbaikal

2.7 x 1.5 cm fully terminated crystal of bi-colored elbaite.  The crystal is fully terminated but has a grove half way up the prism on the back side where a smaller perpindicular growing crystal stopped further devlopment of this crystal.  It left a distinct gap reaching to the center of the crystal where the prism wall extend upward and .truncated by the termination.

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RU321 - $30.00 
Danburite
Dal'Negorsk
Primorskiy Kray

Sharp 2.4 x 1.5 cm  honey colored crystal of danburite.  This crystal has a damage free termination.

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RU326 - $35.00 
Rutile
Kapudjik Mine 
Azerbaijan

2.8 x 1.7 cm specimen of quartz matrix hosting a 1.5 cm crystal of lustrous rutile. 

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