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Minerals from Russia and the Ukraine

 

Mineral sizes are designated by the following standard abbreviations which indicate the largest  dimension: 
tn (thumbnail) = 1" (2.5 cm), min (miniture) = 2" (5 cm), scab (small cabinet) = 3" (7.5cm), cab (cabinet) = 4" (10cm), and museum = 5" or larger (13 cm +)
 
Actinolite Schabny, Ural Mountains, Russia

Sizes available:
min, $ 10

Dense fine green crystalline masses
     

Arsenopyrite
Dalnegorsk, Russia

Size available:
in, $ 65

Typical arsenopyrite crystals with a silver color on a rich white matrix (note the little pyramids near top of specimen)
     
Astrophyllite Saami Mountain, Khibini, Kola Peninsula, Russia

Sizes available: 
scab, $ 100
cab, $ 125

This is very bright, golden astrophyllite with numerous radiating xls. on gray to white matrix; some with shorl crystals included in the matrix
     
Heulandite # 1 Tunguska River Basin, Siberia, Russia

Sizes available:
min, $ 10
scab, $ 16

Pinkish-yellow heulandite crystals, first quality with radiating crystal structure or parallel crystal structure
     
Heulandite # 2 Tunguska River Basin, Siberia, Russia

Sizes available: 
min, $ 8
scab, $ 14

Same as above, with large glistening crystal surfaces and less individual cystalline structure
     


Kyanite, Garnet, and Biotite
Hit-Ostrov, Karelia, Russia

Sizes available: 
min, $ 35
scab, $ 75


Colorful material with blue kyanite crystals on top of a matrix of garnet and biotite
     
Current Availabilitly of Kyanite, Garnet, and Biotite Add one of these colorful specimens to your collection. 

Pick the specimen you want by its location in this photograph.
     
Stilbite  Tunguska Basin, East Siberia, Russia

Sizes available:
min, $ 10
scab, $ 20
cab, $ 30
museum, $ 50


Radiating crystals (6mm wide x 20mm long) extending from a flat matrix; the color of the stilbite is a pleasing yellow-tan color 
     
Stilbite, bowties 

Tunguska Basin, East Siberia
, Russia

Sizes available:
tn, $ 20
min, $ 45
scab, $ 100

Classic "textbook" single bowties or bowtie clusters

[Imperfect bowties are available in various sizes at ½ of the prices given]

     
Thomsonite  Amudiha, Tunguska Basin, East Siberia, Russia

Sizes available:
min, $ 50
scab, $ 75


Rare zeolite with radiating white crystals; with other zeolites on matrix 
     
Current
Thomsonite 
Inventory 
Pick the specimen you want based on its location relative to its location in the photo
     
Vivianite    Kertch, Crimea Peninsula, Ukraine

Sizes available: 
min, $ 75
scab, $ 150


Dark blue, radiating crystals on brown matrix 

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