Datolite

  
  
Origin: Dal’negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
Sample size: 4.5 x 2.9 x 2.5 cm
 
  
 
 
  
Origin: Verchniy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia
Sample size: 4.4 x 3.6 x 1.8 cm (top), 5.7 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm (2nd row), 3.5 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm (bottom)
 
Origin: N'Chwaning II Mine, near Kuruman, South Africa
Sample size: 2 x 1.5 x 1.25 cm
 
  
  
Datolite with copper inclusions and copper
Origin: Copper Falls Mine, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, U.S.A.
(collected by Dr. C. Palache 1906!)
Sample size: 8.7 x 7.3 x 5.0 cm
 
  
Apophyllite on datolite
Origin: Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk, Russia
Sample size: 13.5 x 10 x 7 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Origin: Boron Pit, Dal'negorsk, Russia
Sample size: 5.7 x 4.6 x 3.1 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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