Mineral Specimens - page 8
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TC16N9: An exceptionally sharp Platinum crystal, floater, complete, with two other twined crystals. From the old good times for Russian material, pictures say everything : quality, luster and perfection.
We analyzed it and it is pure Platinum, we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the specimen.
Konder mine, Aldan shield, Ayan-Maya, Khabarovskiy Kray  Russia

Specimen size: 0.6 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.2” × 0.2” × 0.2”

TX99N9: Polysynthetic growths of crystals of Sphalerite with very well defined faces and edges, with very bright cube-octahedral crystals of Galena, small laminar crystals of Siderite and cubic crystals of Fluorite.
The sample, complete and free of damage, is from the collection of James Catmur (num. B484), whose label we’ll send to the buyer of the piece.
Dalnjegorsk, Primorskij Kraj  Russia (1996)

Specimen size: 12.5 × 7.5 × 4.6 cm = 4.9” × 3.0” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.5 cm = 1.6” × 1.4”

KF88L9: Group of well defined faces and edges on tabular Pyrrhotite crystals. With some recrystalization on the pinacoid faces. To increase esthetics, a very bright Chalcopyrite crystal is located in the center of the specimen.
The specimen is from the James Catmur collection and we’ll send the label with it.
Dalnjegorsk, Primorskij Kraj  Russia (±1994)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.3 × 2 cm = 2.3” × 1.7” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 2 × 2 cm = 0.8” × 0.8”

M17L: Calcite with an unusual habit.
Dalnjegorsk, Primorskij Kraj  Russia (1997)

Specimen size: 8 × 6 cm = 3.1” × 2.4”

MP26N4: Floater polycrystalline growth that is progressively thick toward the main termination. The inclusions are mainly on the lower part, while the upper termination is clearer and has a more intense luster.
Sinerechenskoe, Kavalerovo, Dalnjegorsk, Primorskij Kraj  Russia (2008)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 2.5 × 2.7 cm = 3.4” × 1.0” × 1.1”

MM17N4: The crystal has polycrystalline surfaces with the typical spindled shape of the samples from this locality. The sample is very aerial and esthetic on a matrix very rich with small crystals of Andradite.
Sinerechenskoe, Kavalerovo, Dalnjegorsk, Primorskij Kraj  Russia (2008)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.7 × 4.1 cm = 2.9” × 2.2” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 6 × 1.6 cm = 2.4” × 0.6”

MT47N4: Crystals with polycrystalline surfaces with the typical spindled shape of the samples from this locality. The sample is very aerial and esthetic on a matrix very rich with small crystals of Andradite.
Sinerechenskoe, Kavalerovo, Dalnjegorsk, Primorskij Kraj  Russia (2008)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 7.8 × 5.5 cm = 3.2” × 3.1” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.4” × 0.9”

TX47J3: This prismatic crystal has an extraordinarily intense color, red with mauve shades. It has a magnificent definition of faces and edges and also magnificent are the luster and transparency.
Sosedka pegmatite, Malkhan, Chitinskaya Oblast, Transbaikal  Russia (07-08/2006)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.2 × 1 cm = 1.1” × 0.5” × 0.4”

S177S: Very unusual crystals of Bornite on quartz - we have never seen another specimen with this crystallography from this locality. Well positioned on the quartz and esthetic.
Dzhezkazgan  Kazakhstan (1997)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.5 cm = 2.2” × 1.8”

TT37N4: Curved, extraordinarily elongated and flat crystal of native Copper that is on a dendritic smaller group. The Copper is partially coated by reddish Cuprite and small growths of Malachite. A very elegant piece.
Itauz Mine, Dzhezkazgan  Kazakhstan (2008)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.6 × 2.7 cm = 2.2” × 1.4” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 1.3 cm = 1.7” × 0.5”

TR67N4: Extraordinarily elongated and flat crystal with a very obvious spinel twin. On its upper part it has dendritic growths of smaller Copper crystals. The reddish shade is due to a Cuprite coating.
Itauz Mine, Dzhezkazgan  Kazakhstan (2008)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 2.3 × 1 cm = 3.3” × 0.9” × 0.4”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 1.3 cm = 2.0” × 0.5”

TT86L1: Dendritic floater growth, very aerial, with well defined crystals, superficially covered by a layer of Cuprite, that gives an elegant reddish color.
Itauz Mine, Dzhezkazgan  Kazakhstan (2007)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 2.5 × 0.4 cm = 3.0” × 1.0” × 0.2”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

M14F: A well crystallized native copper floater.
Dzhezkazgan  Kazakhstan (1998)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 5.5 cm = 3.7” × 2.2”

TX66N0: A novelty for Tucson 2009. Group of crystals with extraordinary luster and reddish reflections. On crystals predominate, very sharp, the forms of the octahedron and the dodecahedron. The sample is from a recent find (July and Augost of 2008) on a Russian locality practically unknown until now.
Rubtsovskoye Mine, ↓100 m., Rubtsovsk, Altai Kraj, Siberia  Russia (06-08/2008)

Specimen size: 1.5 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.6” × 0.6” × 0.5”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

TD47N0: A novelty for Tucson 2009. Group of octahedral crystals of excellent luster and reddish reflections, especially vivid under a strong light. The sample is from a recent find (July and Augost of 2008) on a Russian locality practically unknown until now.
Rubtsovskoye Mine, ↓100 m., Rubtsovsk, Altai Kraj, Siberia  Russia (06-08/2008)

Specimen size: 2.1 × 2 × 1.9 cm = 0.8” × 0.8” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.3” × 0.3”

TZ99N0: A novelty for Tucson 2009. Group of octahedral crystals with slight curvatures of faces and edges. They have excellent luster, with reddish reflections especially vivid under a strong light. The sample is from a recent find (July and August of 2008) at a Russian locality practically unknown until now.
Rubtsovskoye Mine, ↓100 m., Rubtsovsk, Altai Kraj, Siberia  Russia (06-08/2008)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.2 × 2.5 cm = 1.3” × 1.3” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.9” × 0.6”

TB49N0: A novelty for Tucson 2009. Group of octahedral crystals of excellent luster and reddish reflections. The forms of the octahedron and the rhombohedron predominate. The sample is from a recent find (July and August of 2008) at a Russian locality practically unknown until now.
Rubtsovskoye Mine, ↓100 m., Rubtsovsk, Altai Kraj, Siberia  Russia (06-08/2008)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.1 × 1.9 cm = 1.1” × 0.8” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1.1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

TQ64N0: A novelty for Tucson 2009. An excellent group both for its size and for the crystal size. The crystals are octahedrons with slight curvatures of faces and edges. They have very good luster and reddish reflections especially vivid under a strong light. The sample is from a recent find (July and August of 2008) at a Russian locality practically unknown until now.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘what’s new at Tucson 2009’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 7 of number 3/2009.
Rubtsovskoye Mine, ↓100 m., Rubtsovsk, Altai Kraj, Siberia  Russia (06-08/2008)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.2 × 4.6 cm = 2.3” × 1.7” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.9” × 0.6”

TR88N0: A novelty for Tucson 2009. Groups of very sharp small octahedral crystals with slight curvatures of faces and edges, excellent luster and reddish reflections especially vivid under a strong light. The Cuprite grew on dendritic Copper also in sharp crystals. Very esthetic. The sample is from a recent find (July and August of 2008) at a Russian locality practically unknown until now.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral up’ on page 29 in number 2009/2.
Rubtsovskoye Mine, ↓100 m., Rubtsovsk, Altai Kraj, Siberia  Russia (06-08/2008)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.4 × 3 cm = 1.9” × 1.3” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”

TT47N0: A novelty for Tucson 2009. Dendritic aggregate crystals, deformed but very sharp faces and edges. Partially covered by octahedral crystals of Cuprite and small crystals of Cerussite, which is a very uncommon paragenesis. The sample is from a recent find (July and August of 2008) at a Russian locality practically unknown until now.
Rubtsovskoye Mine, ↓100 m., Rubtsovsk, Altai Kraj, Siberia  Russia (06-08/2008)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.1 × 2.3 cm = 1.3” × 1.2” × 0.9”

KQ49M0: Group of very sharp octahedral Fluorite crystals, with a very deep color, almost black under the day-light. With Apatite-(CaF) and Bertrandite and on matrix. No finds are recently known from this locality.
The specimen is from the James Catmur collection and we’ll send the label with it.

Akchatau, Karaganda Oblast  Kazakhstan (1993)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 5.8 × 2.4 cm = 3.7” × 2.3” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.8 cm = 0.9” × 0.7”

TR87M0: A huge size octahedron of Fluorite with echeloned growths that recall an Aztec pyramid. On a Quartz matrix partially covered by small Bertrandite crystals and Pyrite. A really great specimen.
Kara-Oba, Betpakdala, Karaganda Oblast  Kazakhstan (±1990)

Specimen size: 15 × 12.5 × 11.5 cm = 5.9” × 4.9” × 4.5”

Main crystal size: 12.5 × 11.2 cm = 4.9” × 4.4”

TG76L1: Group of translucent octahedral Fluorite crystals, on a smoky Quartz crystal. The sample is from a locality where nowadays is quite difficult to obtain specimens.
Kara-Oba, Betpakdala, Karaganda Oblast  Kazakhstan (±1993)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.4 × 3.3 cm = 2.6” × 1.7” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.6 cm = 1.2” × 1.0”

TR17K9: Group of crystals with dominant octahedron and cube. Violet color and large size, on a layer of small Muscovite crystals.
Kara-Oba, Betpakdala, Karaganda Oblast  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 9.4 × 6.7 × 6.2 cm = 3.7” × 2.6” × 2.4”

Main crystal size: 5.9 × 5.7 cm = 2.3” × 2.2”

FA53L3: Excellent group of three Fluorite octahedrons (uncommon in the deposit) showing a very aerial position, two of them dominant. Crystals show very sharp faces and edges, totally clear, on a matrix formed by cubic Galena crystals covered by Siderite.
We will send the handwritten label , from Jan Buma collection, to the buyer of this esthetic specimen.
Second Sovietsky Mine, 230↓, Dalnjegorsk, Primorskij Kraj  Russia (09/1996)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.9 × 3.5 cm = 2.1” × 1.5” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.5 cm = 1.0” × 1.0”