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.
- GEM23-27
- Calcite
- Wenshan Mine, Wenshan City, Wenshan, Yunnan, China
- Miniature
- 4.7 x 3.5 x 2.2 cm
- $900.00
- GEM23-09
- Aquamarine with Quartz and Scheelite
- Pingwu, Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
- Miniature
- 4.8 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm
- $1,850.00
- SM23-117
- Fluorite on Quartz
- Quan Zhou city, Yong Chun County, Fujian Province, China
- Small Cabinet
- 6.7 x 3.9 x 3.4 cm
- $2,500.00
- SM23-116
- Azurite with Malachite
- Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Yangjiang, Guangdong, China
- Small Cabinet
- 9.0 x 6.8 x 3.3 cm
- $3,500.00
- RA23-09
- Baryte on Quartz
- Jinkouhe Dist., Leshan, Sichuan, China
- Small Cabinet
- 7.3 x 5.5 x 2.2 cm
- $300.00
- LTM23-43
- Copper
- Liufengshan Mine, Anhui Province, China
- Small Cabinet
- 7.8 x 4.3 x 1.8 cm
- $1,250.00
- LTM23-34
- Diopside
- Baxiyayike, Baicheng Co., Akesu Pref., Xinjiang, China
- Small Cabinet
- 6.0 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm
- $2,000.00
- LTM23-29
- Bismuth
- Piaotang Mine, Dayu Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
- Miniature
- 5.4 x 4.3 x 1.2 cm
- $2,250.00
- LTM23-24
- Rhodochrosite
- Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
- Miniature
- 4.0 x 3.8 x 0.4 cm
- $2,450.00
- LTM23-25
- Euclase
- Piaotang Mine, Dayu Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
- Miniature
- 4.3 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm
- $750.00
- LTM23-09
- Silver with Calcite, on Calcite
- Linqu Co., Weifang, Shandong, China
- Small Cabinet
- 5.4 x 2.9 x 1.6 cm
- $1,250.00
- LTM23-10
- Silver on matrix
- Linqu Co., Weifang, Shandong, China
- Small Cabinet
- 6.0 x 2.8 x 2.0 cm
- $1,950.00
- LTM23-08
- Silver
- Linqu Co., Weifang, Shandong, China
- Small Cabinet
- 5.3 x 2.1 x 0.7 cm
- $2,000.00
- LTM23-07
- Silver on matrix
- Linqu Co., Weifang, Shandong, China
- Small Cabinet
- 7.2 x 4.3 x 3.1 cm
- $4,500.00
- LTM23-05
- Fluorite with Spessartine and Albite
- Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
- Small Cabinet
- 5.3 x 3.4 x 3.4 cm
- $1,800.00
- V23-26
- Pyrite in and on Calcite
- Baisha Copper Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei Prov., China
- Small Cabinet
- 8.4 x 7.8 x 3.6 cm
- $3,500.00
- V23-21
- Fluorite on Quartz with Calcite
- Xia Yang Mine, Yongchun Co., Quanzhou, Fujian, China
- Small Cabinet
- 6.7 x 4.1 x 2.8 cm
- $1,400.00
- V23-07
- Gold
- Ganzhizhou Mine, Meigu Co., Liangshan , Sichuan Province, China
- Miniature
- 3.3 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
- $4,500.00
- SM23-109
- Scheelite with Muscovite
- Pingwu beryl mine, Mount Little Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
- Small Cabinet
- 9.2 x 7.7 x 6.5 cm
- $9,500.00
- SM23-96
- Fluorite with phantoms
- Yindu Ag-Pb-Zn deposit, Hexigten, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
- Small Cabinet
- 8.8 x 6.8 x 5.5 cm
- $2,450.00
- SM23-86
- Chalcopyrite
- near Daye, Huangshi, Hubei, China
- Miniature
- 3.4 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm
- $1,450.00
- SM23-82
- Fluorite with Calcite
- Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
- Small Cabinet
- 7.4 x 6.4 x 4.4 cm
- $1,800.00
- SM23-81
- Spessartine garnet
- Wushan Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
- Small Cabinet
- 7.1 x 4.0 x 2.7 cm
- $750.00
- SM23-74
- Arsenopyrite and Quartz
- Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
- Miniature
- 3.8 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm
- $200.00