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EQK-8Y5Donbassite Al4.33(Si3Al)O10(OH)8
Nagolnyi Kryazh, Luhansk Oblast, UkraineField of View: 1 cm
There are the flakes of donbassite on (and in) crystal of quartz. The mineral was diagnosed by microprobe and IRS.
This spicement is from type locality where it was founded in 1905 by Yakov Samoylov and described as donbassite by Evgeniy Lazarenko шт 1940.
RFE-R6QCinnabar HgS
Dokuchaievsk limestone quarries, Dokuchaievsk, Donetsk Oblast, UkraineField of View: 7 cm
LD8-TAMCalcite CaCO3
Dokuchaievsk limestone quarries, Dokuchaievsk, Donetsk Oblast, UkraineDimensions: 18 mm
W17-51EQuartz (Var: Chalcedony) SiO2
Northern quarry, Komsomol’sk limestone quarries, Horishni Plavni, Poltava Oblast, UkraineDimensions: 10 cm
Chalcedony after crinoideas
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PY2-65AQuartz (Var: Amethyst) SiO2 , Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) SiO2 , Quartz SiO2
Northern quarry, Komsomol’sk limestone quarries, Horishni Plavni, Poltava Oblast, UkraineDimensions: 12 cm
3 in 1
0L0-HVNQuartz (Var: Amethyst) SiO2
Northern quarry, Komsomol’sk limestone quarries, Horishni Plavni, Poltava Oblast, UkraineDimensions: 18 cm
97X-VKFQuartz (Var: Amethyst) SiO2
Northern quarry, Komsomol’sk limestone quarries, Horishni Plavni, Poltava Oblast, UkraineDimensions: 20 cm
View of quarry
Northern quarry, Komsomol’sk limestone quarries, Horishni Plavni, Poltava Oblast, UkraineLVQ-XMUBoulangerite Pb5Sb4S11
Esaulovka Pb-Zn deposit, Nagolnyi Kryazh, Luhansk Oblast, UkraineField of View: 7 cm