I’ve added some excellent specimens in this Russia Update (click here). In particular, there are some super, transparent, colourless fluorites from Dal’negorsk, with crystals exhibiting up to five crystal forms. Among these area couple of great overgrowth and phantom pieces. These fluorite specimens are not new, I’ve kept an eye out for them in recent years and have acquired good ones when I’ve been able. This update also includes some great calcite specimens, with some fascinating crystal forms, and some fine datolite specimens with sharp crystals.

Fluorite, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal’negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia – 9.5 cm

Fluorite, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal’negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia – crystal 1.3 cm

Fluorite, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal’negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia – 9.3 cm

Fluorite, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal’negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia – 9.6 cm

Fluorite, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal’negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia – crystal 3.5 cm

Fluorite phantom, modified cube inside modified dodecahedral crystal
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal’negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia – Field of view 2.0 cm

Fluorite, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal’negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia – Field of view 5.0 cm

Fluorite, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal’negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia – Field of view 3.5 cm

Fluorite exhibiting five crystal forms,
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal’negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
Crystal 1.3 cm

Fluorite, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal’negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia – 5.5 cm

Fluorite, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal’negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia – 3.7 cm

Calcite, Verchniy Mine, Dal’negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia – 9.0 cm

Calcite, Verchniy Mine, Dal’negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Calcite, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal’negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia – 5.5 cm

Calcite, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal’negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Datolite, Bor Pit, Dal’negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia – 2.1 cm crystal

Datolite, Bor Pit, Dal’negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia – 7.5 cm