Russia
20001 Elbaite, Malkhan pegmatite field (Malchan; Malechansk), Krasnyi Chikoy, Chitinskaya Oblast’, Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
A single rubellite crystal, typical pink, 25x5x5mm.
10046 Quartz, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal’negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetyukhe; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche), Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
The Rocket. Group of beta-quartz like crystals that looks like a rocket ready for lift-off.
4662 Azoproite, Tazheranskii Massif (Tazheran Massif), Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast’, Prebaikalia (Pribaikal’e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Type Locality. Small shiny black crystalline masses and grains of this unusual borate in white brucite marble. Analysed material, obtained in 2001. Ex Raymond Hodgson Collection (3828)
4658 Kamchatkite, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast’, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Type Locality. Tiny green chip in capsule. Alters in air. Ex Raymond Hodgson Collection (3839).
4659 Type Locality. Fedorovskite, Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Small capsule of brown fibrous material of this rare manganese borate mineral. Obtained in 1997. Ex Raymond Hodgson Collection (3345)
4661 Arctite, Koashva Open Pit, Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast’, Northern Region, Russia
Small, glassy colourless inclusions (fluorescent blue in SW UV) in natrolite. A very rare sodium-calcium-barium phosphate, obtained in 2008 (at some cost!). Ex Raymond Hodgson Collection (4408)
4600 Uvarovite, Saranovskii Mine (Saranovskoe), Saranovskaya Village (Sarany), Gornozavodskii area, Permskaya Oblast’, Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia
Type Locality. Rich green uvarovite crystals to 1mm on every side.