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
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Map Reference: 44°32'N , 135°30'E
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