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Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche), Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia

A famous mining region in eastern Russia, 300 km north east of Vladivostok. The name "Tjetjuche" (meaning "valley of the wild pigs") is the old Chinese name for Dalnegorsk and can be encountered on a few old mineral labels.

The region is comprised of 9 different deposits.



References:
- Smirnov, V.I. (1977): Geology of Mineral Deposits, 173-174.

- Smirnov, V.I. (1979): Ore Deposits of the USSR, Vol II, 182-189.

- Michael Hamet et al. (1992): Die Blei-Zink- und Bor Lagerstätte Dalnegorsk in Ostsiberien. Mineralienwelt 6/92.

- Lisitsyn, A.E. & Malinko, S.V. (1994): Dalnegorsk Boron Deposit a Unique Mineralogical Object. World of Stones 4/94

- Moroshkin V. V. and Frishman, N. I. (2001): Dalnegorsk: Notes on mineralogy. Mineralogical Almanac, Vol. 4, 128 pp.

- The Mineralogical Record (2001): 32: 3.

- Praszkier, T. and Siuda, R. (2006). "Un voyage à Dalnegorsk - Monts Sikhote-Alin, Primorié, Russie." Le Règne Minéral(68), 22-49.

- http://giantcrystals.strahlen.org/asia/dalnegorsk.htm





Map Reference: 44°32'N , 135°30'E

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Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
  • Acanthite
  • Actinolite
  • Adamite
  • Alabandite
  • Albite
       var: Oligoclase
  • 'Albite-Anorthite Series'
  • Allargentum
  • Altaite
  • Anatase
  • Andorite
  • Andradite
  • Anglesite
  • Antimony
  • 'Apatite'
  • 'Apophyllite'
  • Apophyllite-(KF)
  • Aragonite
  • Arsenic
  • Arsenopyrite
  • Aurichalcite
  • 'Axinite'
  • Axinite-(Fe)
  • Axinite-(Mn)
  • Azurite
  • Baryte
  • Benjaminite
  • Beudantite
  • Biotite
  • Bismuth
  • Bismutite
  • Bornite
  • Boulangerite
  • Bournonite
  • Brochantite
  • Burtite
  • Calcite
       var: Manganoan Calcite
  • Carrollite
  • Cassiterite
       var: Wood Tin
  • Cerussite
  • Chalcanthite
  • Chalcocite
  • Chalcophanite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chamosite
  • 'Chlorite Group'
  • Chrysocolla
  • Chrysotile
  • Clausthalite
  • Clinochlore
    var: Pennine
  • Clinozoisite
  • Columbite-(Fe)
  • Copper
  • Corundum
       var: Sapphire
  • Cosalite
  • Covellite
  • Cubanite
  • Cummingtonite
  • Cuprite
  • Danburite
  • Datolite
  • Diaphorite
  • Dickite
  • Diopside
  • Dolomite
  • Domeykite
  • Dussertite
  • Dzhalindite
  • Epidote
  • Erythrite
  • Fluorite
  • Freibergite
  • Galena
  • Galenobismutite
  • Gersdorffite
  • Goethite
  • Gold
       var: Electrum
  • Graphite
  • Greenalite
  • Grossular
  • Gypsum
  • Hedenbergite
  • Hedleyite
  • Hematite
  • Hemimorphite
  • Hessite
  • 'Heulandite'
  • Hibonite
  • Hisingerite
  • Hydrozincite
  • Ikunolite
  • Ilmenite
  • Ilvaite
  • Indite
  • Jamesonite
  • Jarosite
  • Johannsenite
  • Joséite
  • 'K Feldspar'
  • Kutnohorite
  • Laumontite
  • Lepidocrocite
  • Leucoxene
  • Lillianite
  • Linnaeite
  • Litharge
  • Löllingite
  • Ludwigite
  • Luzonite
  • Magnesioferrite
  • Magnetite
  • Malachite
  • Manganogrunerite
  • Marcasite
  • Margarite
  • Matildite
  • Melanterite
  • Miargyrite
  • Millerite
  • Mimetite
  • Minium
  • Montmorillonite
  • Muscovite
  • Natanite
  • Nontronite
  • 'Olivine'
  • Opal
  • Orthoclase
       var: Adularia
  • Owyheeite
  • Palygorskite
  • Phlogopite
  • Plumbojarosite
  • Polybasite
  • Prehnite
  • Proustite
  • 'Pumpellyite'
  • Pyrargyrite
  • Pyrite
  • Pyrolusite
  • Pyromorphite
  • Pyrrhotite
  • Quartz
       var: Blue Quartz
       var: Prase
       var: Smoky Quartz
  • Rhodochrosite
  • Rhodonite
  • Rutile
  • Safflorite
  • Saponite
  • Scheelite
  • Scolecite
  • Scorodite
  • Sénarmontite
  • Sepiolite
  • 'Sericite'
  • Siderite
  • Siderophyllite
  • Silver
  • Skutterudite
  • Smithsonite
  • Sphalerite
  • Spinel
  • Stannite
  • Stephanite
  • Sternbergite
  • Stibarsen
  • Stibnite
  • Stilbite-Ca
  • Stilpnomelane
  • Talc
  • Tellurite
  • Tellurobismuthite
  • Tennantite
  • Tetrahedrite
       var: Argentian Tetrahedrite
  • Thometzekite
  • Thomsonite-Ca
  • Titanite
  • Topaz
  • 'Tourmaline'
  • Tremolite
  • Valentinite
  • Valleriite
  • Varlamoffite
  • Vesuvianite
  • Vonsenite
  • Weddellite
  • Whewellite
  • Willemite
  • Wittichenite
  • Wolframite
  • Wollastonite
  • Wurtzite
  • Zincolivenite
  • Zinkenite
  • Zircon
  • Zoisite


    203 entries listed. 175 valid minerals.

    Localities in this Region:
    Russia
     
    • Far-Eastern Region
      • Primorskiy Kray
        • Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche)
          • Karadubsky ore field
    Russia
     
    • Far-Eastern Region
      • Primorskiy Kray
        • Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche)
          • Kavalerovo Mining District
          • Nikolaevskoe Pb-Zn-Ag deposit
          • Roshchino
            • Kedrovaya river

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