Amethyst Scepter Cluster from Bor Mine DS2565

Amethyst Scepter Cluster from Bor Mine
Approx. Dimensions: 3x2.5x1.5 inches
Approx. Weight: 118 grams
Locality: Bor Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

From the Bor Mine, this lovely quartz cluster features scepter formations with light amethyst coloring at their terminations. This specimen is in great condition.

The Bor Mine, located in the Dalnegorsk mining district of Russia’s Far East, is one of the world’s most famous localities for quartz and associated sulfide minerals. Developed primarily in the mid-20th century as a lead-zinc operation, the mine became legendary among collectors for producing exceptionally well-crystallized quartz, often with complex growth features and sharp, lustrous faces.

Over decades of operation, the Bor Mine yielded a wide variety of collectible minerals including quartz, sphalerite, galena, calcite, and rare sulfosalts. Today, the mine is best known not for its industrial output, but for the museum-quality specimens it produced—many of which are considered benchmarks for quartz crystallization and have secured Dalnegorsk’s reputation as one of the great mineral localities of the world.