Mineral Specimens - page 14
China

KR76L9: An excellent Mimetite specimen showing well marked hoppered growth. Some of the crystals are doubly terminated and with an interesting and intense yellow color zoning, deepest in the central zone. The good brilliance and intense color contrast with the light and dark colors of the matrix. Really, really esthetic!
The specimen is from the James Catmur collection and we’ll send the label with it.
Pingtouling Mine, Liannan, Sanjiang, Guangdong  China (2003)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 6.3 × 4.4 cm

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.4 cm

PT16E2: This one has good color and brilliance. And luminous specimen.
Pingtouling Mine, Liannan, Sanjiang, Guangdong  China (01/03)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.4 × 2.1 cm

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm

EF15K9: Good miniature. Group of prismatic crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with excellent luster and color, between yellow and orange. On matrix.
Pingtouling Mine, Liannan, Sanjiang, Guangdong  China (01/2003)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.7 × 1.4 cm

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm

PL36C8: Very aerial crystals with a intense reddish orange color.
Pingtouling Mine, Liannan, Sanjiang County, Guangdong  China (01/03)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3 × 1.6 cm

PQ14F9: What nice color! The crystals have a curious growth, they are gradually thickening from the base to the top.
Pingtouling Mine, Liannan, Sanjang, Guangdong  China (01/2003)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.7 × 1.5 cm

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm

PZ67F2: Two generation of Mimetite, of a different color, come together in this specimen. The orange of the first is very intense and the second is a yellow.
Pingtouling Mine, Sanjiang, Guangdong  China (01/2003)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.5 × 5 cm

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.5 cm

PM64F9: In this piece the color is surely the most winning feature, but also the crystals, of very sharp hexagonal faces, are esthetically growing on a Limonite matrix.
Pingtouling Mine, Liannan, Sanjang, Guangdong  China (01/2003)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.3 × 1.2 cm

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm

ET88F1: The color and brilliance, as well as the crystallization, are all wonderful. The crystals consist of hexagonal prisms and pinacoids sharply defined making it a specimen that it notable for its perfection.
Pingtouling Mine, Liannan, Sanjiang, Guangdong  China (01/2003)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.8 × 2 cm

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm

PH37G8: Note the large size of the crystals, very sharp and bright and very aerial on matrix. Crystals have dark zonations on the top and the prism has the typical orange of the Mimetite from the locality.
Pingtouling Mine, Liannan, Sanjang, Guangdong  China (01/2003)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.5 × 2.9 cm

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.9 cm

PC88C8: This one has good color, brilliance and lots of crystals. A complete and luminous specimen.
Pingtouling Mine, Liannan, Sanjiang County, Guangdong  China (01/03)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.9 × 4.8 cm

EY90L9: From a recent find at the Pingtouling Mine, the sample shows an excellent crystal growth of faces and edges perfectly defined, veery good luster and excellent color, between green to bluish depending on incident light.
Pingtouling Mine, Liannan, Sanjiang County, Guangdong  China (03/2008)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.8 × 3.7 cm

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm

TB16L7: Nice specimen, very aerial and esthetic. Hooked and curved wire-like growths of native Silver on a rich Barite matrix that contrasts with the darker deformed pseudoctahedrons of Acanthite. Very esthetic specimen with a color and luster of the Silver that is very attractive.
66 line Mine, Gaoliangchun, Lingqiu County, Shanxi  China (2007)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.1 × 2.8 cm

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.3 cm

EA56K0: Group of cuboctahedral crystals with strange curvatures and deformations. Hooked and coiled wirelike crystals of native Silver contrast with the darker Acanthite.
66 line Mine, Gaoliangchun, Lingqiu County, Shanxi  China (2007)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.8 × 3.6 cm

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm

EC48K0: Very stylized group of deformed cubic crystals. Hooked and coiled wirelike crystals of native Silver contrast with the darker Acanthite.
66 line Mine, Gaoliangchun, Lingqiu County, Shanxi  China (2007)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2 × 2.6 cm

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1 cm

ED89K0: Very stylized group of deformed cubic crystals. An aerial branch is partially covered by mossy native Silver that contrasts with the darker Acanthite. Very esthetic.
66 line Mine, Gaoliangchun, Lingqiu County, Shanxi  China (2007)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.1 cm

EB37K0: Deformed cubic crystals. Hooked and wirelike growths of native Silver contrast with the darker Acanthite.
66 line Mine, Gaoliangchun, Lingqiu County, Shanxi  China (2007)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.3 cm

MB47L1: Short prismatic crystals, doubly terminated, with color zonations. On a matrix of doubly terminated Quartz crystals. All of the Apatite-(CaF) specimens from Yaogangxian we have seen so far usually were smaller and poorer in quality than this.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2005)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4 × 3 cm

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.4 cm

EA6K1: Prismatic crystals of Bournonite in parallel growths, on a doubly-terminated crystal of Quartz.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (08/2006)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.7 × 1.5 cm

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.5 cm

EQ66K1: Group of prismatic crystals. with an excellent luster and the special feature that practically all them are doubly terminated.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2004)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3 × 1.6 cm

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 1.2 cm

EX56K1: Complex group of Sphalerite crystals in parallel growth, giving the appearance of a single crystal with very well defined faces, bright and with bluish reflections, on a group of Quartz crystals.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2007)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3 × 2.9 cm

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 3 cm

EB13J0: A practically spherical group of small crystals of bright and very well defined faces and edges, on a matrix of prismatic crystals of Quartz. The specimen is much more esthetic than the picture suggests.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan  China

Specimen size: 4 × 3.3 × 2.6 cm

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.9 cm

TR37J7: Group of dipyramidal crystals, one of them clearly dominant, of very well defined faces and edges, an excellent luster and an unusual dark color that resembles the classic Korean specimens. The growth is not as simple as it looks at first view, and has mosaic and echeloned forms.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2005)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.3 × 2.5 cm

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.6 cm

TM97J6: One of the most conspicuous novelties of 2007 on China. The crystals, on matrix and with morphology very different to those from other classic localities, show an extraordinary definition of their faces and edges and an excellent luster. The locality seems to be correct but as usual on novelties from this country, we are waiting the time confirm it.
Piaotang Mine, Dayu, Jiangxi  China (2007)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 1.9 × 1.8 cm

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm

MC36E2: A really very unusual spray of crystals of Calcite that have good brilliance and are partially colored by red oxides. The specimen is a floater with a re-crystallized base. Not just esthetic, it is also different from the others we have seen.
Leiping, Leyang, Hunan  China (2000)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1 cm

TD46L0: An interesting novelty of Tucson 2008. A nice twin of two short Calcite crystals. Prism faces are totally clear and transparent. Pinacoidal terminations are translucent. Excellent miniature.
Wuzhou Mine, Guangxi  China (10/2007)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2 × 1.5 cm

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.2 cm

TE56L0: An interesting novelty of Tucson 2008. A nice twin of two short Calcite crystals. Prism faces are totally clear and transparent. Pinacoidal terminations are translucent. To increase its beauty the specimen has a small matrix. Excellent miniature.
Wuzhou Mine, Guangxi  China (10/2007)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.7 × 2.2 cm

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.2 cm

EP91K6: Polysynthetic growths of prismatic crystals with a very deep hollow termination. Color and luster are excellent.
Daoping Mine, Guilin, Guangxi  China (2004)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm

EQ91K6: Polysynthetic growths of prismatic crystals with a very deep hollow termination. Color and luster are excellent.
Daoping Mine, Guilin, Guangxi  China (2004)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.3 × 2 cm

EZ92L3: Great specimen with some well defined Pyromorphite crystals and other structures like acicular growths and a complex crystallization in the form of crests. Excellent green color and luster. So, it is a really great specimen.
Daoping Mine, Guilin, Guangxi  China (2007)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.5 × 4.5 cm

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm

EV37K0: Sharp prismatic crystal of hexagonal shape and parallel growths. It has bright and very well defined faces and edges and strongly contrasts with the Dolomite matrix. As usual with this kind of Chinese samples, the matrix is more or less sawn, but in this case it doesn’t affect the esthetics of the specimen.
Chatian, Fenghua, Hunan  China (2006)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.5 × 5 cm

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.9 cm

TB56H3: Subtle sample. On a matrix of Calcite crystals perch two perfect crystals of Cinnabar. They have sharp faces and edges, transparent and bright, and the color is incredible. A little jewel.
Chatian, Fenghua, Hunan  China (2003-2006)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 1.6 × 2 cm

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm

TB70H7: Crystal of Cinnabar of thick tabular habit and hexagonal shape. Both the faces and the edges are very sharp and bright and the crystals strongly contrast with the matrix of yellowish Dolomite. As usually happens with Chinese Cinnabars, the matrix has been sawn on the back, but not affecting, in this case, the esthetics of the specimen.
Fenghua, Chatian, Hunan  China (2003-2006)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 6.8 × 4.5 cm

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm

TR56J6: The sample is very rich of gold and the crystals, flat or skeletal are on a small Quartz matrix.
Sichuan  China

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.8 × 1.4 cm

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.7 cm

EJ74I0: On the group coincide octahedral skeletal, but well-defined, crystals and flattened crystals. They have a very intense luster and full color.
Sichuan  China (2004)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.7 × 1.5 cm

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm

MH66J3: Group of three prismatic crystals, one of them being dominant, of very well defined faces and edges and with magnificent terminations. The luster is excellent.
Wuning Mine, Jiangxi  China (2004)

Specimen size: 15 × 1.8 × 1.3 cm

EX6F4: It is not a Stibiconite, as these are often labeled. We have analyzed it and we can confirm that it is a Stibnite that is covered with native Sulfur. The crystal is quite large, with perfectly defined edges and faces and it is almost completely covered by the sulfur, which makes it a neat yellow color. As we normally do in these cases we will send the buyer a copy of the analysis.
Xikuangshan Mine, Lengshuijiang, Hunan  China (1999)

Specimen size: 27.7 × 3.7 × 1.7 cm

MB26J3: An esthetic specimen of this rare hydroxide, a polymorph of Gibbsite. Both species are together on the piece of spheroidal forms and quite uniform green color. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Baoshan, Yunnan  China (07/2006)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 7.8 × 2.3 cm

MK96I1: An excellent specimen of this rare hydroxide, a polymorph of Gibbsite. Both species are present on this beautiful miniature of botryoidal forms and esthetic greenish color with attractive clearer, almost white, stripes.
We’ll give the results of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2006 Munich Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 72, page 15.
Baoshan, Yunnan  China (07/2006)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 9.3 × 4.5 cm

EC37I1: Thick lenticular crystals of quite deep color, which stand on a surface of small crystals of Quartz and on a matrix of Sphalerite and Pyrite with minor Fluorite crystals.
Babu area, Hezhou, Guangxi  China (2006)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.5 × 4.8 cm

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.7 cm

EC99I1: Group of lenticular and much flattened, crystals. They are quite well-defined but the picture does not show well this aspect. Color and luster are excellent.
Babu area, Hezhou, Guangxi  China (2006)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.2 × 1.4 cm

TM49H6: Crystals have an excellent yellow color. They have very sharp faces and edges and they are with crystals of Clinochlore and small trapezohedrons of Spessartine, all on a matrix of Feldspar.
Tongbei, Yunxiao, Fujian  China (±2005)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.4 × 3.3 cm

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.1 cm

TR50G9: Two crystals, really big, of Helvite formed by the faces of two opposite tetrahedra. One of the crystals is on the extreme edge of the matrix and has specially well-developed faces and edges. Helvite grew on a bed of trapezohedral crystals of Spessartine which is also on the faces of Helvite.
Yunling, Zhangzhou, Fujian  China (2005)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5.7 × 2 cm

Main crystal size: 4 × 2.5 cm

ER86F2: The tabular crystals, with perfectly shaped faces and edges, have grown in a parallel group that makes it very elegant. The esthetic effect is further improved by the brilliance of small micro-cracks in the interior of the crystals.
Jinkouhe, Leshan, Ebian County, Sichuan  China (2002)

Specimen size: 13.5 × 6 × 3 cm

EV88L7: Cubic crystal of Fluorite, very sharp and aerial, transparent to translucent, good brilliance and uniform light blue color, on a crystal Quartz matrix.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2007)

Specimen size: 6 × 5.5 × 5 cm

Main crystal size: 5.4 × 3.8 cm

TH48K9: Group of cubic crystals with well defined faces and very sharp edges, good brilliance and transparency. It is very aesthetic by the irregular distribution of the color and the presence of several inclusions.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2007)

Specimen size: 11.3 × 6.9 × 5 cm

Main crystal size: 5 × 4.7 cm

MA58L1: Group of cubic Fluorite crystals, with good transparency. They are modified by dodecahedron faces forming translucent bevels. Uniform and excellent green color that added to the transparency increases its beauty. As you can see in the picture, it is a very nice specimen.
Xianghualing, Linwu, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2005)

Specimen size: 12 × 6.7 × 4.8 cm

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.7 cm

TZ72J8: Group of cubic crystals, very transparent and extraordinarily bright, with echeloned growths on vertices and a very well marked zonation of color on corners and edges. The matrix is a group of Quartz crystals.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan  China

Specimen size: 18 × 9 × 6.2 cm

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 4.2 cm

EX96K9: Cuboctahedron crystal with well defined faces and edges. Really good transparency and excellent and very uniform green color. With minor Quartz matrix.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2005)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5 × 5.1 cm

Main crystal size: 5.1 × 4.6 cm

DF64F9: The picture doesn’t reflect clearly the transparency of the cubic crystals, which allow one to observe the micaceous matrix through them. The architecture of the piece is especially handsome and the color is intense.
Yao-gan-xian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2003)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.4 × 3.4 cm

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 2.2 cm

EK16I1: A beautiful miniature, of excellent esthetics due to the matrix of Quartz crystals and the luster and shape of the Fluorite crystal, but it is also mineralogically interesting for the extreme definition of the color zones in the cube, with a strong concentration of deep violet near the edges and the clear blue on corners and at the center which permit seeing the white inclusions in the crystal.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2006)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.3 cm

ME6C2: Nice contrast between the gemmy green Fluorite and the white Carbonates outside and inside the Fluorite.
Shang-Hua-Lin Mine, Linwu County, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2001)

Specimen size: 7 × 6 × 2.8 cm

BF96K1: Centered group of Kermesite crystals, red and flattened, that forms a fan on a group of prismatic crystals of Stibnite. The specimens of Kermesite from Yizhang, considered among the best known, are very scarce.
Caiwa Mine, Danfeng County, Shaanxi  China (2002)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.1 × 1.3 cm

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 1 cm

BC6L5: Fan-shaped group of flattened crystals of Kermesite that has a considerable length. With intense reddish reflections. Actually it is very difficult to obtain these quality Kermesite specimens.
Caiwa Mine, Danfeng County, Shaanxi  China (2002)

Specimen size: 10 × 0.8 × 0.5 cm

BD27L5: Fan-shaped group of flattened crystals of Kermesite that has a considerable length. With intense reddish reflections. Actually it is very difficult to obtain these quality Kermesite specimens.
Caiwa Mine, Danfeng County, Shaanxi  China (2002)

Specimen size: 13 × 1.8 × 0.7 cm

BC67L5: Fan-shaped group of flattened crystals of Kermesite that has a considerable length. With intense reddish reflections. Actually it is very difficult to obtain these quality Kermesite specimens.
Caiwa Mine, Danfeng County, Shaanxi  China (2002)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 1.6 × 0.6 cm

BB57L5: Fan-shaped group of very thin prismatic Kermesite crystals whose terminations become near plumose. With very intense reddish reflections. Actually it is very difficult to obtain these quality Kermesite specimens.
Caiwa Mine, Danfeng County, Shaanxi  China (2002)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 3 × 0.9 cm

BT98L5: Fan-shaped group of very thin prismatic Kermesite crystals whose terminations become near plumose, with very intense reddish reflections. There are also some minor Valentinite creamy crystals. Actually it is very difficult to obtain these quality Kermesite specimens.
Caiwa Mine, Danfeng County, Shaanxi  China (2002)

Specimen size: 11 × 3.5 × 2.7 cm

BK99K1: Fan-shaped group of red and flattened crystals of Kermesite that has a considerable length. They are partially covered by Valentinite crystals. The specimens of Kermesite from Yizhang, considered among the best known, are very scarce. The Valentinite has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the specimen.
Caiwa Mine, Danfeng County, Shaanxi  China (2002)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 2.8 × 0.8 cm

Main crystal size: 9.5 × 0.4 cm

BB30L5: Fan-shaped group of flattened crystals of Kermesite that has a considerable length. With very intense reddish reflections. On some Kermesite crystals we can see small white Gypsum crystals, creamy tone Valentinite rosettes and small gray and metallic luster Stibnite crystals. Actually it is very difficult to obtain these quality Kermesite specimens.
Caiwa Mine, Danfeng County, Shaanxi  China (2002)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 2.5 × 2 cm

MJ16L0: Colorless tabular Beryl crystal, very bright, with sharp faces and edges. Very rich in acicular Tourmaline inclusions.
Shaobaodin Mountains, Pingwu, Sichuan  China (2007)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3 × 0.8 cm