Mineral Specimens with Fluorite

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CHFLO2-79 - Fluorite on Dolomite - SOLD
Shangbao, Hunan Province, China
miniature, 4.8 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm

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For my taste, the best miniature I have yet seen from this pocket, and a most unusual piece for this mine, with a rich purple color. This is from the dolomite pockets at the end of 2008. The crystal is 3 cm across, translucent, and complete all around. It is SUPERBLY formed, and has a really good contrast with the lustrous dolomite matrix. The chinese dealers and sources valued these purple Shangbao pieces very high, when they came out. This pocket, with the dolomite association, will I think go down with time as one of the great Chinese fluorite finds.

CHFLO2-80 - Fluorite - SOLD
Ruijin, Hunan Province, China
small cabinet, 9.4 x 5.1 x 2.1 cm

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An unusual, thin, elongated plate of intergrown crystals. The color is varied between purple and green hues, sometimes mixed. This is from a small prospect, which has produced very little over the eyars, and was found in 2004-2005

CHFLO2-81 - Fluorite on Quartz - SOLD
Tao Lin, Hunan Province, China
small cabinet, 6.2 x 4.2 x 5.3 cm

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This piece features a solid pedestal of fluorite with a single larger crystal atop, nicely decorated with a sugary coating of quartz on one side, and fat milky crystals on the other, with the green fluorite popping up in between! Unusual.

CHFLO2-82 - Fluorite on Dolomite - $ 350
Shangbao, Hunan Province, China
small cabinet, 6.9 x 6.0 x 3.4 cm

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A most unusual piece for this mine, with a rich purple color. This is from the dolomite pockets at the end of 2008. The crystal is 2.1 cm across, translucent when strongly lit, and intensely purple. There is a really good contrast with the lustrous dolomite matrix and minor bits of sparkling pyrite. The chinese dealers and sources valued these purple Shangbao pieces very high, when they came out. This pocket, with the dolomite association, will I think go down with time as one of the great Chinese fluorite finds.

CHINA122-01 - Fluorite with Chalcopyrite - $ 600
No.359 Vein, 268 area, PiaoTang mine, Ganzhou, Dayu Co., Jiangxi Prov.,China
small cabinet, 7.5 x 7.1 x 5.9 cm

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Perched aesthetically high on its matrix is a lustrous and translucent, pastel-green fluorite octahedron, measuring 3.6 cm in length. It exhibits complex details of secondary growth. Directly under the fluorite crystal are two lustrous, milky quartz crystals, to 1.5 cm in length, which ultimately give way to bright, brassy yellow chalcopyrite crystals underneath . The chalcopyrites reach to 2 cm on a side. This looks for all the world like a classic combo piece from Naica in Mexico, from the 1970s-1980s. Collected 2006-4-10th, and from a prominent and carefully assembled collection of Jiangxi minerals with precise localities.

CHINA122-02 - Fluorite on Quartz with Topaz - $ 1250
ChangLongXiang Tungsten Mine, Ganzhou, ChongYi Co., Jiangxi Prov.,China
small cabinet, 7.0 x 5.5 x 3.7 cm

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An elegant and beautiful combo piece from a rare locale! Two lustrous and translucent, colorless quartz crystals to 7.9 cm in length are literally draped with lustrous and translucent, richly purple-colored fluorite crystals to 1.5 cm across. The larger fluorites clearly exhibit the phantoms and the classic stepped growth and microdetail of surface patterning, often seen in fluorite from Elmwood in Tennessee. Collected 2005-5-24th, and from a prominent and carefully assembled collection of Jiangxi minerals with precise localities. Surprisingly, in a very rare association, there is a 1.5-cm TOPAZ crystal intergrown with and embedded by fluorites, near the base of the specimen.

CHINA122-03 - Fluorite on Quartz - $ 250
PiaoTang mine, Dayu co., Ganzhou city, Jiangxi Prov., China
small cabinet, 8.9 x 5.4 x 4.4 cm

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Three, intergrown cubes of lustrous, partially gemmy, color-zoned fluorite to 2.9 cm on an edge, are aesthetically perched high on a plate of lustrous and colorless quartz. The fluorite cubes are nearly colorless at their cores but are a deeply colored lavender at their edges. Collected 2009-3-21th, and from a prominent and carefully assembled collection of Jiangxi minerals with precise localities.

CHINA122-04 - Fluorite with Chalcopyrite on Quartz - $ 1200
No.359 Vein, 268 area, PiaoTang mine, Ganzhou, Dayu, Jiangxi Prov.,China
small cabinet, 7.6 x 5.2 x 3.5 cm

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An aesthetic combo piece featuring a cluster of lustrous and translucent, pastel-green fluorite cubes, to 2.5 cm across, perched aesthetically on a lustrous, translucent, and colorless quartz crystal. Additionally, there are a couple of brasssy yellow chalcopyrite crystals, to 1.3 cm across. A very unusual Chinese piece that looks like classic old Mexican material from Naica, at first glance! Collected 2004-12-16th, and from a prominent and carefully assembled collection of Jiangxi minerals with precise localities.

CHINA122-05 - Fluorite on Calcite with Dolomite - $ 450
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Prov., China
small cabinet, 9.9 x 7.0 x 6.8 cm

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Emplaced aesthetically on a quartz/dolomite matrtix is a single, lustrous and translucent, JEWEL of a fluorite crystal! It is an exquisitely color-zoned fluorite crystal, measuring 2 cm across and perfect. The fluorite crystal is colored more than one shade of lavender hue, and clearly exhibits a complicated, intricate stepped growth which makes it sparkle. Colorless quartz crystals and saddle shaped dolomite crystals to 1.5 cm in length are also perched on the matrix for accents. 2011 finds.

CHINA122-06 - Fluorite with Chalcopyrite on Quartz - $ 950
No.303 Vein, 268 area, PiaoTang mine, Ganzhou city, Dayu, Jiangxi Prov.,China
small cabinet, 9.4 x 6.3 x 6.2 cm

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A deep green fluorite crystal cluster is perched on a thick crust of terminated milky quartz crystals. Between them is a layer of brassy yellow chalcopyrite crystals, to 9 mm across. The fluorite crystals , to 3 cm, exhibit both pastel green and rich green colors that intermingle for a nice visual effect. The fluorite crystals also exhibit classic stepped growth, for interest. BETTER IN PERSON, this ia a VERY rich green evergreen color. Collected 2005-5-16th, and from a prominent and carefully assembled collection of Jiangxi minerals with precise localities.

CHINA122-09 - Fluorite on Calcite with Dolomite - $ 900
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Prov., China
small cabinet, 9.5 x 8.3 x 4.6 cm

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The COLOR on this piece is just the top, most saturated, grape-jelly purple you can ask for in a mineral specimen! Perched aesthetically high on a matrix of sparkling white calcite, quartz and cream-colored dolomite is a single lustrous and translucent, deeply-saturated crystal of fluorite, measuring 2.5 cm across. This crystal also exhibits classic stepped growth complexity on all but the top, apex faces. As an added bonus, there is an equant, brassy yellow pyrite crystal, that measures 1 cm across, at the bottom - just to have more species on one piece.

CHINA122-10 - Fluorite on Calcite - $ 400
ChangLongXiang Tungsten Mine, Ganzhou city, ChongYi co., Jiangxi Prov.,China
small cabinet, 8.4 x 5.2 x 3.3 cm

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A cute, sculptural piece! Cubes of lustrous and translucent, lilac-colored fluorite, to 2 cm across, are perched in a cluster upon lustrous and translucent, white calcite. A few fluorite crystals exhibit dark lavender color centers or phantoms. An unusual locality piece with nice aesthetics, this looks like it could be from Yaogangxian although the calcite association style is a bit unusual for there. Collected 2006-3-10th, and from a prominent and carefully assembled collection of Jiangxi minerals with precise localities.

CHINA122-12 - Fluorite - $ 600
No.3 Vein, 388 area, PiaoTang mine, Ganzhou city, Dayu, Jiangxi Prov.,China
small cabinet, 7.1 x 5.3 x 3.3 cm

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Intergrown crystals of fluorite, to 3 cm across, exhibit glassy terminal faces and gemmy cores. The fluorites exhibit a rich palette of colors with light aqua and lavender color centers amidst deeper purple rims. They also clearly show the complex stepped growth so prevalent in some fluorite. Collected 2006-5-20th, and from a prominent and carefully assembled collection of Jiangxi minerals with precise localities.

CHINA122-19 - Fluorite stalactite - $ 2400
Yiwu deposit, Yiwu Co., Jinhua Prefecture, Zhejiang Prov., China
cabinet, 12.9 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm

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This specimen is a stalactite growth of stacked cuboctahedrons of lustrous and translucent, rich, grape-juice-purple colored fluorite crystals, to 3.5 cm across. The crystals, when backlit, emit a mesmerizing, incredibly deep raspberry-purple color that this deposit is known for, but which is seldom see in this quality as an overall specimen. I have not seen one with such tall elongated form, and such concentration of fluorite close together, but only rarely. Usually these are dispersed on larger matrix, and seldom form clusters, it seems. Much better in person, and when backlit, although it looks nice in the photos already. As displayed in a normal case with decent halogen lighting , the top should glow as you see here but the body will be dark unless it is placed very close to lighting.

CHINA122-25 - Lollingite with Fluorite and Calcite - $ 2100 SOLD
Huanggangliang mine, Keshiketeng Qi, Chifeng city, Inner Mongolia, China
small cabinet, 8.4 x 6.1 x 6.1 cm

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A rare combination piece with fluorite growing off aesthetic, large lollingite crystals. The lollingites (a species related to arsenopyrite) from this mine are being hailed as best of species material. Spear shaped, lustrous, silvery crystals to 7.9 cm in length host a complex, glassy and gemmy, colorless fluorite crystal ( 2.5 cm in length). A neat combo specimen from recent finds of spring 2012. Unlike most such pieces found, this has dramatic 3-dimensional aesthetics and clearly shows the bladed crystals standing up. Many are either damaged, or flat-laying

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