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.
- HEF23-56
- Fluorite (fluorescent) on Quartz
- Piaotang Mine, Dayu Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
- Small Cabinet
- 8.8 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm
- $6,000.00
- HEF23-49
- Fluorite (fluorescent)
- Dongposhan Mine, Dongpo ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
- Small Cabinet
- 5.9 x 4.0 x 4.0 cm
- $1,250.00
- HEF23-44
- Fluorite
- Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
- Small Cabinet
- 9.0 x 8.2 x 5.7 cm
- $2,250.00
- HEF23-42
- Fluorite on Hubnerite and Quartz
- Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
- Cabinet
- 11.7 x 11.4 x 9.0 cm
- $1,800.00
- HEF23-38
- Cassiterite
- Pingwu beryl mine, Mount Little Xuebaoding, Mianyang, Sichuan, China
- Miniature
- 4.8 x 3.3 x 3.0 cm
- $1,250.00
- HEF23-35
- Bournonite
- Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
- Miniature
- 4.3 x 3.7 x 3.7 cm
- $1,800.00
- HEF23-28
- Plumbogummite with Pyromorphite (fl)
- Laohuan Mine, Goncheng, Guangxi Zhuang, China
- Small Cabinet
- 7.8 x 6.7 x 4.2 cm
- $950.00
- HEF23-27
- Fluorite (botryoidal)
- Minggang Mine, Shihe District, Xinyang, Henan, China
- Small Cabinet
- 6.1 x 5.5 x 4.3 cm
- $1,250.00
- HEF23-25
- Fluorite and Calcite (both fluorescent)
- Qinglong Mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Guizhou, China
- Small Cabinet
- 7.7 x 7.5 x 5.2 cm
- $1,750.00
- HEF23-19
- Rhodochrosite with Pyrite and Quartz
- Wutong Mine, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
- Small Cabinet
- 9.7 x 4.2 x 3.9 cm
- $950.00
- HEF23-17
- Hydrozincite (fluorescent)
- Guiyang, Guizhou, China
- Cabinet
- 13.0 x 10.4 x 7.0 cm
- $3,000.00
- HEF23-12
- Fluorapatite with Siderite
- Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
- Small Cabinet
- 6.8 x 5.1 x 3.4 cm
- $2,450.00
- HEF23-07
- Inesite and Fluorapophyllite-(K), on Hubeite
- Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
- Miniature
- 5.3 x 3.7 x 3.5 cm
- $3,500.00
- HEF23-05
- Fluorite with Sphalerite, on Quartz
- Taolin Mine, Linxiang Co., Yueyang, Hunan, China
- Cabinet
- 12.5 x 8.8 x 5.5 cm
- $3,250.00
- HEF23-03
- Fluorite with Quartz and Dolomite
- Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
- Cabinet
- 11.2 x 7.0 x 3.9 cm
- $950.00
- HEF23-02
- Stibnite and Fluorite (fluorescent)
- Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Lengshuijiang Co., Loudi, Hunan, China
- Cabinet
- 10.4 x 8.5 x 3.1 cm
- $1,750.00
- TUC114-113
- Dolomite With Fluorite and Quartz
- Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
- Cabinet
- 10.5 x 9.0 x 9.0 cm
- $2,200.00
- SOREG15-111
- Wolframite with Arsenopyrite, Pyrite, and Muscovite, on Quartz
- Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
- Small Cabinet
- 6.0 x 4.5 x 4.2 cm
- $950.00
- SM20-398
- Calcite
- Mine No. 884, Leiping, Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China
- Miniature
- 5.7 x 3.9 x 2.3 cm
- $3,000.00
- SM20-305
- Fluorite on Quartz
- Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China
- Small Cabinet
- 5.7 x 4.5 x 3.4 cm
- $1,250.00
- SM20-286
- Fluorite with Calcite
- Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
- Small Cabinet
- 6.5 x 5.4 x 4.7 cm
- $5,500.00
- SM20-216
- Fluorite on Calcite with Aragonite
- Qinglong Mine, Qianxinan, Guizhou, China
- Small Cabinet
- 8.0 x 5.7 x 3.9 cm
- $850.00
- SM20-222
- Fluorite on Quartz with Muscovite
- Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
- Small Cabinet
- 7.0 x 5.1 x 3.5 cm
- $1,600.00
- SM19-71
- Calcite
- near Xinyang, Henan Province, China
- Miniature
- 4.5 x 4.5 x 3.7 cm
- $1,250.00