Fluorite

specimen number:
2062856

location:
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

description:
From the 1990s, complex glassy gem quality colorless crystals of fluorite to 1.7 cm in size set up on a crystalline quartz matrix. In very good condition. Choice miniature. The specimen comes with two previous labels, from the collections of Ray DeMark and Bob Dickie.

The Nikolaevskiy Mine, located in the Dalnegorsk ore district of Primorskiy Kray, Russia, opened in 1982 and remains an active underground operation focused on polymetallic extraction. Geologically, the deposit is hosted within deformed Triassic-Jurassic limestone and skarn systems associated with Late Cretaceous volcanism. Hydrothermal activity formed extensive vugs and cavities within the carbonate rocks, creating ideal spaces for the crystallization of world-class sulfide and gangue mineral assemblages, including spectacular galena, sphalerite, pyrrhotite, pyrite, quartz, and fluorite.

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