Russia – a vast "mineral empire". It stretches from Eastern Europe to the farthest reaches of North Asia. Even in the time of the Russian Tsars, beautiful mineral specimens were shipped to the West.
 Whether from the Kola Peninsula, the Urals, the Baikal region, Transbaikal or the Far East of Russia - each of these areas is known for minerals and gemstones that are among the best in the world.
 Dalnegorsk is today one of the best-known and most famous mineral deposits in Russia. Spectacular quartz, calcite twins, and water-clear fluorite, as well as ilvaite and galena of excellent quality and extraordinary variety of forms, are found here.

 Contents:
 Mineralogical East-West Friendships (Maximilian Glas)/The Geological Map of Russia (Christian Weise)/It Began with Beryl... (René Triebl)/The Kola Peninsula and Karelia (Rupert Hochleitner)/The Urals from the Arctic Ocean to the Aral Sea (Rupert Hochleitner)/Siberia - from the Urals to Chukotka (Rupert Hochleitner)/Far East from Dalnegorsk to Kamchatka (Rupert Hochleitner)/Important Mineral Sites in Russia and Their Minerals (Michael Huber)
 Published: 2005