TP16H3: Doubly-terminated prismatic crystal of neat and sharp faces and edges, having a deep amber color and on a little rocky matrix, which confers to it a special elegance. From a new locality not yet well known.
Elbrusskiy Mine, Elbrus Mountain, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Northern Caucasus Region  Russia (09/2005)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 2 × 1.3 cm = 2.13” × 0.79” × 0.51”

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 vein, Malkhan (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky Krai  Russia (07-08/2006)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.2 × 1 cm = 1.10” × 0.47” × 0.39”

TX98Z3: Parallel growth of crystals with very well defined faces and edges, with perfect terminations, translucent, bright and with an exceptionally intense and deep color, red with mauve shades.
Malkhan (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky Krai  Russia (06-07/2013)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.38” × 1.02” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.4 cm = 0.94” × 0.55”

TE13H3: Magnificent color. Crystal is multiple prism but terminal faces, being complex, are less definite and bright. Note the esthetic position on the matrix of Mica and Quartz. Among the best samples from this locality.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2020, page 61
Mokhovaya pegmatite, Malkhan (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky Krai  Russia (07/2003)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.1 × 5.3 cm = 2.76” × 1.61” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 6 × 3.6 cm = 2.36” × 1.42”

MA98AA9: Single crystals with very well defined faces and edges, one of them clearly dominant. They are transparent, bright and with a very intense color, with deeper color zoning on the terminations. On Albite matrix, they have better transparency and luster than usual for the samples from this locality.
Lake Baikal area, Irkutsk Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.2 × 2.5 cm = 2.09” × 1.65” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1 cm = 0.98” × 0.39”

TR64H8: At first, due to the locality and the micaceous matrix, we thought it was Phenakite. The correct analysis indicates it is Fluorapatite. The crystal has well defined faces and edges and is on a black mica matrix.
Malyshevo, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural  Russia

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.8 × 2.3 cm = 2.20” × 1.50” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.8× 2.6 cm = 1.10” × 1.02”

CG16D5: An eudral Grossular from the Wilui river, an area that is famous for the Wiluite species but that also provides great Grossulars such as this one.
Vilyui River Basin, Vilyuysky, Sakha Republic (Yakutia)  Russia

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.5 × 2.6 cm = 2.17” × 1.77” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 0.71” × 0.59”

FF9I0: A floater, doubly terminated and complete. It is formed by two prisms and a pyramid truncated by the pinacoid. A few years ago Wiluite was considered a variety but actually is now recognized as a species.
Vilyui River Basin, Vilyuysky, Sakha Republic (Yakutia)  Russia (±1987)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.1 × 2 cm = 1.14” × 0.83” × 0.79”

M61DHA5: amethyst quartz with very aerial crystals and an unusual habit well positioned on the matrix.
Sakha (Yakutia) Republic  Russia

Specimen size: 7 × 5.5 × 6.5 cm = 2.76” × 2.17” × 2.56”

Main crystal size: 3.9 × 3.5 cm = 1.54” × 1.38”

HA29K6: The specimen is from a very uncommon locality. It is rounded but has diffuse crystalline forms on the back.
Achinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.71” × 0.43” × 0.31”

TC16N9: An exceptionally sharp Platinum crystal, floater, complete, with two other twinned 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, Aldan shield, Ayan-Maya District, Khabarovsk Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 0.6 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.24” × 0.16”

EM86Y5: Magnificent cubo-octahedral Sperrylite crystals that are very sharp, elongated, with very well defined faces and edges and on a Chalcopyrite matrix.
The sample is from the Michael Shannon collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Talnakh, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Zabaykalsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.1 × 2.1 cm = 1.69” × 0.83” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.35” × 0.28”

EB9G4: Magnificent! Extremely rare crystals of this scarce natural alloy of Palladium, Tin and Copper. The little crystals are on the backside of an elongated crystal of Sperrylite, very well defined and bright and enhanced by the metallic matrix.
Oktyabr'skoe deposit, Talnakh, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai  Russia (1997)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.5 × 2 cm = 0.79” × 0.59” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.28” × 0.12”

TP16J3: Crocoite occupies most of the specimen surface forming very plate crystals of extraordinary color and luster. Vauquelinite is, in the picture, at the right side and forms small but very well defined crystals of dark olive green color. The specimen is from the type locality and actually it is very difficult to obtain good samples from there today.
Berezovskoe Mines, Uspenskaya Mountain, Berezovskii, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural  Russia

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.7 × 1.4 cm = 2.44” × 1.85” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.4 cm = 0.43” × 0.16”

TM26E4: I have never seen other Rutiles like this one. I do not know if other similar specimens exist, but I guess that if they do they would be from a "once and only" find. Everything about it is distinct; not just the form of the Rutile crystal but also the termination; and then on top of that the rather rare orange Calcite that hosts it.
Slyudyanskoe deposit, Lake Baikal area, Slyudyanka, Irkutsk Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.8 × 1.5 cm = 1.38” × 1.10” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 0.7 cm = 1.14” × 0.28”

EZ46F3: A new locality for Andradite that strangely has the same name (Asbestos) as the Canadian source. The dodecahedral crystals, which are very well developed, have edges that are chamfered. The color is deep and the brilliance is good. These characteristics make them notably different from Andradite from other localities.
Bazhenovskoe deposit, Asbest, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural  Russia (10/2003)

Specimen size: 7 × 5 × 2 cm = 2.76” × 1.97” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.55” × 0.51”

EA47Y0: Aggregate of bright and very well defined crystals with perfect terminations and very well marked phantom growths, with deep shades of color easily visible on terminations, and a clearer color on prismatic faces.
Bazhenovskoe deposit, Asbest, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural  Russia

Specimen size: 10.1 × 5.3 × 3.9 cm = 3.98” × 2.09” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 1 cm = 1.30” × 0.39”

TR76V4: A rich crystalline surface of dodecahedral crystals larger and more isolated than usual in such samples. They have very well defined faces and edges, a deep and intense green color and they are very bright and on matrix.
Saranovskii Mine, Saranovskaya (Sarany), Gornozavodskii, Perm Krai, Ural  Russia (2010)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.1 × 1.1 cm = 2.91” × 1.61” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

TP76D8: Large well defined undamaged crystals that are well positioned on the Mica matrix. Pleasing price-quality balance.
Dodo Mine, Saranpaul, Khanty-Mansi Okrug, Tyumen Oblast  Russia

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.4 × 2.8 cm = 1.93” × 1.73” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 1.1 cm = 1.14” × 0.43”

MF37X7: Very sharp laminar Brookite crystals, some of them with fractured edges, something very typical for Dodo mine samples. They are on a doubly terminated Quartz crystal, very rich with inclusions and with fibrous aggregates of an unidentified amphibole.
Dodo Mine, Saranpaul, Khanty-Mansi Okrug, Tyumen Oblast  Russia (1998)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6 × 3.5 cm = 3.23” × 2.36” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.87” × 0.63”

E93AF: Free standing and well formed single crystal of Anatase with some other minor crystals as well. Very showy!
Lapcha Mine, Neroyka Mountain, Tyumen Oblast  Russia (1995)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 5.5 cm = 1.77” × 2.17”

EQ96F2: This crystal, which has well-defined contours, intense color and brilliance, has grown surrounded by Anorthite. It stands out from the darker matrix, which is very rich in Mica. The Mica has not been analyzed, but information on the locality suggests that it might be ferroan Phlogopite.
From the David Lucas collection, number 147, and we will give the buyer his label.
Rai-Iz (Raiz), Tyumen Oblast  Russia

Specimen size: 9.6 × 7.5 × 6 cm = 3.78” × 2.95” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.5 cm = 1.57” × 1.38”

TE29AH5: Very sharp, floater and complete Axinite-(Fe) crystal with very well defined faces and edges, completely transparent and with a good smoky color, very uniform.
We’ll send the sample in its original Perkin’s box from the R.J. Noble collection, also containing the collection label.
Puiva Mount, Saranpaul, Khanty-Mansi Okrug, Tyumen Oblast  Russia

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1 × 0.2 cm = 0.71” × 0.39” × 0.08”

S170SA0: Brilliant, transparent and partially cover with Chlorite this is one of the Russian Axinite-(Fe) specimens which have gained wide acceptance as the best in the world.
Puiva Mount, Saranpaul, Khanty-Mansi Okrug, Tyumen Oblast  Russia (1995)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6 cm = 2.95” × 2.36”

EK68H1: Pseudocubic crystal with complex faces due to development of multiple pseudo-octahedral forms covering them. Crystal is very bright and is on a matrix of small crystals of Clinochlore.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 29 in number 2006/1.
Perovskitovaya Mine, Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Ural Federal District  Russia (11/2004)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.4 × 2.1 cm = 1.18” × 0.94” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.8 cm = 0.71” × 0.71”

MX53AE6: Very elongated Staurolite crystals with dodecahedral Almandine crystals all on a leafy Muscovite matrix. The crystals are untwined, which is very unusual, and are very bright with a very deep brown color. Among the best from the locality.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2017, page 82, in the magazine ‘Rocks & Minerals’ on page 347 in the volume 93, number 4, Jul/Aug 2018, and in the book "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" (page 401)
Keivy Mountains, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region  Russia (±2000)

Specimen size: 17.8 × 12.2 × 3.2 cm = 7.01” × 4.80” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 5 × 1.4 cm = 1.97” × 0.55”

EM66D5: A beauty from Rudny, this twinned, clear, and sharp crystal shows the typical luminescence of the best specimens from this locality.
Sarbaiskoe deposit, Rudny, Kostanay Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.6 × 3 cm = 1.85” × 1.42” × 1.18”

TB36F2: The crystals are quite well-developed for this mineral species and they form a very aerial group, which has not been altered or coated in this fine sample.
Shaft 65, Dzhezkazgan  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 4 × 2.8 × 2 cm = 1.57” × 1.10” × 0.79”

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 = 2.17” × 1.77”

ED89Y6: Finely striated polycrystalline Djurleite crystals. They are very bright and are with Bornite and on Quartz. This sample was sold by us some years ago and analyzed at that time, so, we’ll send a copy of this analysis to the buyer.
The specimen has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on page 11, volume 39, number 5, May 2014
Dzhezkazgan Mine, Shaft 57, level 180, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan (1998)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.6 × 1.5 cm = 2.40” × 1.81” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”

EA88K8: Crystal with a very sharp tetrahedral habit, of well-defined faces and edges, uncommon with Sphalerite, and with flat faces without curvatures or striations. The color is quite good, so the crystal has an excellent contrast on the Quartz crystal martrix.
Dzhezkazgan  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.5 × 5.4 cm = 3.43” × 2.95” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.51”

EF14M2: Fine miniature. A floater formed by spherical aggregates of lenticular Azurite crystals with an excellent color and luster. The specimen is from a recent find (2007), pretty unusual since the secondary copper minerals from this mine are not well known.
This specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 461 in the volume 53, number 4, July-August 2022
Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan (2007)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.4 × 1.5 cm = 1.22” × 0.94” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”

EJ46M2: Groups of radiating to arborescent Azurite crystal growths contrasting with the Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite growths. The specimen is from a recent find (2007), pretty unusual since the secondary copper minerals from this mine are not well known.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ on page 191 in number 2008/3.
Dzhezkazgan  Kazakhstan (2007)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.5 × 4.2 cm = 2.28” × 2.17” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.35” × 0.24”

TR17K9: Group of crystals with dominant octahedron and cube. Violet color and large size, on a layer of small Muscovite crystals.
Kara-Oba, Betpak-Dala (Bet-Pak-Dala) Desert, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 9.4 × 6.7 × 6.2 cm = 3.70” × 2.64” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 5.9 × 5.7 cm = 2.32” × 2.24”

TW14AL8: Group of dodecahedral Magnetite crystals with the secondary triangular shapes of the octahedron and, in general, with sharp faces and edges and great luster. On matrix and with small acicular crystals of Epidote.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Dashkesan deposit, Dashkesan, Dashkesan District  Republic of Azerbaijan

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2.3 × 1.9 cm = 0.91” × 0.91” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.59” × 0.55”

MB9E0: This comes from the great find of native copper made at the Itauz Mine. It is a very esthetic floater. There are small crystals of Cuprite among the Copper that add color and a special touch to the specimen.
Itauz Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan (06/03)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.79” × 0.59” × 0.12”

EC26F7: Good definition and good construction! The lengthening of the crystals and the branch- like structure reminds one of a bird's feather. Partially covered by Cuprite but underneath a brilliant copper color.
Itauz Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan (09/2003)

Specimen size: 4 × 2 × 0.8 cm = 1.57” × 0.79” × 0.31”

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, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan (2008)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.6 × 2.7 cm = 2.17” × 1.42” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 1.3 cm = 1.73” × 0.51”

ER67AD8: Dendritic growth, very esthetic, of Copper crystals with perfectly well defined faces and edges and very visibly twinned according to the Spinel law.
Itauz Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 5.3 × 2.1 × 0.8 cm = 2.09” × 0.83” × 0.31”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”

TE88J5: The excellent specimen is very esthetic due to the large size of the main crystal, which is partially skeletal with very well defined faces and edges on an arborescent growth of small Cooper crystals.
Itauz Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan (09/2006)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 3.6 × 1.4 cm = 2.52” × 1.42” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 0.9 cm = 1.77” × 0.35”

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, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan (2008)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 2.3 × 1 cm = 3.27” × 0.91” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 1.3 cm = 2.05” × 0.51”

TG56AF8: Very aerial dendritic growth of flattened complex crystals, some of them with very well defined dodecahedral faces. It is bright and with small remnants of a rocky matrix. The sample is from the Vallecillo collection, Madrid.
Itauz Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 11.4 × 10.8 × 3.6 cm = 4.49” × 4.25” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.7 cm = 0.59” × 0.28”

GG37AK0: Group of octahedral Fluorite crystals on a matrix of white Quartz crystals, with polycrystalline surfaces showing the faces of the cube. The crystals have an unusual black color for Fluorite (antozonite variety). The sample is from the Casado Margolles collection (number FRM 48) whose record we will send to the buyer.
The specimen is from the James Catmur collection and we’ll send the label with it.
This specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 598 in the volume 53, number 5, September-October 2022

Akchatau, Shet, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 8.1 × 6.4 × 2.7 cm = 3.19” × 2.52” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.59”

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, Betpak-Dala (Bet-Pak-Dala) Desert, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan (±1990)

Specimen size: 15 × 12.5 × 11.5 cm = 5.91” × 4.92” × 4.53”

Main crystal size: 12.5 × 11.2 cm = 4.92” × 4.41”

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.
Poteryaevskoe Mine, block 2-1, ↓100 m., Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia (06-08/2008)

Specimen size: 1.5 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.55” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”

TXB26AO0: Floater group of octahedral Cuprite crystals, one of them dominant and very aerial, with slight curvatures on the edges, translucent, lustrous, and with a deep red color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Rubtsovskoe Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 2.1 × 2 × 1.5 cm = 0.83” × 0.79” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.7 cm = 0.75” × 0.67”

TMR76AO4: Very sharp floater octahedral Cuprite crystal, with slight curvatures on the edges, with good luster and intense reddish flashes near the edges.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Rubtsovskoe Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.9 × 1.7 cm = 0.83” × 0.75” × 0.67”

MR96AM9: Group of very sharp cubo-octahedral Cuprite crystals, with clearly dominant octahedron faces, translucent, with bright luster and vivid reddish reflections.
We will send the specimen, which comes from the Robert J. Noble collection, in its original Perky box from that collection, which also contains the label.
Rubtsovskoe Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2.2 × 2.5 cm = 0.91” × 0.87” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 0.51” × 0.43”

MN69R8: Group of very well defined octahedral crystals with slightly curved faces and edges and very rare spongy growths of native Silver in the interstices between crystals.
Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia (22/06/2010)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.2 × 3 cm = 1.38” × 1.26” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.51”

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
Poteryaevskoe Mine, block 2-1, ↓100 m., Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia (06-08/2008)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.2 × 4.6 cm = 2.28” × 1.65” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.87” × 0.63”

TT91S0: Great group of octahedral crystals of Cuprite, very bright and with slightly curved faces and edges. They are on matrix and the crystals on the back are partially coated by native Silver.
Poteryaevskoe Mine, block 2-1, ↓100 m., Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia (20-25/11/2010)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 7.7 × 4.2 cm = 2.56” × 3.03” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2.3 cm = 0.91” × 0.91”

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.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ on page 280 in number 2009/4
Poteryaevskoe Mine, block 2-1, ↓100 m., Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia (06-08/2008)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.1 × 2.3 cm = 1.30” × 1.22” × 0.91”

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.
Poteryaevskoe Mine, block 2-1, ↓100 m., Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia (06-08/2008)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.4 × 3 cm = 1.85” × 1.34” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.12” × 0.12”

TQ89W8: Aggregate of Copper crystals that are pseudomorphs and perimorphs after octahedral crystals of Cuprite, with a second generation of small octahedral crystals of Cuprite with vivid reddish reflections.
Poteryaevskoe Mine, block 2-1, ↓100 m., Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia (20-25/11/2010)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.3 × 2.8 cm = 1.77” × 1.69” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.59” × 0.47”

TV90S0: A novelty at Tucson 2011. Arborescent growths of octahedral crystals of native Copper perimorphs after Cuprite and partially covered by octahedral crystals of the same species that are very bright with slightly curved faces and edges.
Poteryaevskoe Mine, block 2-1, ↓100 m., Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia (20-25/11/2010)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.2 × 2.3 cm = 2.13” × 1.65” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 0.67” × 0.63”

MP46W8: Aggregate of octahedral crystals some of them showing very small faces of the cube. The crystals, with very well defined faces and edges, are coated in some areas by lemon yellow crystals, isolated or clustered, of Miersite, a rare iodide of silver and copper.
Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia (2011)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.8 × 2.6 cm = 1.26” × 1.10” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2 cm = 0.91” × 0.79”

EA11AC1: A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2015. Cubic Miersite crystals, one of them clearly dominant. The crystals are very sharp, transparent, with a greenish-yellow color and they are implanted on an aggregate of very bright Azurite crystals on a rocky matrix. To our knowledge this association hasn’t been found before at Rubtsovskoye.
Poteryaevskoe Mine, block 6-1, oxidation zone, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia (08/2014)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.7 × 1.1 cm = 0.79” × 0.67” × 0.43”

EE6AC1: A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2015. Spheroidal aggregates of small cubic Miersite crystals, with a greenish-yellow color, spread on an aggregate of Azurite crystals, with small twinned Cerussite crystals. To our knowledge this association hasn’t been found before at Rubtsovskoye.
Poteryaevskoe Mine, block 6-1, oxidation zone, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia (08/2014)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2 × 1.1 cm = 0.98” × 0.79” × 0.43”

EC13AC1: A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2015. Spheroidal aggregates of small cubic Miersite crystals, with a greenish-yellow color, spread on a nodule of Azurite crystals on matrix with small Malachite crystals. To our knowledge this association hasn’t been found before at Rubtsovskoye.
Poteryaevskoe Mine, block 6-1, oxidation zone, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia (08/2014)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 1.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.38” × 0.71” × 0.87”

MT66W8: Aggregate of octahedral crystals some of them showing very small faces of the cube. The crystals, with very well defined faces and edges, are coated in some areas by lemon yellow crystals, isolated or clustered, of Miersite, a rare iodide of silver and copper.
Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia (2011)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3 × 2.7 cm = 1.38” × 1.18” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.7 cm = 0.98” × 0.67”

NC14F2: The crystal is very well defined and has excellent color. The contrast with the small crystals of pink Calcite adds balance.
Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.5 × 3.5 cm = 2.17” × 1.38” × 1.38”

AF96S9: Group of doubly terminated crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very well defined faces and edges, on a group of white crystals of Quartz, a lot of them doubly terminated. The crystals of Datolite, translucent and bright, have the clear green color typical of most of the samples from Dalnegorsk.
Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.4 × 4.2 cm = 2.91” × 1.73” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 3.2 cm = 1.65” × 1.26”

TM86AL4: Very well defined Datolite crystal of good size, translucent, a uniform pale green with slightly yellow tones and on matrix with small very sharp Calcite crystals that also partially cover the Datolite.
Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.6 × 4.6 cm = 3.03” × 2.20” × 1.81”

MC97Z1: Group of equant Datolite crystals partially coated by smoky Quartz crystals. They are bright, have a clear green color and fine parallel striations, perpendicular to the main axis, due to former flat crystals of Quartz already dissolved.
Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 12.8 × 8.2 × 7.7 cm = 5.04” × 3.23” × 3.03”

Main crystal size: 7.5 × 7 cm = 2.95” × 2.76”

TF14E2: An unusual Fluorite, with crystals that look like they were frozen and have an unusual form. This one also has a Prase Quartz standing up on it, adding to the beauty of the Fluorite. It is an undamaged floater.
Nikolaevski Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Far-Eastern Region  Russia (07/03)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.8 × 2.8 cm = 1.57” × 1.50” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 0.94” × 0.75”

TC96H6: Fluorite in a group of beveled clear crystals esthetically grown on a group of spindled crystals of Quartz covered by a second generation of drusy Quartz crystals.
Nikolaevski Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Far-Eastern Region  Russia

Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.2 × 6.1 cm = 3.23” × 2.05” × 2.40”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.4 cm = 0.55” × 0.55”

EB87D2: Once in a while a particular specimen really grabs me. In this case the incredible esthetics of this doubly terminated Ilvaite which seems to be resting on a bed of crystals of Hedenbergite really appeals to me. And to just to add to the party there is a band of brilliant metallic Galena as the base of the specimen.
First Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 4 × 2.8 × 1.8 cm = 1.57” × 1.10” × 0.71”

TG29H7: Prismatic crystals of excellent black color and luster. The crystal has very sharply defined faces and edges and a perfect termination and its lenght is uncommon. The Ilvaites from Dalnegorsk, relatively abundant some years ago, are now scarce.
First Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia (±1998)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 3.3 × 2.3 cm = 2.83” × 1.30” × 0.91”

M26DTI3: Parallel growth of two prismatic crystals, one of them dominant and partially doubly terminated. With a small matrix.
Second Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4 × 3.1 cm = 2.68” × 1.57” × 1.22”

MB29AI8: Group of Calcite crystals with very well defined faces and edges and with the clearly dominant scalenohedron but very rich in other minor forms. The crystals are of great quality and are transparent and very bright.
The sample is from the Jordi Vilallonga collection.
Verkhnii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia (1992)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 5.8 × 6 cm = 3.78” × 2.28” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 9.6 × 4.5 cm = 3.78” × 1.77”

ML27H1: A group of very complex crystals, with dominant scalenohedron but having a lot of different forms. Crystals are very clear and bright. A very esthetic sample.
Verkhnii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.2 × 3.3 cm = 3.86” × 2.83” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.6 cm = 0.98” × 0.63”

VG76G7: The growth is very curious. The Calcite forms very long scalenohedrons which are covered by multiple growths of little scalenohedral crystals of the same mineral. Calcite has a nice pale pink color and it’s on a matrix covered by little Quartz crystals.
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 12 × 9 × 5 cm = 4.72” × 3.54” × 1.97”

M99CNH5: Group of scalenohedral crystals of Calcite. They are transparent, bright and have very sharp faces and edges. The sample is with a label from the former Soviet Union, with the old name for the locality Dalnegorsk (Tetjuhe).
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 12.5 × 10.2 × 4.5 cm = 4.92” × 4.02” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.38” × 0.87”

TB36E4: What color! An amazing yellow, this crystal of Chalcopyrite also has great form and is well positioned on the matrix of Quartz and some Sphalerite.
Nikolaevski Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Far-Eastern Region  Russia (12/03)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 1.9 × 3.6 × cm = 1.54” × 0.75” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.6 cm = 0.75” × 0.63”

TM66G9: Crystals of Galena are very bright and they have a curious flattened habit and seem to form a mosaic contrasting with white Calcite. Some Sphalerite crystals bless the piece.
Nikolaevski Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Far-Eastern Region  Russia (2005)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 7.2 × 3.2 cm = 2.91” × 2.83” × 1.26”

TL26AN2: Group of very sharp Sphalerite crystals with a tetrahedral habit, lustrous, on matrix, with Calcite and Quartz.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which shows that it was previously in the Melanson collection.
Nikolaevski Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Far-Eastern Region  Russia

Specimen size: 3 × 2.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.18” × 1.02” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.02” × 0.94”

JE73F3: The group, whose crystals have the form typical of Sphalerite with a dominance of the tetrahedron, is very well developed and the crystals have neat growth patterns. Its size, black color, intense brilliance, and good position of the group on the Quartz matrix all make this especially attractive.
Nikolaevski Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Far-Eastern Region  Russia (1990)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 6.1 × 4.8 cm = 4.13” × 2.40” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 6.1 × 4.7 cm = 2.40” × 1.85”

DV28AC7: Aggregate of thick tabular Pyrrhotite crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are bright and on a Sphalerite matrix with Quartz crystals.
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.5 × 3.4 cm = 2.28” × 1.77” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.5 cm = 1.06” × 0.98”

SV89AJ0: Large Pyrrhotite crystals with very well defined parallel growths, with an intense brass color and luster and on matrix with small Quartz and Pyrite crystals and twinned Sphalerite.
The sample was in the Desmond Sacco collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 9.2 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm = 3.62” × 2.56” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 3.5 cm = 1.85” × 1.38”

TZ70Y0: Aggregates of very sharp Axinite-(Mn) crystals with notably curved growing forms, whose shape is very different than the Axinite-(Fe) from other Russian and French samples. The crystals have an excellent luster and a very deep and uniform brown color.
Verkhnii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 6.3 × 3.8 × 2.5 cm = 2.48” × 1.50” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1 cm = 0.83” × 0.39”

MC97S3: Aggregate of sharp and very bright crystals of Arsenopyrite, most of them doubly terminated, with cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena and small crystals of Quartz. An excellent sample for the locality, in which Arsenopyrite is relatively rare.
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia (±1994)

Specimen size: 12.5 × 9.4 × 4.7 cm = 4.92” × 3.70” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.51”

CL37H2: The inclusions on the lower on the sample give it a rude aspect. In spite of this the color is magnificent, with beautiful orange reflections, very well shaped and gemmy on its termination.
Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 7.3 × 2.8 × 3.8 cm = 2.87” × 1.10” × 1.50”

TT86E0: Although many people call this "beta" Quartz, it is not. They do so because it resembles beta Quartz, which means that there are no prism faces, only pseudo pyramidal faces. Dalnegorsk is one of the localities that are well known for this called "beta" Quartz (although of course them are not a specie) Given the brilliance, definition of the faces, and esthetics this one could be considered to be among the best.
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.4 × 4.6 cm = 2.09” × 1.73” × 1.81”

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, Primorsky Krai  Russia (2008)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.7 × 4.1 cm = 2.87” × 2.24” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 6 × 1.6 cm = 2.36” × 0.63”

EB58E9: The crystal is large, very aerial, has good color and brilliance. It stands out from the matrix, and has the typical widening for prase Quartz from this locality. The matrix has other small prase Quartz crystals as well as small Andradite crystals.
Sinerechenskoe, Primorsky Krai  Russia (1999)

Specimen size: 10 × 6 × 5.5 cm = 3.94” × 2.36” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 7 × 2 cm = 2.76” × 0.79”

TM27Y6: Floater and doubly terminated loop-like growth with a thin central zone and progressive widening toward the terminations, typical with prase Quartz from this locality.
The sample is from the Roy Foerster collection (num. 1225), whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Sinerechenskoe, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 10.5 × 2.1 × 2.1 cm = 4.13” × 0.83” × 0.83”

TR70Z5: Group, on matrix, of very sharp and acute crystals whose habit is very different from the Axinite-(Fe) from other Russian, French or Pakistani localities. Their brightness is excellent and they have a very deep color.
Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 8.1 × 6.9 × 4.9 cm = 3.19” × 2.72” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.1 cm = 1.06” × 0.43”