Minerals from China

Priced up to $200


A505 - Fluorite on Quartz $200

Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China

   

Top quality purple Fluorite cling to one side of a pristine Quartz crystal. Fluorite is very transparent with top luster, some have needle-like inclusions of Jamesonite (or similar mineral), 4.9 x 3 x 3 cm.


A609 - Fluorite, Arsenopyrite, Dolomite $90
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China

   

Fine, near floater grouping of light purple Fluorite cubes, Arsenopyrite in and interlocking 4cm cluster, pearlescent pink Dolomite that wraps all around the backside, and Muscovite, size 5.2 x 4.5 x 4 cm.


A261 - Wulfenite $55
Xichang, Sichuan Prov., China

     

Bright and lustrous yellow Wulfenite crystals to 3mm all over matrix, size 6.2 x 3.5 x 3 cm.


A672 - Copper in Quartz on Prehnite with Chrysocolla $200
Meigu, China

 

   

Copper included within transparent Quartz crystals on green Prehnite with attached small spheres of Chrysocolla. Unusual, colorfull specimen. Size 6 x 3.5 x 3 cm.


A577 - Arsenopyrite with Quartz $45
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Hunan Prov., China

   
Quartz crystal with bright arsenopyrite, 6 x 5 x 4 cm.


A728 - Quartz with Arsenopyrite $35
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Hunan Prov., China

   
Single Quartz crystal atop a 3cm arsenopyrite, 5 x 5 x 5 cm.


A610 - Stibnite with Calcite $175
Henan Prov., China

   

Terminated single Stibnite crystal with attached translucent white Calcite crystals to 2.1 cm wide, size 4.3 x 2 x 1.5 cm.


A452 - Hemimorphite $120
Dulong Mine, Yunnan Prov., China

   

Botryoidal blue Hemimorphite with superb blue color, size 4.8 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm.


A453 - Hemimorphite $90
Dulong Mine, Yunnan Prov., China

   

Botryoidal blue Hemimorphite with dark blue color, size 6 x 5 x 2.5 cm.


A659 - Fluorite, Spessartine, Mica on Orthoclase $80
Tongbei, Fujian Prov., China

   

Transparent light purple Fluorite octahedrons to 8mm wide with orange Spessartine and green coated Mica clusters on tan Orthoclase. I count 6 Fluorites. Colorful mixture of minerals on this specimen, size 8 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm.


A661 - Fluorite, Spessartine, Mica on Orthoclase $100
Tongbei, Fujian Prov., China

   

Transparent light purple/green Fluorite octahedrons to 7mm wide with orange Spessartine and green coated Mica clusters on tan Orthoclase. I count 3 Fluorites. Colorful mixture of minerals on this specimen, size 11 x 9 x 3.5 cm.


A612 - Stibnite with Calcite $125
Henan Prov., China

   

A small bit of matrix serves as the base for a 3cm wide white Calcite crystal with a 4.5 cm Stibnite crystal grown sideways through the Calcite, size 4.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm.


A165 - Inesite with Quartz, Pyrite $150
Hubei Prov., China

   


Red Inesite cluster, 1.2cm, on Quartz with Pyrite crystals. Most Inesite from this locality is pink, this one an undamaged red cluster, size 7 x 5.5 x 4 cm.


A628 - Stannite, Quartz $120
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China

   

Excellent Stannite specimen in the thumbnail size with large, distinct crystals to 9mm set around Quartz crystals with Jamesonite needles and Chalcopyrite for added interest, size 2.8 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm.


A675 - Calcite on Stibnite $50
Henan Prov., China

 

   

Long, terminated Stibnite crystal with an attached 1cm Calcite crystal, 10.5 cm.


A878 - Spessartine on Quartz $170
Tongbei, Fujian Prov., China

   

These Quartz and garnet combos have been coming out of China steadily for a while now, however most of the Quartz, while being a good dark color, are not very transparent. This piece features a 4cm water clear Quartz with attached gemmy orange Spessartine on a matrix with similar Quartz and spessartine. Sawn base, size 7 x 6 x 6 cm.


A390 - Calcite $200
Shizhuyuan, Chenzhou, Hunan, China

   

Large plate of stacked disk shaped pink Calcite crystals. These are sometimes called "poker-chip" crystals as they are stacked up one upon the next, size 21 x 11 x 6 cm.


A907 - Arsenopyrite $55
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China

   

Large intergrown Arsenopyrite crystals across top of matrix. Showy piece, 5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm.


A527 - Spessartine with Orthoclase, Muscovite, Quartz $60

Tongbei, Fujian Province, China

   

Orange Spessartine garnet crystals to 5mm with smokey quartz crystals, muscovite, orthoclase, 5.5 x 5 x 3 cm.


A404 - Fluorite on Ferberite $125
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Prov., China

   

Transparent purple Fluorite crystals on a Ferberite crystal with white Calcite and Chalcopyrite, size 5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm.


A263 - Pyrite on Quartz with Fluorite $150
Shao Guan, Guang Dong Prov., China

     

Spherical mass of Pyrite crystals 4.1cm wide on Quartz crystals with a pale green 1.5cm Fluorite cube, size 7.5 x 6 x 4.5 cm.


A181 - Realgar $75
Shimen Mine, Jiepaiyu, Hunan Province, China

   


Single terminated crystal, intense transparent/translucent red color. A couple nicks but overall in good condition, size 3.8 x 1.7 x 1 cm.


A314 - Spessartine with Quartz $75

Tongbei, Fujian Prov., China

 

 

Gemmy orange Spessartine crystals covering an Orthoclase crystal matrix with a gemmy 3.8cm smokey Quartz crystal rising straight up out of matrix, one mica crystal group also present, size 7.5 x 6 x 4.7 cm.


A962 - Fluorite, Arsenopyrite $70
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Prov., China

     

Mirror lustrous 3cm Arsenopyrite with blue and purple Fluorite cubes and muscovite, super Yaogangxian combo, size 4.8 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm.


A174 - Ferberite $150
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Hunan, China

     

Simply a large, fine single crystal. Somewhat common now, these will soon, if not already, be classics ranking as the worlds best, size 5.5 x 4.5 x 2 cm.


A944 - Arsenopyrite $190
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China

     

Large, well displayed single crystal 3.2 cm wide on muscovite and Quartz. About as good as it gets for a single crystal, size 6 x 7 x 6 cm.


A963 - Azurite $150Sold

Shi Lu Copper Mine, Guangdong Province, China

   

Spherical cluster with crystals projecting out on all sides, one tip (out of many) is damaged, size 6 x 5.5 x 5 cm.


A321 - Arsenopyrite $50

Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Hunan Prov., China

   

Large single arsenopyrite crystal with bright luster, 4.5 x 4.2 x 2 cm.


A619 - Green Quartz $125
Shangbao Mine, Hunan Prov., China

   

Single Green Quartz crystal with particularly good form for the find - flaring out fromt he bottom then coming together in a curved, perfectly symetrical termination. From the new find, size 6.7 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm.


A655 - Stibnite $50
Xikuangshan Antimony Mine, Hunan, China

   

Cluster of bright silvery Stibnite crystals, size 6.5 x 6 x 4 cm.


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