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 Main crystal size: 4.3 × 2.9 cm

	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 Main crystal size: 5.2 × 2.8 cm

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 Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm 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 Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm

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

	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

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 Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm 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 Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.4 cm

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 Main crystal size: 8.5 × 1.2 cm

	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. Tongbei, Yunxiao, Fujian  China (2003) Specimen size: 13 × 8 × 4 cm Main crystal size: 2 × 2 cm

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

	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 Main crystal size: 2 × 1.5 cm

Cinnabar on Dolomite
	TF89H3: Magnificent, very individualized crystals, and the main one has a considerable size. We note the perfection of faces and edges, the color and the contrast with the white Dolomite matrix. Chatian, Fenghua, Hunan  China (2003-2006) Specimen size: 5 × 5 × 4.4 cm Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.2 cm

	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

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

	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 Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.4 cm

Scheelite with Quartz, Muscovite and Arsenopyrite
Front Rear	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 Main crystal size: 3.3 × 3 cm Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV

	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

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

	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 Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.2 cm	Front Rear Side

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. Gaoligingshan, Yunnan  China (2006) Specimen size: 5.3 × 5.2 × 2.9 cm Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.2 cm 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. Gaoligingshan, Yunnan  China (2006) Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.3 × 3.2 cm Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.5 cm 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 Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1 cm

	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

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 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 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 Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV

	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 Main crystal size: 5.4 × 0.8 cm

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 Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.4 cm 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 Extremely fluorescent long & short UV	Front Top

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

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 Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4 cm Extremely fluorescent short UV

Scheelite on Mica
Front Side	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 Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2 cm Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV

	Doubly terminated Scheelite with Quartz
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 Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV	Front Rear Side

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 Zoned fluorescence short UV

	Beryl with Mica
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 area, Pingwu, Sichuan  China (2007) Specimen size: 4.2 × 4.2 × 3.6 cm	Front Side Top

Beryl with Muscovite
	EP77H7: 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 very well developed, tabular crystals of Muscovite. Shaobaodin Mountains, Pingwu, Sichuan  China (2005) Specimen size: 9.3 × 10.9 × 5.5 cm Main crystal size: 4.5 × 3.3 cm Beryl crystal's corner lines fluorescent short UV

	Beryl with Cassiterite
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 Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.7 cm	Front Top

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 Main crystal size: 3 × 2.4 × 0.9 cm

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 Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.8 cm

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 Main crystal size: 4.5 × 4 cm

	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 Fluorite fluorescent long & short UV	Front Side

Cassiterite with Quartz
Front Top	JH66H7: The stout prismatic crystal has very uncommon transparency and color, in view of its large size. The lengthened 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 Main crystal size: 5.5 × 3 cm

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 Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm

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 Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm

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, Linwu, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2005) Specimen size: 11 × 8.6 × 5.5 cm Main crystal size: 3 × 2.6 cm Fluorescent long & short UV

Fluorite with inclusions
Front Side	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

	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, Leyang, Hunan  China (2004) Specimen size: 6 × 4.7 × 4.5 cm Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.8 cm

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 Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.8 cm 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 Main crystal size: 4.8 × 4.2 cm 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 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 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 Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2 cm

Spessartine

	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 Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.6 cm

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 Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.8 cm

	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 Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.2 cm

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 Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.5 cm

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 Main crystal size: 4 × 2.2 cm	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

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 Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm 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

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 and Quartz
MC47G5: Very individualized and definite crystals on an attractive matrix of globular Prehnite and Quartz crystals. We’ll give a copy of the analysis to the buyer. Qiaojia, Qiaojia County, Zhaotong, Yunnan  China (2005) Specimen size: 4.3 × 4 × 4 cm Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm

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 Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm

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.