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[olelukoe]

specimens...

[olelukoe]

from Ukraine...

[olelukoe]

from the same Ukrainian locality ....

[olelukoe]

Utah..

[John S. White]

Oleg:

Your minerals are extraordinary and they represent a profound knowledge of the best available along with an exceptional taste in specimen selection. I am sure that I am not the only visitor to this Forum who would like to know more about you. Where do you live? How long have you been collecting? What is your educational background? How have you been able to assemble such an outstanding collection? If you consider these questions too personal and do not care to respond, I understand completely, but I hope that you will agree to allow us to come to know you better.

[olelukoe]

Dear John ! Thanks for such good feedback about the min.specimens, that have been posted on this forum from my side ...

In principle, information about me can be found on my site: https://www.pegmatite.ru (link normalized by FMF) but am will try to respond more fully to your questions:

I was born in the city of Murmansk, is the up north of Russia, Kola Peninsula - these places, I think are known to all collectors, as a place - the rich deposits of various mineral resources, in particular mountain range Hibiny ...

Since childhood I have traveled across the fields with the geological party, which was part of the organization, where my father worked. As a result, the age of seven I got my first specimens: eudialyte, astrophyllite, zircon, etc. etc.

The first education I received, after studying at the Academy of Oil and Gas named after Gubkin in Moscow, majoring in structural geophysicist oil and gas ... There were years of field work directly in the oil fields in the far north of Russia and in survey field for Nopec, GSI and another companies...

And currently I am working in the business that connected with the supply of equipment for drilling wells...

My hobbies - travelling, mountain hikes, photography and minerals :) Am try to travel a lot (when I have free time to do it...) and try to bring from my trips some new, interesting mineral specimens...
I am not a professional mineral dealer ... I sell min. specimens and it brings me some income, but the main thing that I get - it's new min. specimens to my collection, as a result of this activity

My current collection of aesthetic minerals from pegmatite formations - it's looking a bit different if compare with my first collection, which was collected at old years by myself....

I try to visit Munich Mineral Show every year and plan to be in this year there too ... During the exhibition in Tucson, I usually very busy on my job.... and therefore do not visiting this min. show (to my great regret)

I really would be interesting to develop the exchange of specimens with collectors from other countries and I have something to offer from my side...

[John S. White]

That is excellent Oleg. I had forgotten about your website so thanks for reminding me of it. I expect to be at the Munich Show and hope I will have a chance to meet you.

[olelukoe]

Many thanks John ! Please write me how I can find you there before the show :)

[John S. White]

I am frequently at the stand of Fabre Minerals, which is my unofficial office. Messages can be left with Jordi or any of his assistants. I also spend much time at the stands of Rocks & Minerals magazine and the Russian journal Mineralogical Almanac (Mineral Observer). I should be easy to find.

[olelukoe]

Ok - in this caise it will not so hard to find you there... am going to be there two days 29th and 30th of Oct.

Oleg

[olelukoe]

from Urucum Mine

[Jason]

Couldn't help but add something about spodumene/kunzites. Olelukoe, you say "naturally etched floater". Not really sure how one would classify a spodumene as a floater or even know. I have had pass through my hands more spodumenes/kunzites/hiddenites than most folks have and one thing I have noticed from handling and looking at so many is just about all seem to be "floaters". Not broken off or what have you but having both ends etched to look like floaters. What I think happens is most peg pockets rupture and tyhe crystals get broken and scattered about in the bottom of the pocket and from there they etch themselves and the broken end to look like floaters. 95% of all peg pockets get ruptures or flash and scatter things about and due to spodumenes easy solubility to acids otr what have you they etch the broken ends to look like floaters. When I would get say 10 or 15 kilos of spodumene crystals each time all but say one or two would have etched on both ends to make what ever end was the attachment point indistinguishable. So, they seemed like floaters, all of them, but I think it was due to the etching.

[olelukoe]

am know my friend, what am talking about :)

[VRigatti]

Oleg, your specimens and photos are truly outstanding. Congratulations on a great collection. We have a similar background, I also have a degree in Geology/Geophysics and spent most of my career as a structural geophysicist. Thanks for sharing your collection with the forum.

[olelukoe]

New tourmalines in my collection...