Russia
Europe/Asia, 17,098,242 km²
Capital: Moscow
5 specimens in collection
Notable mining localities
Principal mineralogical sites associated with collector specimens. Yellow dot indicates an endemic species, found exclusively or in world-class quality at this locality.
  • Khibiny Massif Kola Peninsula endemic
    Lorenzenite, Eudialyte, Aegirine, 500+ species, many endemic
  • Dalnegorsk (B deposit) Primorsky Krai
    Rhodonite, world's finest, Bustamite, Tinzenite
  • Ural Mountains Ural
    Alexandrite, Demantoid, Uvarovite, Emerald, Malachite
  • Norils'k Siberia
    Chalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
  • Lake Baikal (Slüdianka) Irkutsk endemic
    Lapis Lazuli, Diopside, Phlogopite, unique pale-blue lapis
Notable locality    Endemic or exclusive world-class locality
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Golden brown bladed astrophyllite crystals with white quartz from Russia.
Astrophyllite
Colorless fluorite cubes with galena and quartz featuring a reflection.
Fluorite “Ice Cubes”, Galena & Quartz
Black prismatic ilvaite crystals on a colorless quartz cluster matrix.
Ilvaite on Quartz
Bronze metallic pyrrhotite crystal specimen from Russia with mirror reflection.
Pyrrhotite
Green uvarovite garnet crystal coating on dark matrix from Russia.
Uvarovite Garnet (Large)