Quartz (Amethyst) with Epidote
	MR79E9: These were one of the most attractive novelties at the 2004 Munich Show. This large one has perfect crystals and excellent color, with the groups of Epidote that have formed on many of the crystals of Quartz amethyst. The really amazing things are the inclusions within the crystals that include a first generation of intensely red amethyst and small crystals of really strange forms of black Hematite. The specimen has been published in the book ‘China’, by Berthold Ottens, on page 513. Meigu, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan  China (2004) Specimen size: 18 × 14 × 5 cm = 7.1” × 5.5” × 2.0” Main crystal size: 4.3 × 2.9 cm = 1.7” × 1.1”

	Barite with Quartz
DB70E2: A doubly terminated Barite crystal, which is partially covered by a second generation of yellow Barite. So some faces of the first generation are visible, while others are covered. There is also some transparent quartz on it as well. Simply put: a pretty specimen that has no damage. Jinkouhe, Leshan, Ebian County, Sichuan  China (2003) Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.5 × 6.5 cm = 3.3” × 3.0” × 2.6” Main crystal size: 5.2 × 2.8 cm = 2.0” × 1.1”

Wulfenite with Barite
	ED9G3: Crystals are little but very well shaped bipyramidal with excellent color and luster. Due to its uncommon form we analyzed them suspecting they were another species. At the same time we also analyzed the little white Barite crystals on the matrix. We'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. Mianning County, Sichuan  China (2005) Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.3 × 2.8 cm = 1.5” × 0.9” × 1.1” Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.1” × 0.0” Barite fluorescent long & short UV

	Azurite with Malachite
TB54H6: A very rich group of crystals of very sharp faces and edges. We call your attention on the color and luster that are exceptional. The esthetics of the sample is enhanced by the contrast between Azurite and the green of the Malachite with it. A very special sample. Liufengshan Mine, Guichi, Chizou, Anhui  China (2003) Specimen size: 12 × 10 × 7 cm = 4.7” × 3.9” × 2.8” Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”

Azurite
Front Side	MD27J0: A floater group of parallel growths of short prismatic crystals, of excellent color and luster. The specimen is very different from those from Morocco or Tsumeb and more similar to some of the Azurites from Chessy. The specimen has been published in the book ‘China’, by Berthold Ottens, on page 352. Shilu, Yangchun, Guangdong  China (2006) Specimen size: 5 × 4.2 × 4.1 cm = 2.0” × 1.7” × 1.6”

	Malachite
EY66K6: Botryoidal growth with radial growths lower on the specimen. Its very deep color and the silky luster made the sample very esthetic. Shilu, Yangchun, Guangdong  China (2007) Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.2 × 4.7 cm = 2.6” × 2.0” × 1.9”

Scorodite with Pyrite
	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. This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2008 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 82, page 27. Pingtouling Mine, Liannan, Sanjiang, Guangdong  China (03/2008) Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.8 × 3.7 cm = 2.3” × 1.9” × 1.5” Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”

	Euclase
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 = 1.3” × 0.7” × 0.7” Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.6” × 0.5”

Copper
	ET46K3: Group of rounded crystals with well defined faces at the top of the specimen and the same kind of crystals combined with small laminar hooked growths on the lower part. Weijia, Chengmenshan, Jiujiang, Jiangxi  China (2007) Specimen size: 5 × 4.8 × 2 cm = 2.0” × 1.9” × 0.8” Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.2” × 0.2” Fluorescent short UV

	Cuprite
TR26J8: Octahedral reddish crystals of perfectly defined faces and edges. Their color contrasts with the darker matrix. Unusual. Weijia, Chengmenshan, Jiujiang, Jiangxi  China (2007) Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.5 × 3.4 cm = 1.7” × 1.0” × 1.3” Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”

Stibnite with Barite
Front Rear	ET17G8: Crystals, prismatic, bright and sharp, form an elegant open fan that shows light and interesting curvatures in some of them. Wuning Mine, Jiangxi  China (03/2005) Specimen size: 12.5 × 5.5 × 1.5 cm = 4.9” × 2.2” × 0.6” Main crystal size: 8.5 × 1.2 cm = 3.3” × 0.5”

	Calcite with Stibnite
EB27P8: Lenticular crystal formed by an extremely flattened rhombohedron and a thin prism. It has very well defined faces and edges, is bright and translucent, of yellow color, and is on matrix. It has, as an inclusion, a Stibnite crystal at the bottom of the Calcite crystal. Xikuangshan Mine, Lengshuijiang, Hunan  China (2009) Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.3 × 3.9 cm = 2.6” × 2.1” × 1.5” Main crystal size: 5.4 × 5.3 cm = 2.1” × 2.1” Minor fluorescence short UV

Calcite with Stibnite
Front Rear	EH6P5: A thin crystal of Stibnite with a good termination, on a transparent discoidal twinned crystal of Calcite, all on a small matrix. Xikuangshan Mine, Lengshuijiang, Hunan  China (2009) Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.1 × 1.4 cm = 1.9” × 1.2” × 0.6” Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2.6 cm = 1.1” × 1.0” Minor fluorescence short UV

	Stibnite with Calcite
TK47Q6: Stibnite crystals partially included in groups of scalenohedral Calcite crystals that are very transparent, much of them doubly terminated and, as a curiosity, some of them forming a “butterfly” twin. Xikuangshan Mine, Lengshuijiang, Hunan  China (10/2009) Specimen size: 6.9 × 6.7 × 4.6 cm = 2.7” × 2.6” × 1.8” Main crystal size: 2 × 1.9 cm = 0.8” × 0.7” Calcite minor fluorescence short UV

Barite with Stibnite
Front Top	ER69P6: Divergent growth of very well defined and bright crystals of Stibnite implanted on a complete floater crystal of barite, tabular, translucent and very bright. Unusual. Xikuangshan Mine, Lengshuijiang, Hunan  China (2009) Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.2 × 3.2 cm = 3.0” × 2.4” × 1.3” Main crystal size: 7 × 5.2 cm = 2.8” × 2.0”

	Stibnite with Sulfur
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 a copy of the analysis. Xikuangshan Mine, Lengshuijiang, Hunan  China (1999) Specimen size: 27.7 × 3.7 × 1.7 cm = 10.9” × 1.5” × 0.7” Sulfur fluorescent long & short UV	Front Rear

Calcite with Stibnite
Front Side	TQ26N9: Crystal of Calcite, complex and rich in faces, of excellent yellow color, very transparent and bright, on a base of Stibnite crystals with very well defined edges and terminations. Hechi, Guangxi  China (1999) Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.5” × 1.1” × 0.9” Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.6 cm = 0.7” × 0.6”

	Helvite with Spessartine
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 = 2.2” × 2.2” × 0.8” Main crystal size: 4 × 2.5 cm = 1.6” × 1.0”

Helvite with Spessartine, smoky Quartz and Feldspar
	MB53F1: Helvite is not well known and is rarely found in this locality, which has become very famous for its Spessartine. The crystals of Helvite in this specimen are really large, have octahedral faces, and well-defined edges. The smoky Quartz base supports the crystals of Spessartine and prisms of Feldspar, possibly Orthoclase. When combined with the Helvite this makes it one of the best for the species, and certainly for this locality. This specimen was photographed for the ‘what’s new at Munich 2004’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 7 of number 1/2005. We will send the purchaser a copy of the magazine. Yunling, Zhangzhou, Fujian  China (2003) Specimen size: 13 × 8 × 4 cm = 5.1” × 3.1” × 1.6” Main crystal size: 2 × 2 cm = 0.8” × 0.8”

	Helvite with Spessartine and Clinochlore
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. Yunling, Zhangzhou, Fujian  China (±2005) Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.4 × 3.3 cm = 3.1” × 2.5” × 1.3” Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.6” × 0.4”

Molybdenite
	EH29E9: The crystal is very well defined, has extraordinary brilliance, both of which are rare in a specimen of this size. One can see all the sides of the hexagonal form and the edges and growth patterns are perfectly preserved. This was shown, photographed and published as a novelty at the Ste Marie show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 58, page 50. We will send the buyer a copy of the magazine. Guizhou  China (2004) Specimen size: 7.5 × 5.5 × 2.7 cm = 3.0” × 2.2” × 1.1”

	Cinnabar on Dolomite
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 = 1.5” × 0.6” × 0.8” Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

Cinnabar on Dolomite
	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 = 2.9” × 1.8” × 2.0” Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.4” × 0.4” Dolomite Intense fluorescence long & short UV

	Cinnabar on Dolomite
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. Chatian, Fenghua, Hunan  China (2003-2006) Specimen size: 6.2 × 6.8 × 4.5 cm = 2.4” × 2.7” × 1.8” Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.6” × 0.5” Dolomite fluorescent long & short UV

Twinned Cinnabar with Quartz and Dolomite
	ZA73G7: An excellent group of twinned crystals of Cinnabar, the biggest one reaching a considerable size. They are on a very rich matrix of Quartz crystals. The red color is better than usual on the specimens with this kind of twin. The main crystal, in its upper right faces, is partially covered by little white Quartz crystals. Matrix has been cut on the back, as is usual with Chinese Cinnabar, due to the fragility of the Cinnabar crystals. The specimen has been published in the book ‘China’, by Berthold Ottens, on page 155. Yanwuping Mine, Wanshan, Guizhou  China (2004) Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.4 × 3.7 cm = 3.2” × 2.5” × 1.5” Main crystal size: 2 × 1.5 cm = 0.8” × 0.6”

	Doubly terminated Bournonite
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 = 1.4” × 1.2” × 0.6” Main crystal size: 3.5 × 1.2 cm = 1.4” × 0.5”	Front Side

Bournonite
	BK96C5: Fabulous luster in what if often a dull species. China has provided us an esthetic specimen of something that often is not so nice. Tabular cluster of crystals well terminated, with flat pinacoidal faces. Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (07/02) Specimen size: 2.9 × 2 × 2 cm = 1.1” × 0.8” × 0.8”

	Fluorapatite with Quartz
MB47L1: Short prismatic crystals, doubly terminated, with color zonations. On a matrix of doubly terminated Quartz crystals. All of the Fluorapatite 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 = 1.9” × 1.6” × 1.2” Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.4 cm = 1.0” × 0.6” Intense zoned fluorescence long & short UV	Front Rear Top

Tetrahedrite pseudo Bournonite
	BB9C6: Analysis some times gives agreeable surprises, as in this case: a really sharp Tetrahedrite pseudomorphosed by Bournonite. Pretty uncommon! Plus this specimen is very well placed on its Fluorite matrix. As usual in unusual things we will provide the analysis to the buyer of the specimen. Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan  China Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.2 × 1.2 cm = 1.0” × 0.9” × 0.5”

	Chalcopyrite
EC64I2: The specimen is a miniature but the main crystal is of a considerable size. It has an extraordinary sharpness of its faces and edges. Also extraordinary are its luster and the presence, on the back, of growths looking like sawteeth. Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2006) Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.2 × 1.8 cm = 1.3” × 0.9” × 0.7” Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.4 cm = 0.9” × 0.6”

Arsenopyrite with Quartz
	ET50P4: Groups of crystals with very well marked curvatures that confer on them a curious mushroom shape. The Arsenopyrite is on matrix of very neat crystals of Quartz. Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (±2005) Specimen size: 12 × 8.8 × 7.3 cm = 4.7” × 3.5” × 2.9”

	Scheelite with Quartz, Muscovite and Arsenopyrite
EA93I1: A complex group, very rich with dipyramidal crystals, bright and with very well-defined faces and edges on a matrix of Quartz crystals with Arsenopyrite and Muscovite. The specimen deserves to be in the most accredited collections due to its quality and the locality which it is from. Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2006) Specimen size: 10.8 × 7.7 × 6.2 cm = 4.3” × 3.0” × 2.4” Main crystal size: 3.3 × 3 cm = 1.3” × 1.2” Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV	Front Rear

Stannite on Quartz and Ferberite
	TR26I1: The sample is magnificent both for its size and the quality and definition of the groups of Stannite crystals on Quartz with Ferberite. The specimen had been analyzed to confirm it is really Stannite and not Sphalerite, because on Chinese samples such confusion is possible. The specimen has been published in the book ‘China’, by Berthold Ottens, on page 526. Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (±2000) Specimen size: 11.2 × 9.2 × 6.7 cm = 4.4” × 3.6” × 2.6”

	Calcite with inclusions
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, Leiyang, Hunan  China (2000) Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm = 2.2” × 1.8” × 1.0” Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1 cm = 1.0” × 0.4”	Front Rear

Doyleite with Gibbsite
	MG64I1: An excellent specimen of this rare hydroxide, a polymorph of Gibbsite. Both species are present on this beautiful miniature of botryoidal forms and esthetic green color. We’ll give the results of the analysis to the buyer. Baoshan, Hunan  China (07/2006) Specimen size: 3 × 3.5 × 2.3 cm = 1.2” × 1.4” × 0.9” Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV

	Doyleite with Gibbsite
MH64I1: An excellent specimen of this rare hydroxide, a polymorph of Gibbsite. Both species are present on this beautiful miniature of botryoidal forms. We’ll give the results of the analysis to the buyer. The specimen has been published in the book ‘China’, by Berthold Ottens, on page 489. Baoshan, Hunan  China (07/2007) Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.4 × 3.7 cm = 1.9” × 1.7” × 1.5” Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV

Doyleite with Gibbsite
	MA86I5: Esthetic specimen of this rare hydroxide, a polymorph of Gibbsite. Both species are present on this nice miniature of botryoidal forms and excellent color, with nice changes of shade from green to brown, with white strips and spectacular greasy luster present on very few specimen. We’ll send the analysis to the buyer. Baoshan, Hunan  China (07/2006) Specimen size: 1.3 × 9 × 6 cm = 0.5” × 3.5” × 2.4” Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV

	Cerussite
TB66M0: Flattened Cerussite crystals with an intense yellow color and green inclusions of Pyromorphite. Due to its color we had doubts if it was Cerussite. Another sample from the same pocket has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. Daoping Mine, Guilin, Guangxi  China (2003) Specimen size: 3.4 × 2 × 1.5 cm = 1.3” × 0.8” × 0.6” Very fluorescent long & short UV	Front Rear

Acanthite with Silver
Front Rear	EG48I1: The crystal is very well-defined and rich with faces with the dominion of the cube. On one end there is an esthetic growth of native Silver, bright and unaltered. 66 line Mine, Hongda, Lingqiu, Shanxi  China (2006) Specimen size: 2 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.8” × 0.6” × 0.6”

	Acanthite with Silver
EK10I1: Group if very well-defined cubic crystals, with a small matrix of Quartz and partially covered by spongy groups of Silver, bright and unaltered. The specimen has been published in the book ‘China’, by Berthold Ottens, on page 468. 66 line Mine, Hongda, Lingqiu, Shanxi  China (2006) Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.8 × 2 cm = 1.4” × 1.1” × 0.8” Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.5” × 0.5”	Front Rear Side

Silver with Acanthite
Front Rear Top	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, Hongda, Lingqiu, Shanxi  China (2007) Specimen size: 6 × 4.1 × 2.8 cm = 2.4” × 1.6” × 1.1” Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.3 cm = 0.7” × 0.1”

	Topaz with Albite, smoky Quartz and Muscovite
EA86I0: The crystal is very rich of faces, neat, transparent and bright, on an esthetic matrix with Muscovite, slightly smoky Quartz and rosettes of laminar crystals of Albite. From a Chinese locality recently discovered. Gaoligong Mountains, Nujiang, Yunnan  China (2006) Specimen size: 5.3 × 5.2 × 2.9 cm = 2.1” × 2.0” × 1.1” Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.7” × 0.5” Albite fluorescent short UV

Topaz with smoky Quartz and Albite
	EB38I0: The crystal is very rich of faces, neat, transparent and with a slight smoky color. It is implanted on a doubly-terminated crystal of Quartz, with inclusions, and a Feldspar crystal. It comes from a Chinese locality recently discovered. Gaoligong Mountains, Nujiang, Yunnan  China (2006) Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.3 × 3.2 cm = 3.0” × 2.5” × 1.3” Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.5 cm = 1.0” × 0.6” Minor fluorescence short UV

	Beryl (Emerald) with Quartz
EC86I1: Prismatic crystal of very well-defined faces and edges, of uniform color and esthetically situated on the Quartz matrix. It is from an uncommon locality. Dayakou, Malipo, Wenshan, Yunnan  China (2005) Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm = 1.8” × 1.5” × 1.3” Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1 cm = 1.1” × 0.4”

Tantalite-(Mn)
	PH87C9: Pretty red and sharp Tantalite-(Mn) from China, the crystal is a floater with some minor associated feldspar. Ximeng, Yunnan  China Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.3 × 1.8 cm = 1.1” × 0.9” × 0.7”

	Veszelyite with Hemimorphite
MT99M5: A novelty in Munich 2008. Crystals and groups of crystals of this rare phosphate. They are very well defined, very deep in blue color and in botryoidal growths of light blue Hemimorphite. The locality had been well identified, which is not very common with Chinese specimens. Gexin, Laochang, Gejiu, Yunnan  China (08/2008) Specimen size: 8.7 × 8.4 × 5.5 cm = 3.4” × 3.3” × 2.2” Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.0” × 0.0”

Elbaite with smoky Quartz
	EJ93K6: One of the novelties of this year are these polychrome Elbaites that remind one of some classic Brazilian specimens. The Elbaite crystal, of very well defined faces and edges and perfectly terminated, has grown on a smoky Quartz crystal. Altay Range, Xinjiang  China (2006) Specimen size: 9 × 5.8 × 5 cm = 3.5” × 2.3” × 2.0” Main crystal size: 5.4 × 0.8 cm = 2.1” × 0.3”

	Cassiterite with Quartz
JH66H7: The stout prismatic crystal has very uncommon transparency and color, in view of its large size. The elongated habit of the crystal and its position on a matrix of Quartz crystals makes the specimen special from an esthetic point of view. The sample is from an accredited collection and we’ll send the label with it. Ganzhou, Jiangxi  China Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.3 × 3.9 cm = 2.8” × 2.1” × 1.5” Main crystal size: 5.5 × 3 cm = 2.2” × 1.2”	Front Top

Gold
	EJ74I0: On the group coincide octahedral skeletal, but well-defined, crystals and flattened crystals. They have a very intense luster and full color. The specimen has been published in the book ‘China’, by Berthold Ottens, on page 281. Linglong, Jiaodong, Shangdong  China (2004) Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.9” × 0.7” × 0.6” Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”

	Gold
TR56J6: The sample is very rich of gold and the crystals, flat or skeletal are on a small Quartz matrix. The specimen has been published in the book ‘China’, by Berthold Ottens, on page 281. Linglong, Jiaodong, Shangdong  China Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.8 × 1.4 cm = 1.5” × 1.5” × 0.6” Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.3” × 0.3”	Front Rear

Calcite

Calcite
Front Rear	MR86E0: An unusual Calcite whose form reminds one of a stalactite but whose crystals are transparent, not cloudy, well defined, richly endowed with multiple faces, and quite large. It is very pleasant and decorative at the same time. The specimen has been published in the book ‘China’, by Berthold Ottens, on page 479. Wenshan area, Yunnan  China (2003) Specimen size: 7 × 5 × 5 cm = 2.8” × 2.0” × 2.0” Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.4 cm = 0.7” × 0.6” Minor fluorescence long & short UV

	Calcite
TT37K3: A curious crystalline growth that looks like a cup. The translucent crystal progressively increases its width from its base and at its termination it formed a very pronounced and deep hollow. The specimen has been published in the book ‘China’, by Berthold Ottens, on page 386. Wenshan area, Yunnan  China (2006) Specimen size: 6 × 4.3 × 3.8 cm = 2.4” × 1.7” × 1.5” Extremely fluorescent long & short UV	Front Top

Twinned Calcite
	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 = 1.1” × 0.8” × 0.6” Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.2 cm = 0.6” × 0.5”

	Calcite
T46EA0: Calcite twin, the tips are perfect both at the front and the back. It is well positioned on the matrix. Li Peng Mine, Hunan  China (1997) Specimen size: 3 × 3.5 cm = 1.2” × 1.4”

Scheelite

Scheelite on Mica
	MJ38E0: The crystals are not that large but they are well defined, well positioned on the white Mica matrix, and thus give a good mix of quality and esthetics. Shaobaodin Mountains, Pingwu, Sichuan  China (2002) Specimen size: 10 × 6 × 3.3 cm = 3.9” × 2.4” × 1.3” Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.6” × 0.6” Extremely fluorescent short UV

	Scheelite on Mica
EY38G7: Bipyramidal crystal of a good development of faces and edges, standing on a Mica matrix. Color, brightness and transparency are magnificent giving to the sample a special intensity. Shaobaodin Mountains, Pingwu, Sichuan  China (2005) Specimen size: 7.7 × 4.1 × 2.9 cm = 3.0” × 1.6” × 1.1” Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2 cm = 1.0” × 0.8” Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV	Front Side

Doubly terminated Scheelite with Quartz
Front Rear Side	TG26K0: Multiple growth of large, acute dipyramidal crystals with very well defined faces and edges and excellent color, very deep. On the sample there is also a colorless transparent crystal of Quartz. A great specimen! Shaobaodin Mountains area, Pingwu, Sichuan  China (2006) Specimen size: 8.7 × 8.3 × 7 cm = 3.4” × 3.3” × 2.8” Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV

Beryl

	Beryl with Mica
DA48G6: A preciousness! The crystal is complete in all its faces and is divided in two in the front, fusing into a single body. Surface of crystal is irregular, with forms that seem to be dissolution, but it is complete, lustrous and with an inner soft blue and a centered mist of inclusions, visible by reflection. The base is a little matrix of Mica crystals. Its luster is exceptional. Shaobaodin Mountains, Pingwu, Sichuan  China (2003) Specimen size: 6.9 × 7.3 × 4 cm = 2.7” × 2.9” × 1.6” Zoned fluorescence short UV

Beryl with Mica
Front Side Top	TE47K0: Parallel growth of thick tabular, very clear, crystals in which also appear faces of the pyramid. On the sample there also is a thin coverage of Mica, probably Muscovite. Shaobaodin Mountains, Pingwu, Sichuan  China (2007) Specimen size: 4.2 × 4.2 × 3.6 cm = 1.7” × 1.7” × 1.4”

	Beryl with Albite and Muscovite
EQ17H7: Tabular crystal of very well defined faces and edges. It has slight color and it is very transparent. The crystal is esthetically implanted on a matrix of well developed crystals of Albite and Muscovite. Shaobaodin Mountains, Pingwu, Sichuan  China (2005) Specimen size: 7 × 6.7 × 3.8 cm = 2.8” × 2.6” × 1.5” Main crystal size: 3.5 × 3 cm = 1.4” × 1.2” Beryl crystal's corner lines fluorescent short UV	Front Top

Beryl with Cassiterite
Front Top	JY87G1: Two tabular crystals of Beryl, bright, clear and slightly bluish in an unusual association with twinned crystals of Cassiterite. The sample is from an accredited collection. With this specimen we will send to the buyer the original label of the collection. Shaobaodin Mountains, Pingwu, Sichuan  China (±1997) Specimen size: 6 × 3.7 × 3 cm = 2.4” × 1.5” × 1.2” Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.7 cm = 1.5” × 1.5”

	Beryl with Tourmaline
CG37: Sharp flat pale blue Beryl crystals including black Tourmaline crystals. Everything well placed on the matrix and associated with Mica. The luster of the Beryl crystal is great, the whole specimen is especially attractive. Shaobaodin Mountains, Pingwu, Sichuan  China (04/02) Specimen size: 7 × 6 × 3.2 cm = 2.8” × 2.4” × 1.3” Main crystal size: 3 × 2.4 × 0.9 cm = 1.2” × 0.9” × 0.4”

Cassiterite

Cassiterite with Mica
	AQ96D4: The crystals are not that big but the luster in incredible! The Mica is also nice, and the Cassiterite crystal's form is excellent. Shaobaodin Mountains, Pingwu, Sichuan  China (2002) Specimen size: 8.7 × 7 × 3 cm = 3.4” × 2.8” × 1.2” Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.8 cm = 0.6” × 0.3”

	Cassiterite with Mica
TR51H7: Excellent crystal, both for its size and luster and the definition of faces and edges. The twinning is evident, enhanced by the esthetic position of the crystal on the matrix of Muscovite and minor Scheelite. The specimen has a great quality. Shaobaodin Mountains, Pingwu, Sichuan  China (2005) Specimen size: 9.2 × 6.3 × 6.8 cm = 3.6” × 2.5” × 2.7” Main crystal size: 6.4 × 4.4 cm = 2.5” × 1.7” Scheelite fluorescent long & short UV	Front Side Top

Cassiterite on Quartz
	TD90C1: The crystal size and habit is bigger and better than usual for the regular Chinese Cassiterite material. But the real attraction is its transparency. Although it is not very visible due to the Quartz matrix, with the use of a strong light we can appreciate that the crystal is partially gemmy showing a clear brown rather funny phantom at its bottom left corner. Plus the contrast with the white Quartz matrix increase the beauty of the specimen. Shaobaodin Mountains, Pingwu, Sichuan  China (1998) Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.3 × 2.4 cm = 2.2” × 1.7” × 0.9” Main crystal size: 4.5 × 4 cm = 1.8” × 1.6”

	Cassiterite with Mica and Fluorite
TT67H3: Well-defined and esthetic group of twinned crystals of Cassiterite on a matrix of crystallized Muscovite. On one side of the Cassiterite is a crystallization of Fluorite (fluorescent under UV light) which is very uncommon for the locality. Shaobaodin Mountains, Pingwu, Sichuan  China (2005) Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.5 × 4 cm = 2.9” × 2.2” × 1.6” Fluorite fluorescent long & short UV	Front Side

Kësterite

Kësterite and Mushistonite
	EK88E6: In this specimen the crystals of the very rare mineral Kësterite are on a small Mica matrix, that you can only see when you look at the back of it. The Kësterite has very good crystal definition and the Mushistonite, that forms a thin film on the Kësterite, give it a very neat color. Shaobaodin Mountains, Pingwu, Sichuan  China (2002) Specimen size: 2 × 1.9 × 1.5 cm = 0.8” × 0.7” × 0.6” Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.3” × 0.3”

	Kësterite and Mushistonite with Beryl
DD26E2: I have never seen Kësterite on Beryl before. In this specimen one has a mixture of rarity (until recently crystallized Kësterite was un-heard of) with beauty. The thin coating of Mushistonite that covers the Kësterite adds some green to the theme, and the Mica on the base completes the whole. A beautiful rarity! As is usual we will give the purchaser a copy of the analysis of the specimen. Shaobaodin Mountains, Pingwu, Sichuan  China (2003) Specimen size: 6.8 × 6 × 4.5 cm = 2.7” × 2.4” × 1.8” Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”

Kësterite with Mushistonite, Quartz, Beryl and Calcite
	TY87N0: Very big octahedral crystal of Kësterite. It is sharp, of very well defined faces and edges, partially coated (pseudomorphed) by Mushistonite and, lately, by Malachite (that has been analyzed) and on a matrix with Quartz crystals. An exceptional piece. Shaobaodin Mountains, Pingwu, Sichuan  China (05-06/2008) Specimen size: 10.2 × 7.4 × 3.6 cm = 4.0” × 2.9” × 1.4” Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.8 cm = 0.8” × 0.7”

Fluorite

	Fluorite
MG46G8: An esthetic group of transparent cubic crystals, very bright and with a beautiful and vivid green color. The piece will enhance any collection due to its beauty. Xianghuapu Mine, Linwu, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2005) Specimen size: 11 × 8.6 × 5.5 cm = 4.3” × 3.4” × 2.2” Main crystal size: 3 × 2.6 cm = 1.2” × 1.0” Fluorescent long & short UV

Fluorite with Quartz
	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 = 1.4” × 1.0” × 0.8” Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.6” × 0.5” Zoned fluorescence long & short UV

	Fluorite with inclusions
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 = 4.4” × 2.7” × 2.0” Main crystal size: 5 × 4.7 cm = 2.0” × 1.9”	Front Side

Fluorite
	DX86E4: Such intense color, it is so transparent, and has such a regular form as you can see in the photo. Yes, one that is as good is it appears to be! Shangbao Mine, Leiyang, Hunan  China (2004) Specimen size: 6 × 4.7 × 4.5 cm = 2.4” × 1.9” × 1.8” Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.8 cm = 0.9” × 0.7”

	Fluorite
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 = 2.8” × 2.4” × 1.1”

Octahedral Fluorite on Orthoclase and Spessartine
	HM96G0: Octahedral crystals, very sharp and of bigger size than usual for the locality. Matrix is a group of Orthoclase crystals sprinkled by little Spessartine crystals, clear, bright and with a nice color. Yunling, Zhangzhou, Fujian  China (2003) Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.1 × 3.2 cm = 2.6” × 2.0” × 1.3” Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.8 cm = 0.9” × 0.7” Extremely fluorescent short UV

	Fluorite with Calcite, Pyrite and Siderite
MV47J3: Magnificent group of cubic crystals with echeloned growths on the edges. It is very bright, transparent and has an extraordinary color, between deep blue and deep green. On the sample, with micro-crystals of Pyrite there also are small groups of very acute crystals of Calcite and small crystals of Siderite. The specimen has been published in the book ‘China’, by Berthold Ottens, on page 198. Chongyi, Ganzhou, Jiangxi  China (2006) Specimen size: 9.5 × 8.7 × 4 cm = 3.7” × 3.4” × 1.6” Main crystal size: 4.8 × 4.2 cm = 1.9” × 1.7” Fluorescent long & short UV

Fluorite
	MF46I1: These esthetic and curious globular crystallizations are similar to those discovered at Myanmar some years ago, but they have better quality due both to their size and color. The specimen is from a new find at a locality in Inner Mongolia, unknown until now as producer of mineral specimens. This specimen was photographed for the ‘what’s new at Munich 2006’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 9 of number 1/2007. Guxian, Henan  China (2006) Specimen size: 8.1 × 7.3 × 4.1 cm = 3.2” × 2.9” × 1.6” Zoned fluorescence long & short UV

	Fluorite
MD89I1: These esthetic and curious globular crystallizations are similar to those discovered at Myanmar some years ago, but they have better quality due both to their size and color and because they are on matrix. The specimen has been published in the book ‘China’, by Berthold Ottens, on page 245. Guxian, Henan  China (2006) Specimen size: 17.5 × 9.5 × 6.5 cm = 6.9” × 3.7” × 2.6” Zoned fluorescence long & short UV

Fluorite with Beryl, Scheelite and Muscovite
Front Side Top Rear	TT93M2: Group of cubic colorless Fluorite crystals showing a good transparency and accompanied by Beryl (Goshenite), Muscovite and a group of dipyramidal Scheelite crystals. This association is extraordinary, I have never before seen a Fluorite from this locality of this quality and associated with Beryl and Scheelite. Shaobaodin Mountains, Pingwu, Sichuan  China (2008) Specimen size: 6 × 5.3 × 4.3 cm = 2.4” × 2.1” × 1.7” Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2 cm = 1.1” × 0.8”

Spessartine

	Spessartine with smoky Quartz
EX26I1: Crystals are trapezohedrons and they are transparent and have extraordinary luster and color. The specimen is very esthetic because Spessartine covers a group of Quartz crystals whose terminations appear in some points. Yunling, Zhangzhou, Fujian  China (2005) Specimen size: 5.7 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm = 2.2” × 1.4” × 1.0” Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.3” × 0.3”

Spessartine
	HA97F4: The sample is very rich in trapezohedral crystals, which have excellent color, brilliance and definition, on a matrix of white Feldspar. It is powerful. Yunling, Zhangzhou, Fujian  China (2003) Specimen size: 9.7 × 8 × 4.5 cm = 3.8” × 3.1” × 1.8” Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.5” × 0.5”

	Spessartine with smoky Quartz and Clinochlore
DB46E2: Very well defined crystals of Spessartine that are transparent and have lots of color. Smoky Quartz with good color and intense brilliance. Dotted across the matrix are groups of leafy crystals of Clinochlore. And all that is on a fine matrix, so it is a light specimen. It was photographed for the ‘what’s new at St Marie 2004’ section of the magazine ‘Minéraux et Fossiles’ and appears on page 35 of number 331. Yunling, Zhangzhou, Fujian  China (2004) Specimen size: 10 × 5.5 × 3.2 cm = 3.9” × 2.2” × 1.3” Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”

Spessartine with smoky Quartz
	EA89I2: Numerous trapezohedral crystals, very transparent and of a magnificent honey color covering a group of smoky Quartz crystals. It has an added curiosity, in one of the corners of the sample there is a small but transparent and well formed octahedral crystal of green Fluorite, very bright. Yunling, Zhangzhou, Fujian  China (2005) Specimen size: 10.3 × 9.6 × 5.5 cm = 4.1” × 3.8” × 2.2” Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”

Daye mining area

	Inesite on Quartz
MZ96H3: An esthetic double group of acicular crystals forming open fans, on a Quartz crystal. Fengjiashan Mine, Daye, Hubei  China (2005) Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.4” × 1.3” × 0.9” Main crystal size: 4 × 2.2 cm = 1.6” × 0.9”	Front Rear

Quartz Amethyst
	MF96: Single crystal, recrystallized at the bottom, of brilliant Amethyst with a nice deeply colored phantom inside. Its rear is covered by minor orange Apophyllite-(KF). We will provide a copy of the analysis of it to the customer. Fengjiashan Mine, Daye, Hubei  China (2002) Specimen size: 9.2 × 5 × 4 cm = 3.6” × 2.0” × 1.6”

Manganilvaite

These Manganilvaites have a curious history: in the year 2002 we obtained these samples and ignoring what they were then called we analyzed them. The analysis gave as a result that it could be a new species: Manganilvaite, not previously existing. We thought to present them to be approved but we decided not to due to the complexity of the process and the conviction that some other people could be working on them. Sure nough, a little time later Manganilvaite was officially published as new species.
We re-analyzed the samples we have and we can confirm they are Manganilvaite. Now we present them on our Web. A really long way to arrive to this point!
As we normally do in these cases we will send the buyer a copy of the analysis.

	Manganilvaite with Quartz, Apophyllite-(KF) and Calcite
MR27I5: The specimen is more esthetic than usual for the species. It has a base of Quartz crystals with white rhombohedral crystals of Calcite and a coverage of Apophyllite-(KF) and black prismatic crystals of Manganilvaite, small but very well defined. We’ll send the analysis of the Manganilvaite to the buyer. Daye mining area, Hubei  China (2002) Specimen size: 9.2 × 8.5 × 6.5 cm = 3.6” × 3.3” × 2.6” Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.1” × 0.0” Calcite fluorescent long & short UV	Front Side

Manganilvaite on Apophyllite-(KF)
	AD96H6: Spheroidal groups, very rich of small, black, very bright crystals in oriented growth on a matrix of very sharp, tabular crystals of Apophyllite-(KF). Daye mining area, Hubei  China (2002) Specimen size: 10 × 6.2 × 4.5 cm = 3.9” × 2.4” × 1.8”

Babingtonite

Munich 2005 offered some samples from China that were offered as Manganbabingtonite. We had doubts about the composition so we did simple analysis and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The results leave no doubts: they are really Babingtonite. They are exceptional in size, their association with Prehnite and Quartz and their agreeable esthetics.
Once more, China amazes us with something surpassing the best previously known for a species!

	Babingtonite with Prehnite
MB97G5: On Prehnite, a big quantity of small Babingtonite crystals, but one of these crystals is very much bigger, doubly-terminated, bright and very sharp. We’ll give a copy of the analysis to the buyer. The specimen has been published in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on page 24, volume 33, number 6, June 2008. Qiaojia, Qiaojia County, Zhaotong, Yunnan  China (2005) Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.3 × 2.6 cm = 2.0” × 1.7” × 1.0” Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

Babingtonite with Prehnite, Quartz and Epidote
Front Side Top	EM68K3: Doubly terminated crystal of Babingtonite with very sharp faces and edges and a considerable size. The matrix is a group of small Quartz crystals with spheroidal Prehnite and small crystals of Epidote. Very esthetic. Qiaojia, Qiaojia County, Zhaotong, Yunnan  China (2006) Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.7 × 2.7 cm = 2.1” × 1.5” × 1.1” Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2 cm = 0.9” × 0.8”

	Babingtonite with Prehnite and Quartz
TT94N9: An excellent example with a Babingtonite crystal, quite large for the species. It has very well defined faces and edges with perfect terminations, and, most importantly, they are very bright. It is on a matrix of green botryoidal Prehnite and small crystals of Quartz. A definitive piece. Qiaojia, Qiaojia County, Zhaotong, Yunnan  China (2006) Specimen size: 6 × 4 × 4.8 cm = 2.4” × 1.6” × 1.9” Main crystal size: 3.2 ×  2.7 cm = 1.3” × 1.1”	Front Top Rear

Sphalerite

In the Kanjianwan mine they found these excellent Sphalerites. They have very well defined crystal forms and are red (a little darker than the ones from Aliva, Spain). They are accompanied by Quartz and Galena so the overall effect is esthetic and competitive.

Sphalerite with Quartz and Galena
	DC96H1: The crystal has excellent color and transparency and clearly shows the formation of the Spinel twin, which is defined by the numerous entrant angles. Its centered position on the matrix of Quartz crystals, with darker zones of Galena, is especially esthetic. Rucheng Mine, Chaojia, Rucheng County, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2004) Specimen size: 7.5 × 5.2 × 3 cm = 3.0” × 2.0” × 1.2” Main crystal size: 3 × 2.6 cm = 1.2” × 1.0”

	Sphalerite with Calcite
MA90H3: This large sample has numerous twinned and complex crystals of Sphalerite of very good color and luster on matrix rich with small crystals of Calcite. Kangjianwan Mine, Shuikoushan, Hunan  China (2005) Specimen size: 20 × 10.5 × 4 cm = 7.9” × 4.1” × 1.6” Main crystal size: 2.9 × 2.5 cm = 1.1” × 1.0”

Hübnerite

Ferberite is often found at the Yao-gan-xian mine, so the surprise for us was to find that some of the Wolframites, as Chinese geologists had told us, are not of iron (Ferberite) but of manganese (Hübnerite). They are also very pure (almost all manganese and very little iron).
As we often do with novelties, we will send the client that buys one a copy of our analysis.

Hübnerite
Front Rear	HE96F3: Doubly terminated crystals, very flat, with well-defined faces and edges, and marked striations along the prism. There are light, but noticeable, hints of red reflections that show its true composition to be Hübnerite. Level 37, Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2004) Specimen size: 6.7 × 4 × 0.8 cm = 2.6” × 1.6” × 0.3” Main crystal size: 6.7 × 2.3 cm = 2.6” × 0.9”

	Doubly terminated Hübnerite with Quartz
HB48F3: A powerful group of numerous crystals, most of which are doubly terminated. The striations let one see how each member of the group grew. One can see red reflections from the edges of the crystals. Level 37, Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2004) Specimen size: 10.5 × 4.3 × 3 cm = 4.1” × 1.7” × 1.2”	Front Rear

Mimetite

During the 2003 Tucson Show the main novelty was, without doubt, the new Chinese Mimetites.
As you can see their quality is exceptional. We selected the more colorful orange ones, leaving from those we saw the more yellowish ones as they are too similar in our opinion of the former Thailand ones. Also we tried to get the more perfect specimens with the nicer and sharper forms.

Mimetite
	PA11D1: Nice isn't it? When I purchased it I wasn't very excited due to its really small size. However given its extremely original form, like a flower that includes the stem on the rear, its luster, and color I decided to offer it on the web looking for a collector of smaller than miniature specimens who is searching for a beauty. Pingtouling Mine, Liannan, Sanjiang, Guangdong  China (2003) Specimen size: 1 × 1 × 1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4” × 0.4”

	Mimetite
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 = 1.3” × 0.9” × 0.8” Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

Mimetite
Front Side	MN50F1: The color and brilliance of this specimen are both great. The central crystal is large and shows exceptional quality, with the pinacoid facing forwards, so that one can easily see the hexagonal symmetry of the prism. Pingtouling Mine, Liannan, Sanjiang, Guangdong  China (2003) Specimen size: 2.5 × 2 × 2.5 cm = 1.0” × 0.8” × 1.0” Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.6” × 0.4”

	Mimetite
EQ89D4: Extremely well colored and very lustrous Mimetite with a huge euhedral crystal at the top of the specimen. Minor matrix on its rear. Pingtouling Mine, Liannan, Sanjiang, Guangdong  China (01/03) Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.7 × 1.5 cm = 1.1” × 1.1” × 0.6” Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.5” × 0.5”

Pyromorphite

During 2000 the most important mineral 'explosion' has been the Pyromorphites found in Daoping Mine, China.

Pyromorphite
	TA77M0: Curious and esthetic cluster of Pyromorphite formed by multiple crystals which show curved faces and edges. Color is not usual and varies between green and white. Daoping Mine, Guilin, Guangxi  China (2003) Specimen size: 4 × 3.7 × 2.9 cm = 1.6” × 1.5” × 1.1” Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.4” × 0.2” Minor fluorescence long & short UV

	Pyromorphite
TR69N9: Very aerial group of crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with terminations in pinacoid. Their luster and color, very vivid and uniform, are excellent. Daoping Mine, Guilin, Guangxi  China (2009) Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.5 × 2 cm = 1.4” × 1.0” × 0.8” Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.3” × 0.3” Minor fluorescence long & short UV	Front Rear

Pyromorphite
	M70LF2: Among the many good things about this one the color and length of the crystals, some of which are hoppered. Daoping Mine, Guilin, Guangxi  China (05/2000) Specimen size: 4.5 × 4 × 2.5 cm = 1.8” × 1.6” × 1.0” Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.6 cm = 0.5” × 0.2”

	Pyromorphite
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 = 2.8” × 1.8” × 1.8” Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.4” × 0.2” Minor fluorescence long & short UV	Front Side Rear

Pyromorphite
	EM46J7: One of the notable novelties from Ste. Marie-aux-Mines 2007. Group of prismatic crystals of very well defined faces and edges with skeletal terminations, on matrix. Their color and luster are really extraordinary, but we also especially note their translucency, easily visible under a strong light. The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ on page 287 in number 2007/4. Daoping Mine, Guilin, Guangxi  China (2007) Specimen size: 3.6 × 2 × 2.5 cm = 1.4” × 0.8” × 1.0” Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.4” × 0.3” Fluorescent long UV & minor fluorescence short UV

Kermesite

This find represents the best samples ever found of this species. The size, perfect form as well as the cherry red color (when back lit) make them, in our opinion, one of the most significant finds of the last few years. We have selected solid specimens from our stock, so that shipping will not be a problem.

Please note that all this photos was taken with a strong light source at the rear of the specimen, in order to show its deep red color, under normal lighting this is not so visible.

	Kermesite
BB42: One of the few pieces with matrix. The matrix is a mix of massive and crystallized Stibnite. The Kermesite is standing free on its small matrix and shows very well its morphology and its transparency (with intense light from the back) due its aerial position. A minor Stibnite crystal is crosses the left corner of the specimen. The specimen has been published in the book ‘China’, by Berthold Ottens, on page 170. Caiwa Mine, Danfeng County, Shaanxi  China (2002) Specimen size: 7.5 × 3.5 × 2.1 cm = 3.0” × 1.4” × 0.8”

Kermesite
	BF50J1: Divergent groups of extraordinarily defined crystals. It has an excellent color and comes from the famous find in 2002 and even then they were scarce, and it is very difficult to obtain good samples. The specimen has high quality and it is a perfect representation of the species. The specimen has been published in the book ‘China’, by Berthold Ottens, on page 505. Caiwa Mine, Danfeng County, Shaanxi  China (2002) Specimen size: 9.6 × 3.1 × 1.9 cm = 3.8” × 1.2” × 0.7” Main crystal size: 8.5 × 0.5 cm = 3.3” × 0.2”

	Kermesite
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 = 3.9” × 1.2” × 0.4”	Front Rear

Kermesite with Stibnite
Front Rear Top	BA89J1: Divergent group of extraordinarily defined crystals. It has an excellent color and comes from the famous find in 2002 and even then they were scarce, and it is very difficult to obtain good samples. The specimen has high quality and it is a perfect representation of the species. Caiwa Mine, Danfeng County, Shaanxi  China (2002) Specimen size: 10.6 × 2.6 × 1.9 cm = 4.2” × 1.0” × 0.7” Main crystal size: 10.6 × 0.4 cm = 4.2” × 0.2”