Detailed information
Dimensions
60 x 99 x 40
mm
Weight
10 g
Locality
Bor Pit Dal'negorsk B deposit Primorsky Krai, Russia
Condition
No recorded repairs
Sometimes termed 'Candle Quartz', this distinctive style of Quartz crystal surrounded by many smaller stepped pyramidal terminations all the way up its prism sides gives the appearance of drips of wax down the sides of a candle. This habit of Quartz crystal was well-known at Dal'negorsk in the far east of Russia but along with some of the other incredible mineralogical discoveries made there, the window through which specimens reached the outside world was short, and predominantly during the 1990s. Consequently, we don't see these Dal'negorsk pieces very often. This particular display specimen is nicely balanced, with one large (9 cm long) terminated crystal dominant but with three other terminated crystals stepped up, one behind the other and diverging very slightly away from the base of the main crystal. Milky in colour, like all of this type of Quartz from Dal'negorsk, this great example also displays the slightly pearlescent lustre often seen there. It is specifically from Bor Pit at the Dal'negorsk B deposit.
