Minerals from China

Priced over $500

Realgar crystals to 2.5 cm with Calcite crystals that rise 3.5cm off matrix. Matrix Realgar specimens with good Calcites were always hard to find. The Realgar veins in this mine a exhausted now, so specimens such as this will be increasingly hard to find, size 12 x 8 x 8 cm.

Bright lime green crystals from the original finds, with a mixture of both large and small crystals, 4.3 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm.

Large red Inesite crystal spray with other areas of Inesite, good clusters of Hubeite (brown), Quartz crystals, and tiny drusy Apophyllite, size 9.5 x 8 x 4 cm.

Classic Cinnabar penetration twin rising up 1.7cm and 1.5 cm wide on Dolomite. Fine quality Cinnabar that glows red when backlit. Fine undamaged piece, Chinese Cinnabar is by far the world's best, get a good one while supplies are still plentiful. Although there is plenty of lower quality material available now, the better ones are few and far between, size 9 x 8 x 4 cm.

Open Dolomite lined vug with a ridge of large, gemmy Cinnabar crystals to 1.2cm running through the center, size 7 x 6.5 x 5 cm.

Exceptional specimen of a 12 cm Quartz crystal with 3 crystal faces covered by orange Inesite crystals and brown Hubeite crystals. The other 3 crystal faces are generally uncovered with an occasioanl pyrite or Hubeite crystal. A large specimen in good condition, size 13 x 4.5 x 3 cm.

Shimen Mine, Jiepaiyu, Hunan Province, China

Large cluster of translucent orange Orpiment crystals. Long crystals, the exposed portions of the crystals reach 5cm. Five Calcite crystals are present tucked within the Orpiment crystals. A big, showy piece with good luster on the Orpiment, size 16 x 11 x 12 cm.