180 1, 2, 3

1995

Galperina, Anna Davydovna

Collection of Fluorites

1936, Nenets autonomous okrug, Amderma

Fluorite

1) 1.7cm x 1.7cm x 5.8cm. 2). Base – 2.4cm, sides – 1.9cm and 2cm, width– 1.2cm. 3) 4.5cm x 4cm x 3cm

1) Polished mineral sample – a rectangular crystal, transparent, with an opaque section in the middle. 2). Polished mineral sample- a triangular crystal, completely transparent. 3) Unpolished mineral sample, of an irregular shape, mostly opaque, dark coloured with violet porphyritic crystals.

Sides chipped

Given by A.D. Galperina. According to the owner's testimony, the fluorites were collected by her father, D.S. Galperin, while imprisoned and working on an OGPU expedition.