Malyi Murun Massif, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

EXTRA RARE crystals of Odintsovite. May be only 2-3 specimens with them are known. FOV ~8x5 mm. A.A. Konev author's specimen, collected at "Uranium adit" dumps in beginning of 90th. Pavel M. Kartashov collection (#3373) and photo.

© Pavel M. Kartashov collection & photo

4 mm thick veinlet of pinkish granular odintsovite crosscut ultrapotassik alkaline rock. FOV ~1.7 cm. Author's specimen collected on the "Uranium adit" dumps. Pavel M. Kartashov collection and photo.

© Pavel M. Kartashov collection & photo

4 mm crystalline complex carbonate, benstonite, in an alkaline rock. Mikhail Murashko sample, obtained by Sergey Vasiliev - thanks!

© Łukasz Kruszewski 2008

A single grain, size 0.4 mm Collection and photo Roberto Bosi

© Roberto Bosi

The figured, type specimen, of fluorcarletonite. "Fluorcarletonite-containing charoitite. The specimen is deposited at the Sidorov State Mineralogical Museum (Irkutsk, Russia). 1 – aegirine, 2 – pectolite, 3 – charoite, 4 – apophyllite-(KF), 5 – fluorcarletonite." Kaneva, E., Radomskaya, T., Suvorova, L., Sterkhova, I., Mitichkin, ...

An orthorhombic crystal, pink, of odintsovite, very rare to find it in crystals with well-defined shapes. Ex collection Adriana and Renato Pagano. Collection and photo of Gianfranco Ciccolini. Nikon D610, bellows, Schneider Kreuznach 28mm; f:4. Focal using 5.6.

Barytocalcite as by identification of Pavel M. Kartashov F o v mm 4,5 x mm 3,5 Photo and collection Giovanni Scapin

© Giovanni Scapin 2015

© Alexey Shevelev

Brown crystal of Batisite, 6mm field of view. Former Jaroslav Hyrsl collection. Rolf Luetcke specimen and photo.

pale pink odintsovite on a Matrix consisting of aegirine, feldspar and kalsite In Coll. M. Slama (ex Coll. P. Kartashov, collected by A. A. Konev) Canon EOS 600D with Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x, stacked from 11 Images using Zerene Stacker (Dmap)

© Martin Slama

Brown crystal of Batisite, 8mm field of view. Former Jaroslav Hyrsl collection. Rolf Luetcke specimen and photo.

Very tiny aggregate of intergrown, typically pinkish-brown, crystals of the very rare and relatively new species, vladykinite. This strontium-ferrous-ferric octainosilicate, chemically somewhat resembling, e.g., caryochroite, is only known from two localities worldwide, both from the Siberian part of Russia. The interesting fact about vladykinite ...

© Ł Kruszewski 2020

© Alexey Shevelev

Orange Brown Tausonite Photo with Canon Eos 600 D + Bellows + Rodenstock Rodagon 35 mm 1:4,0 reversed Photo and collection Giovanni Scapin

© Giovanni Scapin 2020

Tiny specks of pale pink odintsovite on a matrix consisting of aegirine and feldspar In Coll. M. Slama Canon EOS 600D with Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x, stacked from 18 Images using Zerene Stacker (Dmap)

© Martin Slama

About 2-mm-sized crystalline aggregate of typically pale-coloured odintsovite, with clearly seen faces. Odintsovite is a unique-combinatio silicate combining as much as 5 different cations, which is rare in the world of minerals.

© Łukasz Kruszewski 2018

Blocky black geikielite crystal on carbonatite matrix. Sony Alpha 7R ii/Mitutoyo Plan Apo X 20/Achromatic doublet retro/"Stone Master" Stack Unit Linear-actor & Control/ Aperture. Photo & Collection Christophe Boutry.

© Christophe Boutry

Flesh-coloured, glassy,crystalline odintsovite in complex matrix. Collected & analysed by Mikhail Murashko in 1993. Purchased from Sergey Vasiliev in 2016. Stack of 44 images.

© Andrew Hodgson

Pale blue fluorcarletonite with some pale purple charoite from Severny in the Murun Massif, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Fluorcarletonite is the fluorine analogue of carletonite, a mineral that for many years was only known from the pectolitized xenolith blocks at Poudrette Quarry in Quebec, Canada. A relatively recent find in Russia of both ...

© Chris Emproto