Oleg Lopatkin's Photo Gallery
X87-W4NCorundum (Var: Sapphire) Al2O3
Dimensions: 25 mm x 9 mm x 7 mm
Perfect quality and DT, corundum crystal, from Ratnapura, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
TKW-EWCCassiterite SnO2 , Quartz SiO2
Dimensions: 50 mm x 38 mm x 21 mm
Cassiterite crystals that aesthetically nested on Quartz matrix, from Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
8TG-VU0Dioptase CuSiO3·H2O
Dimensions: 37 mm x 36 mm x 12 mm
Perfect quality, Dioptase specimen, from Renéville, Kindanba District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo
JRU-71NMalachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Dimensions: 67 mm x 34 mm x 15 mm
Perfect quality, Malachite specimen, from Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Yangjiang, Guangdong, China
Y8A-0Q7Apatite Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Dimensions: 46 mm x 34 mm x 25 mm
Perfect quality, finished all around, Apatite specimen, from Sapo mine, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
R68-L4WUvarovite Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3
Dimensions: 43 mm x 37 mm x 16 mm
Perfect quality uvarovite garnet specimen, from Saranovskii Mine, Permskaya Oblast', Middle Ural, Russia
L71-2F3Vesuvianite Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(☐4)☐[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Dimensions: 52 mm x 38 mm x 33 mm
Perfect quality vesuvianite specimen, from Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
EW9-P97Malachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Dimensions: 62 mm x 42 mm x 26 mm
Perfect quality, Malachite specimen, from Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Yangjiang, Guangdong, China
WLG-4FMDravite Na(Mg3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) , Magnesite MgCO3 , Quartz SiO2
Dimensions: 48 mm x 33 mm x 22 mm
A quite rare and interesting specimen in which we see an aesthetic association of polychrome crystals of Dravite with white Magnesite and Quarts. Specimen, from Pedra Preta pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil.
L2D-3ALUvarovite Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3
Dimensions: 44 mm x 30 mm x 12 mm
Perfect quality uvarovite garnet specimen, from Saranovskii Mine, Permskaya Oblast', Middle Ural, Russia
U1U-P5NVeszelyite (Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3·2H2O , Hemimorphite Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Dimensions: 30 mm x 20 mm x 17 mm
Veszelyite crystals on Hemimorphite, from Palabanda quarries, Mfouati, Mfouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo
H5C-NHQQuartz SiO2
Dimensions: 120 mm x 75 mm x 47 mm
Red quartz specimen, from 2nd Sovietskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
JWK-5NEBeryl (Var: Goshenite) Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Dimensions: 56 mm x 44 mm x 20 mm
Naturally etched goshenite crystal, from São Geraldo do Baixio, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3FA-GJEBeryl (Var: Heliodor) Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Dimensions: 100 mm x 34 mm x 28 mm
Perfect colour and quality, greenish-yellow Heliodor crystal, from old Ukraine locality - Volodarsk-Volinskiy
P51-NKQArsenopyrite FeAsS
Dimensions: 91 mm x 55 mm x 47 mm
Nice quality, Arsenopyrite specimen, from Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
36R-38MQuartz (Var: Amethyst) SiO2
Dimensions: 74 mm x 15 mm x 12 mm
Perfect quality Amethyst crystal with phantoms inside, from Goboboseb Mts, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
XYD-E8WUvarovite Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3
Dimensions: 47 mm x 27 mm x 10 mm
Perfect quality uvarovite garnet specimen, from Saranovskii Mine, Permskaya Oblast', Middle Ural, Russia
HN7-5LKUvarovite Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3
Dimensions: 55 mm x 22 mm x 11 mm
Perfect quality uvarovite garnet specimen, from Saranovskii Mine, Permskaya Oblast', Middle Ural, Russia
LWT-7TNNeptunite Na2KLiFe2+2Ti2Si8O24 , Natrolite Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O
Dimensions: 67 mm x 50 mm x 40 mm
Perfect quality, neptunite crystals on matrix rock, from California State Gem Mine, Santa Rita Peak, New Idria Mining District, San Benito Co., California, USA
G61-8FGDioptase CuSiO3·H2O
Dimensions: 39 mm x 24 mm x 7 mm
Perfect quality, Dioptase specimen, from Renéville, Kindanba District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo
