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Malyshevo emerald mines (Malyshevskoe deposit, Mariinsky mine)

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57.1153° N, 61.4125° E · ± 10 km

Emerald from Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, with photos of specimens from this locality.

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Minerals found here

Emerald

Emerald at Malyshevo emerald mines (Malyshevskoe deposit, Mariinsky mine)

Large doubly terminated emerald crystal with embedded mica from Malyshevo, Urals.
Large doubly terminated emerald crystal with embedded mica from Malyshevo, Urals.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Emerald crystal on schist matrix from the Ural emerald mines near Malyshevo.
Emerald crystal on schist matrix from the Ural emerald mines near Malyshevo.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Bright green, unterminated emerald crystal of 1.8 cm from the Malyshevo emerald mines.
Bright green, unterminated emerald crystal of 1.8 cm from the Malyshevo emerald mines.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Pair of thick green emerald crystals in biotite schist from Tokovaya 2, Ural emerald mines.
Pair of thick green emerald crystals in biotite schist from Tokovaya 2, Ural emerald mines.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Formula
Be3Al2Si6O18
Morphology
Thick hexagonal prisms, some doubly terminated, embedded in or on mica (biotite) schist
Typical size
Crystals about 2-5 cm
Color / luster
Medium to rich green, translucent, vitreous
Associated minerals
Mica (biotite schist matrix)
History
Emeralds found in summer 1833 on hayfields near Golendukhino; the Mariinsky mine was founded in April 1834 and became part of the Ural emerald mines

Sources: SRC-828 SRC-829 SRC-830

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Geology of the locality

Setting
Beryllium-emerald deposit of the Ural emerald mines, also a source of beryllium ore and caesium-lithium-rubidium ore
Region
Sverdlovsk Oblast
Country
Russia

Coordinates are those of the settlement named after Malyshev (Russian Wikipedia), which grew around the Mariinsky mine founded in 1834. Licence held by JSC Mariinsky Priisk; processing plant on site since 2012. Includes specimens labelled Tokovaya 2.

Sources: SRC-828 SRC-829

Sources

  1. SRC-828 · Website
    Малышевское месторождение (Malyshevskoe deposit)Wikipedia contributors · Wikipedia (Russian)
  2. SRC-829 · Website
    Малышева (посёлок) (Malysheva settlement)Wikipedia contributors · Wikipedia (Russian)
  3. SRC-830 · Website
    File:Beryl-118164.jpg (Wikimedia Commons)Robert M. Lavinsky · Wikimedia Commons

Draft data from the Provenite workbook. Check entries against the cited sources before relying on them. Photos are open-licence images from Wikimedia Commons; the author and licence are given with each photo.