Danburite

specimen number:
2063418

location:
Bor Pit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

description:
A superb loose glassy gem quality colorless sharply terminated crystal of danburite. This is a floater with no points of attachment, naturally crystallized even on the base. The specimen comes with two previous collection labels, one from Bob Dickie and one from Ray DeMark.

Dalnegorsk, located in the Primorsky Krai of the Russian Far East, is a world-famous mining district with a history of industrial metal extraction dating back to the late 19th century under the entrepreneur Julius Brynner. Geologically, the area is dominated by complex skarn deposits formed through the intrusion of Cretaceous and Paleogene magmatic rocks into Triassic and Jurassic carbonate and sedimentary sequences, creating ideal conditions for large-scale hydrothermal mineralization. Mineralogically, the district is celebrated globally for its stunning, large-scale specimen production, most notably pristine crystals of calcite, quartz, sphalerite, galena, and a wide variety of borate and skarn minerals that remain staples of major museum collections worldwide.

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