China
A significant number of new finds have been coming out of China and stunning collectors with their beauty. Bright green pyromorphites from Daoping, multi-colored fluorites from De'An, and shocking stibnites from Jiangxi have made Chinese minerals instant favorites among collectors.
Some of the minerals represented here include scheelite, muscovite, fluorite, rhodochrosite, gibbsite, helvite, kesterite, pyromorphite, morganite, silver, babingtonite, prehnite, calcite, ilvaite, quartz, pyrite, dolomite, garnet, hematite, chalcopyrite, azurite, gold, realgar, cinnabar, wulfenite, cassiterite, inestite, hubeite, sphalerite, galena, ferberite, hemimorphite, and others.
Localities like Daoping Mine in Guangxi, Shangbao Mine and Yaogangxian Mine in Hunan, Urumqi Mine in Xinjiang, Baoshan Mine in Yunnan, Huanggang Mine in Inner Mongolia, and De'an Mine in Jiangxi have produced fine minerals and crystals that have made China the new hot collecting location.
For more information on Chinese minerals and culture, you can read a free e-book (originally published by Mineralogical Record) on our Arkenstone Publications page.
- SM24-104
- Cinnabar on Quartz with Dolomite (1990s)
- Tongren Mine, Bijiang Dist., Tongren, Guizhou, China
- Small Cabinet
- 9.0 x 8.9 x 2.7 cm
- $4,500.00
- SM24-100
- Helvine on Microcline with Muscovite
- Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
- Small Cabinet
- 9.3 x 8.2 x 2.9 cm
- $2,750.00
- SM24-094
- Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Baryte
- Wutong Mine, Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
- Small Cabinet
- 6.7 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
- $1,250.00
- SM24-093
- Rhodochrosite with Baryte
- Wutong Mine, Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
- Small Cabinet
- 7.3 x 6.1 x 4.8 cm
- $2,250.00
- SM24-092
- Baryte on Rhodochrosite
- Wutong Mine, Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
- Small Cabinet
- 6.5 x 5.4 x 2.3 cm
- $2,000.00
- SM24-091
- Rhodochrosite intergrown with Baryte
- Wutong Mine, Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
- Miniature
- 5.1 x 4.5 x 3.3 cm
- $2,750.00
- SM24-085
- Pink Fluorite on Arsenopyrite
- Huanggang mines, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
- Small Cabinet
- 7.2 x 6.8 x 6.7 cm
- $9,000.00
- SM24-076
- Topaz on Quartz
- Gaoligong Shan, Nujiang, Yunnan, China
- Small Cabinet
- 8.1 x 8.1 x 7.1 cm
- $14,500.00
- MISC24-061
- Veszelyite
- Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Small Cabinet
- 8.2 x 7.0 x 5.6 cm
- $4,500.00
- MISC24-060
- Veszelyite
- Malipo Co., Wenshan, Yunnan, China
- Cabinet
- 10.2 x 6.0 x 5.3 cm
- $6,500.00
- MISC24-059
- Veszelyite
- Malipo Co., Wenshan, Yunnan, China
- Small Cabinet
- 9.8 x 7.5 x 3.7 cm
- $6,000.00
- MISC24-058
- Veszelyite
- Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Miniature
- 4.4 x 3.5 x 2.2 cm
- $100.00
- MISC24-057
- Veszelyite on Cuprodongchuanite
- Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Miniature
- 4.3 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm
- $950.00
- MISC24-056
- Veszelyite, Cuprodongchuanite, Molybdenite
- Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Small Cabinet
- 6.4 x 5.6 x 4.0 cm
- $400.00
- MISC24-055
- Veszelyite, Molybdenite
- Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Thumbnail
- 2.8 x 2.6 x 1.4 cm
- $125.00
- MISC24-054
- Veszelyite, Dongchuanite, Molybdenite
- Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Small Cabinet
- 8.0 x 6.5 x 3.7 cm
- $300.00
- MISC24-053
- Veszelyite, Cuprodongchuanite, Azurite
- Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Small Cabinet
- 6.2 x 4.1 x 2.0 cm
- $450.00
- MISC24-052
- Veszelyite on Hemimorphite
- Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Miniature
- 4.8 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
- $350.00
- MISC24-051
- Veszelyite, Dongchuanite, Hemimorphite
- Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Small Cabinet
- 8.7 x 5.9 x 4.7 cm
- $1,200.00
- MISC24-050
- Veszelyite, Dongchuanite on Molybdenite
- Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Miniature
- 4.4 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
- $950.00
- MISC24-049
- Veszelyite, Dongchuanite
- Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Small Cabinet
- 5.1 x 4.6 x 3.2 cm
- $125.00
- MISC24-047
- Veszelyite, Dongchuanite
- Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Small Cabinet
- 5.3 x 5.0 x 3.1 cm
- $300.00
- MISC24-046
- Veszelyite, Molybdenite
- Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Small Cabinet
- 5.4 x 3.4 x 2.9 cm
- $1,500.00
- SM24-070
- Pyromorphite stalactite
- Daoping mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
- Miniature
- 5.0 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
- $2,250.00