Minerales de China

Calcite

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EB50AJ8: Group of complex Calcite crystals, one of then clearly dominant and mainly with a scalenohedral shape. They are translucent and very bright with a very intense yellow-orange color and are on matrix.

Nandan, Hechi Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region China (2005)

Specimen size: 14.9 × 10.7 × 7 cm = 5.9” × 4.2” × 2.8”

Main crystal size: 14.9 × 7.5 cm = 5.9” × 3.0”

Minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of Raúl Sanabria

Inesite with Hubeite

MG67AJ4: Hubeite crystals with a very good length for the species. They are very well defined and bright with a dark brown color and implanted on very fine Inesite crystals that are between translucent and transparent, bright and with an intense pink color. The Chinese Hubeites that even during their best times were scarce are currently very difficult to find.

Fengjiashan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province China

Specimen size: 11.2 × 9 × 4 cm = 4.4” × 3.5” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.5” × 0.1”

Former collection of Miguel Salvador Robles

Calcite with Pyrite

TT89AE3: Two generations of Calcite crystals, one of them in small white scalenohedral crystals and the other in two large, colorless, clear and very bright crystals with the faces of a dominant scalenohedron and terminal rhombohedron. They are on matrix, with cubic Pyrite crystals. A very elegant sample, very different from specimens previously seen from the locality.

Fengjiashan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province China (2015)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 7.4 × 8.6 cm = 4.6” × 2.9” × 3.4”

Main crystal size: 7.6 × 5.1 cm = 3.0” × 2.0”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV

Valentinite with Quartz

MA89AG7: Spheroidal aggregates of radial Valentinite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, very bright, with a color between yellow and orange, both intense and uniform. On a rocky matrix with Quartz coatings.

Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Lengshuijiang, Loudi Prefecture, Hunan Province China (2016)

Specimen size: 9.1 × 8.9 × 3.5 cm = 3.6” × 3.5” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.3” × 0.3”

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Scheelite with Fluorite, Quartz and Calcite

EF97AC6: Dipyramidal Scheelite crystals with a very good smoky color, an unusual shape, flattened and with parallel growths, with very well defined faces and edges, very bright and on matrix, with Quartz, Calcite and small cubic Fluorite crystals.

Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province China (2012)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.5 × 1.7 cm = 2.0” × 1.4” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 1.6 cm = 1.1” × 0.6”

Intense fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV

Stannite with Arsenopyrite and Quartz

AF27Q0: Botryoidal growths of Stannite crystals whose faces and edges have very pronounced curvatures, of deep grey color, with very well defined crystals of Arsenopyrite and Quartz. The piece has a slight fissure but the matrix is stable. The Stannite, which in this locality is easily confused with Sphalerite, has been properly analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.

Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province China(2004)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.4 × 3.9 cm = 2.4” × 2.1” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”

Former collection of Josep Amigó (Silvane)

Acanthite with Silver

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EC48K0: Very stylized group of deformed cubic crystals. Hooked and coiled wirelike crystals of native Silver contrast with the darker Acanthite.

66 line Mine, Gaoliangchun, Lingqiu, Datong Prefecture, Shanxi Province China (2007)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2 × 2.6 cm = 1.5” × 0.8” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1 cm = 0.6” × 0.4”

Acanthite with Silver

EA56K0: Group of cuboctahedral crystals with strange curvatures and deformations. Hooked and coiled wirelike crystals of native Silver contrast with the darker Acanthite.

66 line Mine, Gaoliangchun, Lingqiu, Datong Prefecture, Shanxi Province China (2007)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.8 × 3.6 cm = 1.5” × 1.1” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”

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Chalcopyrite with Tetrahedrite

TF88X5: Sharp short disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals with a false appearance of the tetrahedron. They have parallel growths, are extraordinarily bright and have very well defined faces and edges. They are on matrix with brown strongly flattened lenticular Siderite crystals and with small white Dolomite crystals and colorless crystals of Calcite on the back.

Kaiwu Mine, Hezhang, Bijie Prefecture, Guizhou Province China (2012)

Specimen size: 8 × 6.5 × 6.3 cm = 3.1” × 2.6” × 2.5”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

Spessartine con Feldespato

ME36Z9: Druse with spheroidal aggregates of very well defined trapezohedral Spessartine crystals. On a feldspar matrix, they are between translucent and transparent, very bright and have a very intense and uniform orange color. Relatively common just a few years ago, this kind of Spessartine is quickly disappearing from the mineral market.

Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province China

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.5 × 2.3 cm = 2.4” × 2.2” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”

Helvine with Spessartine and Chlorite

MH89X4: Very sharp Helvine crystals formed by the positive and negative rhombohedron, with the color between dark honey brown and yellow and implanted on a matrix coated by leafy aggregates of Chlorite and with orange trapezohedral Spessartine crystals. The species has been analyzed and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.

Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province China (±2004)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.1 × 3.5 cm = 3.2” × 2.0” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.9 cm = 0.8” × 0.7”

Manganese oxides after Helvine with Spessartine

TR50V2: Manganese oxides after tetrahedral crystals of Helvine. On a matrix with small crystals of Spessartine that also partially coat the former Helvine. These samples were initially described as the species “Helvine” but later they were confirmed as pseudomorphous after Helvine.

Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province China (2005)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.3 × 2.4 cm = 2.2” × 1.7” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.4” × 0.8”

Calcita con inclusiones

TT51AE9: Floater aggregate of thick tabular Calcite crystals with clear and very bright prismatic faces and a greatly flattened terminal rhombohedron, transparent in the interior and whitish and translucent on their borders. We especially note the unusual crystalline morphology of the sample, but typical for this locality.

Lishui Prefecture, Zhejiang Province China (2009)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.3 × 5.2 cm = 2.4” × 1.7” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 4.9 × 4 cm = 1.9” × 1.6”

Minor fluorescence short UV

Calcite with inclusions

TA71AF1: Floater aggregate of crystals that have a thick tabular shape, with clear and very bright prismatic faces, with inclusions, and a greatly flattened terminal rhombohedron, transparent in the interior and whitish and translucent on their borders. We especially note the unusual morphology of the crystals and, typical for this locality, the curious “mossy” inclusions of, very probably, iron oxides.

Lishui Prefecture, Zhejiang Province China (2009)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 3.4 × 3.8 cm = 3.4” × 1.3” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 2.7 cm = 1.7” × 1.1”

Minor fluorescence short UV

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TQ49Z7: Aggregate of elongated octahedral crystals with skeletal and hollow growths but with very well defined crystalline forms. The crystals are extraordinarily bright and have a very intense color.

Dongbeizhai Mine, Songpan, Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province China

Specimen size: 1.1 × 0.9 × 0.5 cm = 0.4” × 0.4” × 0.2”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.4” × 0.1”

Gold

TP90Z7: Floater octahedral crystal, elongated, very flattened, and with hollow growths but with very well defined crystalline forms.

Dongbeizhai Mine, Songpan, Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province China

Specimen size: 1.9 × 0.8 × 0.2 cm = 0.7” × 0.3” × 0.1”

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Gold with Quartz

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TX26AF0: Very aerial growth with elongated forms and very well defined octahedral crystals with hoppered faces. Some of the Quartz matrix remains dispersed throughout the Gold crystals

Dongbeizhai Mine, Songpan, Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province China (2014-2015)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 1.2” × 0.8” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.1 cm = 0.2” × 0.0”

Weight: 8.8 grams

Cassiterite with Quartz

TR87V4: Transparent crystal of Cassiterite with a very transparent brown color. It is very bright and shows an uncommon morphology due to its extraordinary flatness. It is on Quartz matrix.

Amo, Ximeng, Yunnan China (08/2011)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.7 × 1.7 cm = 2.0” × 1.9” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.3 cm = 1.2” × 0.9”

Casiterita con Cuarzo

TP70AA0: Transparent cyclic twinned crystals with very well defined faces and edges, transparent, with a brown color and toasted honey reflections and on a Quartz matrix. Good Cassiterite samples from this locality are currently very scarce, especially, as in this case, for crystals free of damage.

Amo, Ximeng, Yunnan China (2013)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.8 × 4.4 cm = 2.1” × 1.9” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 2 × 2 cm = 0.8” × 0.8”

Calcita

TR94R9: Group of acute scalenohedral crystals of Calcite that formed on a stalactitic growth with a very neat central cannel.

Wenshan area, Yunnan China (09/2008)

Specimen size: 16.2 × 10.4 × 10.4 cm = 6.4” × 4.1” × 4.1”

Main crystal size: 7.2 × 2.7 cm = 2.8” × 1.1”

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Scorodite con Pirita

MF89W5: Sharp dipyramidal crystals of Scorodite. They are translucent, have a color between blue-green and green, have a considerable size and are on matrix, with small crystals of Pyrite.

Pingtouling Mine, Liannan, Qingyuan Prefecture, Guangdong Province China

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.8 × 4.3 cm = 3.3” × 2.7” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

Guilin area

Piromorfita

EQ3AI8: Floater group of Pyromorphite crystals, some of them having a very well defined hexagonal shape and others with hollow growths and some unusual flat shapes and crystalline deformations. The luster is extraordinary, among the best for the Daoping mine, and the color, a uniform apple green, is intense.

The sample is from the Raúl Sanabria collection whose label we will send to the buyer.

Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region China (±2012)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.3 × 2.5 cm = 2.4” × 1.7” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 1 cm = 1.1” × 0.4”

Minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of Raúl Sanabria

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Piromorfita

EG54AJ8: Druse, on matrix, of slightly tapered Pyromorphite crystals with deep hollow terminations. They have greasy luster and a uniform clear green color.

Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region China (2016)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 8.6 × 5.5 cm = 3.6” × 3.4” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1 cm = 0.7” × 0.4”

Euro:960 / US$1082 / Yen:117370 / AUD$1552

Piromorfita

TH67T2: Group of crystals with slightly curved faces and edges, with excellent terminations and most of them doubly terminated, very bright and with excellent color, very uniform.

Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region China (2009)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.1 × 2.1 cm = 1.0” × 0.8” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.4 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

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TE57N9: Very aerial group of crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with multiple terminations as pinacoid. Their luster and color, very vivid and uniform, are excellent.

Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region China (2009)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm = 1.1” × 0.9” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1 cm = 0.7” × 0.4”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Piromorfita

EQ46X3: Very aerial miniature formed by divergent aggregates of very elongated prismatic crystals, almost acicular but with good terminations. Those crystals show a good luster and a uniform apple-green color.

Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region China (2010)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3 × 2.5 cm = 1.5” × 1.2” × 1.0”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Plumbogummite with Pyromorphite

TE17Z6: Botryoidal Plumbogummite growths, with velvety surfaces and a very deep and intense bluish-greenish color, coating a matrix of yellow Pyromorphite crystals. Due to the softness of the surfaces the sample has some small whitish points produced by light scuffs. Both the Plumbogummite and Pyromorphite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of both analyses to the buyer.

Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region China (2014)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.2” × 0.9” × 0.9”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Plumbogummite with Pyromorphite

TF47Z6: Botryoidal Plumbogummite growths, with velvety surfaces and a very deep and intense bluish-greenish color, coating a matrix of yellow Pyromorphite crystals. Due to the softness of the surfaces the sample has some small whitish points produced by light scuffs. Both the Plumbogummite and Pyromorphite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of both analyses to the buyer.

Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region China (2014)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.3” × 1.3” × 0.9”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Pyromorphite with Plumbogummite

MP48AA7: Aggregate of Pyromorphite crystals, on matrix, with parallel growths and slight curvatures on their faces and edges, with a yellowish green color and coated by bluish-green Plumbogummite with yellowish shades in some areas. Both the Pyromorphite and the Plumbogummite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.

Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region China (02/2014)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.6 × 1.8 cm = 1.3” × 1.0” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.7” × 0.1”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Pyromorphite with Plumbogummite

MK87AA7: Aggregate of Pyromorphite crystals with parallel growths and slight curvatures on their faces and edges, with a yellowish green color and coated by bluish-green Plumbogummitewith yellowish shades in some areas. Both the Pyromorphite and the Plumbogummite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.

Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region China (02/2014)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.9 × 2.1 cm = 1.5” × 1.1” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.7 cm = 0.5” × 0.3”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Pyromorphite with Plumbogummite

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TC94AB6: Parallel aggregate of elongated Pyromorphite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with hollowed terminations and partially coated and embedded by bluish Plumbogummite. The samples are from a very recent find and have different morphological characteristics compared to those previously known. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.

Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region China (01/2015)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.3 × 2.6 cm = 2.2” × 1.3” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 4 × 1.5 cm = 1.6” × 0.6”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV

Pyromorphite and Plumbogummite

TA50AB6: Fanlike aggregate of elongated Pyromorphite crystals with hollowed terminations and partially coated and embedded by intense sky blue Plumbogummite. The samples are from a very recent find and have different morphological characteristics compared to those previously known. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.

Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region China (01/2015)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm = 2.2” × 2.0” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.9 cm = 0.8” × 0.4”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV

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Pyromorphite with Plumbogummite

ET53AI4: Divergent aggregates of very large Pyromorphite crystals with very well defined skeletal terminations, coated and almost completely replaced by pale blue Plumbogummite. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.

Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region China (2017)

Specimen size: 7 × 6.8 × 3.9 cm = 2.8” × 2.7” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1 cm = 0.9” × 0.4”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV

Mount Xuebaoding

Scheelite with Fluorite and Muscovite

MH21AJ8: Complete and partially dipyramidal Scheelite crystal that is translucent, very bright and has a very intense orange color. It is partially coated by laminar Muscovite crystals and white cubic Fluorite crystals.

Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province China (2016)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.9 × 6 cm = 2.6” × 2.3” × 2.4”

Extremely fluorescent short UV

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Scheelite with Muscovite

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MD91AJ8: A partially dipyramidal Scheelite crystal that is translucent, very bright and has a very intense orange color. It is with a fan-like group of laminar Muscovite crystals.

Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province China

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.4 × 4 cm = 3.0” × 2.5” × 1.6”

Extremely fluorescent short UV

Euro:640 / US$721 / Yen:78250 / AUD$1035

Scheelite with Beryl (variety goshenite) and Muscovite

CF51AF3: Group of very sharp dipyramidal Scheelite crystals that are translucent, extraordinarily bright and have an unusually intense and deep orange color. They are on matrix with platy Muscovite crystals and flat, transparent Beryl (goshenite variety) crystals.

Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province China

Specimen size: 7.9 × 7.5 × 3.2 cm = 3.1” × 3.0” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2.2 cm = 0.9” × 0.9”

Very fluorescent short UV

Scheelite with Muscovite

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TT50AE1: Very sharp dipyramidal Scheelite crystals, with parallel growths, translucent, very bright, with a color between yellow and orange and implanted on a matrix of Muscovite crystals.

Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province China

Specimen size: 8 × 5 × 5.5 cm = 3.1” × 2.0” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 6 × 5.7 cm = 2.4” × 2.2”

Extremely fluorescent short UV

Cassiterite with Muscovite

TM37AF6: Isolated groups of twinned Cassiterite crystals with very well defined forms. The highly lustrous crystals are implanted on a rocky matrix coated by sharp, bright, laminar Muscovite crystals. Because of its size and quality, this could be called a “museum” specimen.

Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province China

Specimen size: 16.7 × 16.5 × 6.2 cm = 6.6” × 6.5” × 2.4”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 3.6 cm = 1.5” × 1.4”

Former collection of José Luis Vallecillo

Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Muscovite

TZ99AA0: Aggregate of thick tabular crystals very rich in forms. They are transparent, extraordinarily bright and have a very uniform sky-blue color. They are on matrix with aggregates of very Sharp small Muscovite crystals.

Pingwu Mine, Huya township, Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province China (2013)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 3.7 × 4.2 cm = 3.4” × 1.5” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 1.9 cm = 1.1” × 0.7”

Slight fluorescence in the corners

Fluorite

Fluorite with Calcite and Quartz

MC50AJ4: Cubo-octahedral Fluorite crystal with smooth cube faces and the octahedron has polycrystalline growths. It is transparent, very bright and has a very intense lilac color, darker on cubic faces. The crystal, implanted on a Quartz matrix, is coated by white scalenohedral Calcite crystals.

Shangbao Mine, Leiyang, Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province China

Specimen size: 9.4 × 8.1 × 4.6 cm = 3.7” × 3.2” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.9 cm = 1.2” × 1.1”

Calcite fluorescent short UV

Fluorite with Quartz

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MF70AJ1: A novelty at Tucson 2019. Fluorite crystals with the dominant faces of the dodecahedron, with slightly rough surfaces that are with smaller and smooth cube faces. The crystals, very transparent and bright, are dichroic and their color varies from the blue to the green depending on the kind of light that is used. On a matrix with small Quartz crystals.

Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province China (2018)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.2 × 4.6 cm = 3.1” × 2.4” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.6 cm = 1.6” × 1.4”

Fluorita con Cuarzo

MZ74AH1: Globular Fluorite Crystal of great size. It is translucent with deep green color and white inclusions and is implanted on a crystalline Quartz matrix.

Guxian, Minggang, Shihe District, Xinyang Prefecture, Henan Province China (2016)

Especimen tamaño: 10 × 9.7 × 4.7 cm = 3.9” × 3.8” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 6.3 × 5.4 cm = 2.5” × 2.1”

Fluorescente larga & corta UV

Fluorita con Calcita

TY1AE8: A novelty at Tucson 2017. Fluorite crystals that are composed of the very well balanced forms of the cube and the octahedron. Transparent and very bright, they have a very deep and uniform blue color and are on matrix with white scalenohedral Calcite crystals.

Shizhuyuan Mine, Dongpo, Yizhang District, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province China (2016)

Specimen size: 12.3 × 7.1 × 3.5 cm = 4.8” × 2.8” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.5” × 0.5”

Calcite fluorescent short UV

Fluorite with Baryte

EB68AE8: Double elongated cluster of cubic Fluorite crystals beveled by the faces of the dodecahedron. They are translucent, with lilac color on their faces and strongly saturated violet color on the edges. They are partially coated by Baryte and they growth around a Stibnite crystal that is partially visible by transparence.

Weishan, Dali Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province China(2016)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.5 × 2.7 cm = 1.9” × 1.8” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

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Fluorite with Baryte

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EC66AE8: Elongated cluster of cubic Fluorite crystals that have clear lilac color on their faces and dark purple on their edges. They are partially coated on the back by Baryte with hoppered surfaces and they have grown around a Stibnite crystal that is partially visible through the transparent Fluorite.

Weishan, Dali Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province China (2016)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 2.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.1” × 0.9” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

Octahedral Fluorite with Quartz and Calcite

JR50X5: Group of very well defined octahedral crystals with clear green color, polycrystalline growths on their faces and small cubic recrystallizations on some of their octahedral points.

Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province China (±2000)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 6.5 × 6 cm = 3.7” × 2.6” × 2.4”

Main crystal size: 6 × 4.5 cm = 2.4” × 1.8”

Minor fluorescence long UV

Fluorite with Calcite

TM16X6: Aggregate of very sharp cubic crystals that are very bright and have very well marked phantom growths, translucent in the central area and transparent on the edges. They have an intense and uniform green color. A great decorative sample.

Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province China (1998)

Specimen size: 16 × 12.5 × 5.7 cm = 6.3” × 4.9” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 4.1 cm = 1.7” × 1.6”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Fluorite with Quartz

TZ72J8: Group of cubic crystals, very transparent and extraordinarily bright, with echeloned growths on vertices and a very well marked zonation of color on corners and edges. The matrix is a group of Quartz crystals.

Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province China

Specimen size: 18 × 9 × 6.2 cm = 7.1” × 3.5” × 2.4”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 4.2 cm = 1.8” × 1.7”

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (excl. Huanggang)

Roweite with Olshanskyite, Andradite and Calcite

EF89AF9: Aggregates of laminar Roweite crystals of great size and quality for what has been known of this species. They are on matrix, with colorless and translucent Olshanskyite crystals and small Andradite crystals. The Roweite crystals, that are well differentiated, have a light creamy color with very well defined faces and edges. The quality of the specimens is undoubtedly superior to what was previously known, both for the individuality of the crystals and for their sharpness, but also for the size of the crystals and their association with first class Olshanskyite which makes them deserving to be in the best private collections and museums. We have analyzed specimens to confirm the identity of the species and we will send a copy of the different species to buyers.

Shijiangshan Mine, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia A.R. China (04/2017)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 3.9 × 2.9 cm = 2.6” × 1.5” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

Roweite with Olshanskyite and Andradite

MT52AI0: Aggregates of between laminar and tabular Roweite crystals of great size and quality for what has been known for the species. They are on matrix with small Andradite crystals. The Roweite crystals are well differentiated and have well defined faces and edges with a light creamy color and are partially coated by groups of white Olshanskyite crystals. The quality of these specimens is undoubtedly superior to what was previously known, both for the individuality of the crystals and for their sharpness, but also for their crystal size which makes them deserving to be in the best private collections and museums. We have analyzed samples to confirm the identity of the different species and we’ll send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.

Shijiangshan Mine, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia A.R. China(04/2017)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 5.9 × 4.4 cm = 3.0” × 2.3” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.8” × 0.6”

Olshanskyite

EV28AI0: Druse, on matrix, of well-differentiated elongated crystals that are transparent, colorless and extraordinarily bright with very sharp crystalline forms. On the Olshanskyite small Andradite crystals have grown. The Olshanskyite from the Shijiangshan mine was previously well-known for its quality, largely overtaking the best known to date for the species, but a recent find has raised the roof of quality to unforeseen levels. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.

Shijiangshan Mine, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia A.R. China (04/2017)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.4 × 3.8 cm = 1.9” × 1.7” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.2 cm = 0.4” × 0.1”

Olshanskyite with Andradite

EX87AI0: Druse, on matrix, of well-differentiated elongated crystals that are transparent, colorless and extraordinarily bright with very sharp crystalline forms. On the Olshanskyite small Andradite crystals have grown. The Olshanskyite from the Shijiangshan mine was previously well-known for its quality, largely overtaking the best known to date for the species, but a recent find has raised the roof of quality to unforeseen levels. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.

Shijiangshan Mine, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia A.R. China (04/2017)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.2 × 2.3 cm = 2.8” × 2.0” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

Quartz with Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite

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TM47AF7: Aggregates of Chalcopyrite crystals with tetrahedral morphology and superficially substituted and recrystallized by Sphalerite. The Chalcopyrite-Sphalerite aggregates are implanted on a transparent Quartz crystal.

East Ujimqin Banner (Dongwu Qi), Xilin Gol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (05/2016)

Specimen size: 15.3 × 3.7 × 3.2 cm = 6.0” × 1.5” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 0.7” × 0.7”

Quartz with Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite

TX69AF7: Chalcopyrite crystals with tetrahedral morphology superficially substituted for and recrystallized by Sphalerite. The Chalcopyrite-Sphalerite crystals are implanted on a transparent Quartz crystal.

East Ujimqin Banner (Dongwu Qi), Xilin Gol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (05/2016)

Specimen size: 19.8 × 5 × 4.1 cm = 7.8” × 2.0” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.6” × 0.6”

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Quartz with Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite

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TK48AF7: Chalcopyrite crystals with tetrahedral morphology superficially substituted for and recrystallized by Sphalerite. The Chalcopyrite-Sphalerite crystals are implanted on a transparent Quartz crystal.

East Ujimqin Banner (Dongwu Qi), Xilin Gol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (05/2016)

Specimen size: 20.3 × 3.2 × 3.4 cm = 8.0” × 1.3” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.7” × 0.6”

Quartz with Hematite

MR50AE9: A novelty at Tucson 2017. Translucent quartz crystals that are between white and colorless, with zones of intense pinkish color due to Hematite staining, and with rosette aggregates (iron rose variety) of laminar Hematite crystals. We’ll send a copy of the Hematite analysis to the buyer. Due to their similarity to the samples from the Huanggang mines they can easily be confused with those.

East Ujimqin Banner (Dongwu Qi), Xilin Gol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2016)

Specimen size: 21.5 × 8.5 × 7.8 cm = 8.5” × 3.3” × 3.1”

Main crystal size: 21.5 × 4.8 cm = 8.5” × 1.9”

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Rhodonite with manganoan Tremolite

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MM87V2: Group of laminar crystals of Rhodonite showing parallel growths and rosettes, with very intense pink color and brownish concretionary growths of manganoan Tremolite. Both species have been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.

This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2012 Tucson Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 104, page 39

Chaobuleng Mine, East Ujimqin Banner (Dongwu Qi), Xilin Gol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2011)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 5.1 × 2.8 cm = 2.1” × 2.0” × 1.1”

Huanggang Mines

Löllingite with Dolomite

CT26AI7: Rosettes of lenticular Löllingite crystals with polycrystalline growths, very well defined for the species. They are bright and have a single rhombohedral Dolomite crystal attached. The sample is from the Carlos Curto collection whose original label and also a copy of the computer card with the full text in the collection catalog we’ll send to the buyer.

Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (±2014)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.6 × 3.8 cm = 2.1” × 1.8” × 1.5”

Calcite fluorescent short UV

Former collection of Carles Curto

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Löllingite with Fluorite, Magnetite and Calcite

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TY87W1: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Crystals of Löllingite, very well defined for the species, with polycrystalline growths, very bright, with clear colorless crystals of Fluorite showing the forms of the dodecahedron, the octahedron and the cube, all them well defined. They are on matrix, with Magnetite. The sample has been analyzed and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.

Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2011)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.6 × 4.3 cm = 2.6” × 2.2” × 1.7”

Löllingite with Arsenopyrite, Quartz, Magnetite and Calcite

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EX66AG9: Löllingite crystal with strongly curved edges, completely coated by equant Arsenopyrite crystals and on matrix, with aggregates of Quartz crystals.

Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2012)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.5 × 4.7 cm = 2.7” × 2.2” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 6 × 4.6 cm = 2.4” × 1.8”

Löllingite with Fluorite, Magnetite and Calcite

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TX88W1: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Crystals of Löllingite, very well defined for the species, with polycrystalline growths, very bright, with clear colorless crystals of Fluorite showing the forms of the dodecahedron, the octahedron and the cube, all them well defined. They are on matrix, with Magnetite. The sample has been analyzed and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.

Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2011)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.5 × 4.9 cm = 2.8” × 2.2” × 1.9”

Löllingite with Fluorite and Arsenopyrite

TD87Y4: Löllingite crystals with polycrystalline growths, extraordinarily defined and with good size for the species. They are on a Magnetite matrix, with small Arsenopyrite crystals and an octahedral, clear and colorless Fluorite crystal.

Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2012)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm = 3.0” × 2.6” × 2.4”

Main crystal size: 5.8 × 5.7 cm = 2.3” × 2.2”

Löllingite with Arsenopyrite, Magnetite, Fluorite and Calcite

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TV69W1: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Group of very bright crystals of Löllingite with polycrystalline growths. They have an extraordinary size for the species and have radial, not epitactic, dipyramidal crystals of Arsenopyrite on the surfaces of their faces. They are on matrix, with Calcite, Fluorite and Magnetite. Both the Löllingite and Arsenopyrite have been analyzed and we'll send a copy of both analyses to the buyer.

Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2011)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 5.8 × 4.4 cm = 3.3” × 2.3” × 1.7”

Löllingite with Magnetite and Calcite

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TT88W1: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Group of crystals of Löllingite, very well defined for the species, with polycrystalline growths, very bright, and with some radial, not epitactic, small dipyramidal crystals of Arsenopyrite on the surface of their faces. They are on matrix, with Calcite and Magnetite. Both the Löllingite and Arsenopyrite have been analyzed and we'll send a copy of both analyses to the buyer.

Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2011)

Specimen size: 9 × 6.7 × 4.5 cm = 3.5” × 2.6” × 1.8”

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Quartz (variety prase) with Hematite and Quartz

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TR97AC9: Divergent polycrystalline growths of prase Quartz, bright and with very well defined faces and edges and small rosette growths of laminar Hematite crystals.

Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2013)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 9.2 × 8 cm = 4.2” × 3.6” × 3.1”

Main crystal size: 7.8 × 2.9 cm = 3.1” × 1.1”

Quartz (variety prase)

EA72AE6: Very well defined spear-shaped crystals that are dipyramidal, with absent prismatic faces. They are bright with an intense green color due to inclusions, probably Actinolite and/or Hedenbergite. On the sample there is Quartz with a very different shape, probably a first growth phase, a coating or a substitution of Calcite crystals which have disappeared. The Quartz has formed parallel polycrystalline growths with flattened, almost laminar forms filling and following the empty spaces left by the earlier Calcite.

Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2016)

Specimen size: 13.6 × 11.4 × 6.2 cm = 5.4” × 4.5” × 2.4”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2.3 cm = 0.9” × 0.9”

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Fluorite with Dolomite and Pyrite

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MK90X5: Group of clear and extraordinarily bright Fluorite crystals. They are morphologically complex, as they have equilibrated growth of the cube, the octahedron and the dodecahedron. The sample, also rich in inclusions, is with small Pyrite and Dolomite crystals. We note that the photograph doesn’t do justice to the exemplary, very much better, beauty of the piece.

Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2012)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 4.5 × 4 cm = 3.0” × 1.8” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 3.9 × 3.7 cm = 1.5” × 1.5”

Octahedral Fluorite with Calcite

MC26AE6: Extraordinarily sharp octahedral Fluorite crystals on matrix. They are very clear and bright, colorless, and are with thick tabular Calcite crystals. The sample has a great quality, both for the species and for the best known from this locality.

Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2014)

Specimen size: 19.5 × 8.5 × 6.5 cm = 7.7” × 3.3” × 2.6”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3 cm = 1.6” × 1.2”

Scheelite on Magnetite

TT7AC4: Single Scheelite crystal on a matrix of very well developed dodecahedral Magnetite crystals. The Scheelite, with a white color and dipyramidal shape, has very well defined faces and edges, is translucent, bright and has noticeable Molybdenite inclusions that create grayish areas that give the crystal a kind of different fluorescence. The sample has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.

Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2014)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.2 × 2.3 cm = 1.5” × 1.3” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 2 × 2 cm = 0.8” × 0.8”

Intense fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV

Ilvaite with Quartz

MB99R5: A novelty in Munich 2010. Divergent growths and parallel growths of bright crystals of Ilvaite, with very well defined faces and edges with perfect terminations and small coatings of Quartz.

Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (10/2010)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 2 × 2 cm = 2.5” × 0.8” × 0.8”

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Ilvaite with Quartz

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MV34R5: A novelty in Munich 2010. Aggregate of prismatic crystals with slightly curved edges. They are very bright and have big polycrystalline terminations and small coatings of Quartz.

Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (10/2010)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.2 × 5.2 cm = 2.7” × 2.0” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 3.8 cm = 2.4” × 1.5”

Ilvaite with Hedenbergite

EB39Y8: Parallel growth, slightly divergent, of very bright elongated crystals with very well defined faces and edges, perfect terminations and a small growth of Hedenbergite crystals at the base. This Ilvaite has much better quality than most Huanggang samples, which are generally more matte-textured and rough.

Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2013)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 2.5 × 1.9 cm = 3.0” × 1.0” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 7 × 1.6 cm = 2.8” × 0.6”

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Ilvaite

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MX52X4: Group of crystals with very well defined faces and edges, perfect terminations, a good size, and especially with a splendid luster. The supply of samples with these characteristics has currently decreased because most of the pieces now seen have a dull matte luster.

Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (10/2010)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 4 × 3.7 cm = 3.1” × 1.6” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 7.8 × 3.7 cm = 3.1” × 1.5”

Ilvaite with octahedral Fluorite and Quartz

MA66AD2: Aggregate of very thick short prismatic crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are partially coated by small octahedral Fluorite crystals and are on a Quartz matrix. The crystals are really large, and brighter than usual with Ilvaite from this mine whose samples are progressively scarce.

Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2013)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 8.5 × 10.5 cm = 4.1” × 3.3” × 4.1”

Quartz with inclusions, Calcite-Dolomite and Magnetite

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EF97AA5: Parallel growths of dipyramidal Quartz crystals with sceptered terminations, some of them doubly terminated. Some of the crystals have no prism faces and such crystals have sometimes been erroneously described as β-Quartz. The crystals are very rich in inclusions and are partially coated by aggregates of acicular carbonate crystals and by Magnetite.

Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2014)

Specimen size: 11.6 × 6.9 × 4.2 cm = 4.6” × 2.7” × 1.7”

Calcite fluorescent short UV

Quartz

TT96W2: Parallel growth of crystals with a dipyramidal habit, sometimes erroneously described as β-Quartz. They are translucent, rich with inclusions, and have very well defined faces and edges.

Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2012)

Specimen size: 12.3 × 4.7 × 4 cm = 4.8” × 1.9” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 4 cm = 1.7” × 1.6”

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Quartz with inclusions, Magnetite and Calcite

Side EV50AA8: Divergent parallel growths of Quartz crystals with dipyramidal-shaped sceptered terminations, and very rich with inclusions, with Magnetite and Calcite. Most of the crystals have no prism faces and such crystals have sometimes been erroneously described as β-Quartz.

Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2014)

Specimen size: 15.5 × 7.1 × 4.6 cm = 6.1” × 2.8” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 7.1 × 1.6 cm = 2.8” × 0.6”

Calcite fluorescent short UV

Sphalerite on Arsenopyrite

TT37AC4: Very aerial aggregate, on matrix, of Sphalerite crystals with rounded and poorly defined faces. The crystals are translucent, with a clear yellow color, and with small but very sharp Arsenopyrite crystals.

Huanggang Mines, shaft 5, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (10/2014)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.1 × 2.9 cm = 2.0” × 1.6” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 0.8” × 0.6”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Sphalerite with Arsenopyrite, Calcite and Magnetite

TJ29AC4: Twinned Sphalerite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, with a greenish-yellow color and on matrix, with very sharp and bright Arsenopyrite crystals, lenticular Calcite and small Magnetite crystals.

Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2013)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5.5 × 2.5 cm = 2.2” × 2.2” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.2 cm = 0.7” × 0.5”

Genthelvite with Quartz and Calcite

MP56AE1: Very aerial aggregate of very sharp tetrahedral Genthelvite crystals with a salmon color and partially coated by Calcite and microcrystalline Quartz. The analysis gives Genthelvite both on the crystal surfaces and in the interior. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.

Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2012)

Specimen size: 4 × 3 × 3.2 cm = 1.6” × 1.2” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.3 cm = 0.8” × 0.5”

Genthelvite with Calcite and Chlorite

EN99Y6: Very aerial group, on a Calcite matrix, of very sharp tetrahedral crystals with a clear salmon color and zonal growth. The analysis indicates that both the external zone and the inner crystal are Genthelvite. We’ll send a copy of both analyses to the buyer.

Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (±2012)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.6 × 3.8 cm = 1.6” × 1.4” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV