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Multiple photos availableBystrite : (Na,K)7Ca[(S3)1.5|Al6Si6O24] · H2O, Lazurite : (Na,Ca)8[(S,SO4,Cl2)|Al6Si6O24], Calcite : CaCO3, Phlogopite : KMg3[(OH,F)2|AlSi3O10]

Malo-Bystrinskoye lazurite deposit, Tounkinskaya valley, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Bright sulphur-yellow grains of bystrite together with blue lazurite crystals in white calcite marble with minor pearly colourless Fe0free phlogopite. Note that on this side of the specimen bystrite replace lazurite. Lets look on the back side. Specimen size is 3.5x3.5x2 cm. Pavel M. Kartashov collection and photo.
 © Pavel M. KartashovPhoto ID: 209033    View Count: 102

Bystrite : (Na,K)7Ca[(S3)1.5|Al6Si6O24] · H2O, Lazurite : (Na,Ca)8[(S,SO4,Cl2)|Al6Si6O24]

Malo-Bystrinskoye lazurite deposit, Tounkinskaya valley, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Brownish-yellow bystrite with blue lazulite. Picture size 7 mm. Photographer and collection Thomas Witzke.
 © Thomas WitzkePhoto ID: 8545    View Count: 778

Bystrite : (Na,K)7Ca[(S3)1.5|Al6Si6O24] · H2O, Lazurite : (Na,Ca)8[(S,SO4,Cl2)|Al6Si6O24], Diopside : CaMg[Si2O6], Calcite : CaCO3

Malo-Bystrinskoye lazurite deposit, Tounkinskaya valley, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Yellow bystrite overgrows a lazurite-diopside intergrowth and forms individual grains in calcite marble. Thin section. FOV ~15x12 mm. Pavel M. Kartashov collection and photo.


Mindat.org Photo of the Day - 3rd Nov 2007
 © Pavel M. KartashovPhoto ID: 116677    View Count: 350

Bystrite : (Na,K)7Ca[(S3)1.5|Al6Si6O24] · H2O, Lazurite : (Na,Ca)8[(S,SO4,Cl2)|Al6Si6O24], Diopside : CaMg[Si2O6], Calcite : CaCO3

Malo-Bystrinskoye lazurite deposit, Tounkinskaya valley, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Yellow bystrite overgrow lazurite-diopside intergrowth in calcite marble. Thin section. FOV is ~1x1 cm. Pavel M. Kartashov collection and photo.
 © Pavel M. KartashovPhoto ID: 116676    View Count: 129
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