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Apatite-(CaF) : Ca5[F|(PO4)3], Chlorite Group | |
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Puiva (Pouyva) Mount, Saranpaul, Prepolar Ural, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Urals Region, Russia This is a complex crystal of fluorapatite with multiple stepped growth terminations. The near colorless crystal has outstanding mirror bright luster on its central faces. The edge faces are enhanced by chlorite growth. There is no apparent damage although the specimen has been contacted at the base where it was wrested from the earth. This is the ... |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 35868 View Count: 269 |
Axinite : (Ca,Mn)2(Fe,Mn,Mg)Al2BSi4O15OH | |
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Puiva (Pouyva) Mount, Saranpaul, Prepolar Ural, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Urals Region, Russia A beautiful pair of attached glassy axinites from the Polar Ural Mts.of Russia,. Great aesthetic form, excellent color and clarity, and superb luster with striations, make this a wonderful specimen. How many really good axinites do you come across that are affordable? 3.1 x 2.2 x .5 cm |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 20990 View Count: 432 |
Axinite : (Ca,Mn)2(Fe,Mn,Mg)Al2BSi4O15OH | |
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Puiva (Pouyva) Mount, Saranpaul, Prepolar Ural, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Urals Region, Russia A wonderful cluster of five bladed crystals (three large, two small), with superb deep color, excellent clarity, and glassy luster. As equally tempting as the other axinite, and very different in overall appearance with its thicker crystals. 2.9 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 20992 View Count: 401 |
Axinite : (Ca,Mn)2(Fe,Mn,Mg)Al2BSi4O15OH | |
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Puiva (Pouyva) Mount, Saranpaul, Prepolar Ural, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Urals Region, Russia Brilliantly lustrous and gemmy, 2 cm crystal, sitting wonderfully on matrix! This is the BEST aesthetic quality you could ever ask for in an axinite! It is pristine save for an infinitesimal chip on the back edge, and qualifies as competition quality in my book. 3.2 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 41670 View Count: 274 |
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Puiva (Pouyva) Mount, Saranpaul, Prepolar Ural, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Urals Region, Russia Absolutely unique specimen of axinite crystals on matrix from legendar mine Puiva in Northern Ural mountains. All crystals are very well terminated. Collected in August 1992. Size 510*350mm. Jindřich Kynický collection and photo. |
| Photo ID: 114445 View Count: 143 | |
Axinite : (Ca,Mn)2(Fe,Mn,Mg)Al2BSi4O15OH, Asbestos | |
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Puiva (Pouyva) Mount, Saranpaul, Prepolar Ural, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Urals Region, Russia Undamaged single crystal on a matrix of asbestos. Overall size: 75 mm x 55 mm (crystal: 55 mm long, 30 mm wide). |
| © Carles Millan | Photo ID: 222594 View Count: 44 |
Axinite-(Fe) : Ca2Fe2+Al2[OH|BSi4O15] | |
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Puiva (Pouyva) Mount, Saranpaul, Prepolar Ural, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Urals Region, Russia Sharp as heck, single floater crystal from the famous finds here of the late 1980s. nice!. 2.4 x 2 x 0.6 cm |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 52166 View Count: 460 |
Axinite-(Fe) : Ca2Fe2+Al2[OH|BSi4O15] | |
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Puiva (Pouyva) Mount, Saranpaul, Prepolar Ural, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Urals Region, Russia This is one of the now-famous floater axinites, gemmy and complete all around, that came out in the late 1980s from this remote mining region. They were gone from teh market shortly after, and haven't come out since that time. They stand as being the world's finest axinite crystals of size, to my mind, for the extreme glassiness, lustre, and ... |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 37487 View Count: 370 |
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Puiva (Pouyva) Mount, Saranpaul, Prepolar Ural, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Urals Region, Russia Large crystal of ferroaxinite from classic locality. This view shows the surface relief well. Two other views are included. 6.3 x 5.3 x 1.2 cm. RFC M1470. |
| © Michael C. Roarke | Photo ID: 82590 View Count: 330 |
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Puiva (Pouyva) Mount, Saranpaul, Prepolar Ural, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Urals Region, Russia Big floater, doubly-terminated crystal of very sharp faces and edges. We must note its color, an intense transparency near the edges and the neat contrast with white Calcite at the center of the sample. Puyva Mine, Puyva, Saranpaul, Polar Ural Russia Found in 1996 Specimen size: 8.7 x 4.2 x 1.7 cm |
| © fabreminerals.com | Photo ID: 62531 View Count: 251 |
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