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.
- SM24-070
- Pyromorphite stalactite
- Daoping mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
- Miniature
- 5.0 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
- $2,250.00
- SM24-060
- Scheelite
- Mt. Little Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
- Small Cabinet
- 5.4 x 3.0 x 2.8 cm
- $2,000.00
- SM24-046
- Fluorite with Quartz and Laumontite
- Shizhuyuan Mine, Dongpo ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
- Large Cabinet
- 18.3 x 10.5 x 4.8 cm
- $4,500.00
- SM24-042
- Beryl var. Aquamarine
- Pingwu beryl mine, Mt. Little Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
- Small Cabinet
- 6.5 x 5.4 x 5.2 cm
- $6,000.00
- SM24-041
- Calcite with Hedenbergite incl.
- Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
- Small Cabinet
- 5.4 x 4.9 x 3.8 cm
- $1,450.00
- SM24-039
- Sphalerite with Galena and Quartz
- Rucheng Mine, Caojia, Nuanshui, Rucheng Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
- Small Cabinet
- 7.4 x 6.4 x 4.0 cm
- $2,250.00
- EX24-13
- Cassiterite on Muscovite
- Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
- Cabinet
- 10.3 x 6.6 x 4.2 cm
- $4,800.00
- SM24-033
- Fluorite
- Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China
- Cabinet
- 11.9 x 3.0 x 2.2 cm
- $14,500.00
- SM24-023
- Analcime
- Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
- Small Cabinet
- 6.4 x 4.8 x 2.9 cm
- $3,500.00
- SM24-018
- Pyromorphite
- Shizhuyuan Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
- Cabinet
- 10.4 x 4.5 x 1.9 cm
- $6,000.00
- SM24-015
- Calcite
- Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
- Miniature
- 5.0 x 3.9 x 2.8 cm
- $7,000.00
- SM24-005
- Fluorite on Quartz
- Xia Yang Mine, Xia Yang city, Yongchun Co., Quanzhou, Fujian, China
- Small Cabinet
- 5.9 x 5.6 x 3.4 cm
- $4,800.00
- YFL23-07
- Fluorite on Fluorite
- Qingwan mine, Wujita village, Chenzhai town, Zhuji city, Shaoxing prefecture, Zhejiang province, China
- Cabinet
- 10.1 x 7.2x 4.2 cm
- $6,000.00
- YFL23-06
- Fluorite on Fluorite
- Qingwan mine, Wujita village, Chenzhai town, Zhuji city, Shaoxing prefecture, Zhejiang province, China
- Cabinet
- 14.1 x 9.6 x 6.4 cm
- $18,000.00
- YFL23-05
- Fluorite on Fluorite
- Qingwan mine, Wujita village, Chenzhai town, Zhuji city, Shaoxing prefecture, Zhejiang province, China
- Small Cabinet
- 8.8 x 7.6 x 7.4 cm
- $6,000.00
- YFL23-02
- Fluorite on Fluorite
- Qingwan mine, Wujita village, Chenzhai town, Zhuji city, Shaoxing prefecture, Zhejiang province, China
- Cabinet
- 10.1 x 7.3 x 4.4 cm
- $3,000.00
- SM23-177
- Rhodochrosite
- Wutong Mine, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
- Small Cabinet
- 6.4 x 3.3 x 2.5 cm
- $1,250.00
- SM23-173
- Azurite with Malachite
- Liufengshan Mine, Guichi Dist., Chizhou, Anhui, China
- Small Cabinet
- 7.9 x 5.4 x 1.7 cm
- $1,250.00
- SM23-169
- Fluorite with Calcite
- Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
- Small Cabinet
- 6.4 x 6.0 x 4.8 cm
- $1,900.00
- SM23-166
- Fluorite with Calcite inclusions
- Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
- Small Cabinet
- 7.9 x 7.1 x 3.4 cm
- $4,500.00
- SM23-158
- Pyrrhotite and Fluorite with Calcite
- Bairendaba Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
- Cabinet
- 12.5 x 8.0 x 4.8 cm
- $6,500.00
- SM23-159
- Chalcopyrite on Calcite
- Baisha Copper Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei Prov., China
- Small Cabinet
- 8.3 x 5.5 x 3.8 cm
- $2,400.00
- SM23-157
- Fluorite with Manganoan Calcite
- Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
- Small Cabinet
- 7.0 x 4.2 x 3.1 cm
- $2,000.00
- SM23-150
- Calcite with Manganese Inclusions
- Jinhua, Zhejiang Prov., China
- Small Cabinet
- 5.9 x 3.1 x 2.8 cm
- $6,000.00