Tultui lazurite deposit, Malaya Bystraya River Valley, Slyudyanka, Russia

Polished section of lazurite budina with phlogopite rim from massive diopsidites. This is very typical situation for the locality. White inclusions into lazurite aren't calcite. They represented partially by colourless diopside (quite different from greenish diopside in surrounding diopsidites) and partially by unidentified cancrinite group ...

© Pavel M. Kartashov collection & photo

Blue masses of vladimirivanovite FOV 10 mm Obtained with Csanad Loranth. This material was DRX analysed by Igor Pekov. The specimen you see in photo was not directly analysed. Collection and Photo : Vincent Bourgoin

© Vincent Bourgoin 2013

Unusual colourless Afghanite is very typical for Tultui deposit. Associated minerals are: very minor light blue Tounkite, partially oxidized Pyrite crystal and beige granular cavernous Diopside matrix. In the difference from most lazurite deposits of Prebaikalie, hosted in marbles, Tultui deposit is connected with layer of diopside skarns. ...

© Pavel M. Kartashov collection & photo

Colourless to light grey Afghanite is very typical for Tultui deposit. Associated minerals are: minor light blue Tounkite and metallic Pyrite crystals. Selfcollected in August of 1988. Pavel M. Kartashov collection and photo.

© Pavel M. Kartashov collection & photo

Dimensions: close up 1" wide, entire specimen 3.5" x 2" x 1" Blue lazurite with streaks of colorless afghanite (which fluoresces red under black light) and sprinkled with pyrite. Child photo of entire specimen.

Glassy, deep blue vladimirivanovite in matrix. Author's material from D Cherepanov, purchased from Sergey Vasiliev in 2016.

© Andrew Hodgson

Blue vladimirivanovite (Anal.G.Blass) in calcite Euromex EduBlue, built-in 5 MP USB-2.0 1/2.8 inch Sensor CMOS Camera ImageFocus Plus capturing, Helicon Focus stacking Peter Lof photo and collection

© Peter Lof