Mineral Specimens - page 13
China

XM2190EPB: Pair of complex Calcite crystals, lustrous and translucent, becoming transparent towards the terminations. It displays interpenetration twins, with very well defined faces and edges and marked striations on some of the faces.
High quality for the locality.
Tongling Prefecture, Anhui Province  China

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.5 × 2.7 cm = 1.89” × 1.38” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 4.8 × 2.4 cm = 1.89” × 0.94”

TFR69AQ0: Druse of Azurite crystals with sharp crystal forms of lenticular habit, with very good luster and very vivid color reminiscent of some specimens from Milpillas. In matrix, with Malachite growths.
Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province  China

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.5 × 5.2 cm = 2.52” × 2.17” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.35” × 0.28”

ETW74AP3: Arborescent aggregate of native Copper, very aerial, with well defined crystals for the species, with good luster and partially coated by very sharp octahedral Cuprite crystals, lustrous and deep red.
Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province  China (06/2022)

Specimen size: 11.4 × 12.3 × 4.8 cm = 4.49” × 4.84” × 1.89”

TFB76AN9: Group of Fluorite crystals with cubic habit and very well marked, transparent, lustrous polycrystalline growths, with shades between deep blue and violet and with intense geometric color zoning, on a matrix of small Quartz crystals. From a locality not well known for quality fluorites.
Jingbian Mine, Hengbu, Zongyang, Anqing Prefecture, Anhui Province  China

Specimen size: 5.9 × 5.8 × 2.9 cm = 2.32” × 2.28” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 2 cm = 0.83” × 0.79”

TR50V2: Manganese oxides after tetrahedral crystals of Helvine. On a matrix with small crystals of Spessartine that also partially coat the former Helvine. These samples were initially described as the species “Helvine” but later they were confirmed as pseudomorphous after Helvine.
Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province  China (2005)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.3 × 2.4 cm = 2.24” × 1.69” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.42” × 0.83”

TFR29AN9: Single Beryl crystal with an unusual cylindrical habit, with a progressive narrowing in the lower part and a finely polycrystalline termination. It is transparent, lustrous, and with very distinct color zoning: pink in the middle, with greenish blue tones at the ends. Of the best possible quality for this deposit.
Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province  China

Specimen size: 5 × 1.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.97” × 0.55” × 0.55”

MRB52AP9: Complete sphere of microcrystalline Quartz, pseudomorph after a spheroidal Fluorite, blue-green in color, on a Quartz matrix. Unlike any other we have seen before.
Anxi, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province  China (2017)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.8 × 6.4 cm = 3.03” × 2.68” × 2.52”

Main crystal size: 6.7 × 6.3 cm = 2.64” × 2.48”

MG89AM0: Cubic crystals clearly beveled by dodecahedron faces, transparent, very shiny, and somewhat bicolored between blue and green. On matrix, with small Quartz crystals.
Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province  China (2018)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 6.1 × 4.1 cm = 2.48” × 2.40” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2.6 cm = 1.38” × 1.02”

THL86AN3: Botryoidal growth of very aesthetic shapes, with bands of different shades of green and an intense silky luster, which gives it a peculiar 'chatoyant' appearance.
Shilu Mine, Yangchun, Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province  China (±1995)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.6 × 3.6 cm = 1.85” × 1.42” × 1.42”

TMR96AN4: Aerial Malachite floater group with very aesthetic irregular growths. It has an intense silky luster, bands of different shades of green, and surface areas with a fibrous appearance. Very elegant.
Shilu Mine, Yangchun, Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province  China (±1995)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.2 × 3.2 cm = 2.44” × 2.05” × 1.26”

EYZ71AO0: Botryoidal growth of very aesthetic forms of Malachite, banded with different shades of green and with an intense silky luster, which gives it a peculiar chatoyant appearance.
Shilu Mine, Yangchun, Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province  China (±1995)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 7.4 × 4.1 cm = 2.95” × 2.91” × 1.61”

MXZ72AO2: Columnar and stalactitic growths, very aerial, of Malachite, with the intense silky sheen typical of specimens from this locality, which gives them a peculiar "chatoyant" appearance. Deep green in color, it also has some curious concretionary Malachite growths with a much lighter tone, with small recrystallized holes in the terminations, probably due to very rapid growth.
Shilu Mine, Yangchun, Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province  China (±1995)

Specimen size: 8 × 7.8 × 4.8 cm = 3.15” × 3.07” × 1.89”

EEB94AN7: Botryoidal growths of very aesthetic Malachite shapes, with bands of different shades of green and an intense silky luster, which gives it a peculiar 'chatoyant' appearance.
This particular piece features a pareidolia phenomenon, simulating a group of human figures (or a pair of joined water bottles)
Shilu Mine, Yangchun, Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province  China (±1995)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 8 × 3.3 cm = 3.27” × 3.15” × 1.30”

EXA47AO0: Botryoidal growth of very aesthetic forms of Malachite, banded in different shades of green and with an intense silky luster, which give it a peculiar chatoyant appearance.
Shilu Mine, Yangchun, Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province  China (±1995)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 2.6 × 2.3 cm = 3.43” × 1.02” × 0.91”

TD53AL7: Rosette-like growths of very flattened sharp lenticular Hematite crystals with good luster and on a matrix of Quartz crystals. A modern classic which is now scarce due to the disappearance of the locality where they used to be found.
Jinlong Hill, Longchuan, Heyuan Prefecture, Guangdong Province  China

Specimen size: 18.1 × 10.2 × 7.3 cm = 7.13” × 4.02” × 2.87”

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, Liannan, Qingyuan Prefecture, Guangdong Province  China (01/2003)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.5 × 5 cm = 2.76” × 1.77” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.20” × 0.20”

EFM71AP3: Very aerial crystal of translucent Fluorite, with a violet color on the edges and blue in the center of the crystal, on a fine Quartz matrix.
Higher quality than usual for this locality.
Dachang District, Nandan, Hechi Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (02/2022)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 7.8 × 3.4 cm = 4.02” × 3.07” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 4 × 4 cm = 1.57” × 1.57”

SV1200MXM: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals that are translucent, lustrous and with a
very marked color zoning, with the faces of the crystals exhibiting prominent polycrystalline growths highlighted by lines of deeper color, and dotted with small rhombohedral crystals of white Dolomite. More vivid in color than most other specimens from this locality.
Dachang District, Nandan, Hechi Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (10/2022)

Specimen size: 15.4 × 12.3 × 4.4 cm = 6.06” × 4.84” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 5.6 × 2 cm = 2.20” × 0.79”

ERB46AP3: Isolated Topaz crystal of good size, on matrix, with very sharp crystal forms, between transparent and translucent depending on the area, lustrous and pale blue, a rarity in China with this quality and size.
Daguishan, Babu District, Hezhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (10/2021)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.1 × 6.8 cm = 2.87” × 2.01” × 2.68”

TRF16AN6: Druse, on matrix, of very flattened and sharp lenticular crystals of Rhodochrosite, with good luster and an intense and uniform color. Very fine and elegant.
Wutong Mine, Liubao, Cangwu, Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2021)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.7 × 2.7 cm = 2.52” × 2.24” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”

TYV66AN3: Floater group of Pyromorphite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with parallel polycrystalline growths and hopper growths. Translucent, with good luster and a very intense and uniform green color.
We will ship the piece in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.98” × 0.55” × 0.43”

TH67T2: Group of crystals with slightly curved faces and edges, with excellent terminations and most of them doubly terminated, very bright and with excellent color, very uniform.
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2009)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.1 × 2.1 cm = 1.02” × 0.83” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.4 cm = 0.43” × 0.16”

TE57N9: Very aerial group of crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with multiple terminations as pinacoid. Their luster and color, very vivid and uniform, are excellent.
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2009)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm = 1.06” × 0.91” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1 cm = 0.71” × 0.39”

EQ46X3: Very aerial miniature formed by divergent aggregates of very elongated prismatic crystals, almost acicular but with good terminations. Those crystals show a good luster and a uniform apple-green color.
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2010)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3 × 2.5 cm = 1.54” × 1.18” × 0.98”

TJ87S9: Group of translucent crystals with an intense green color and on matrix. Some of them are doubly terminated, with slight curvatures on their edges and hollow terminations.
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2009)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.8 × 2.3 cm = 1.65” × 1.50” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.7 cm = 0.43” × 0.28”

LA69AK4: Floater group with parallel growths, very marked hopper formations and very sharp pyramidal polycrystalline terminations. Bright and a uniform yellowish green. The sample is from the Philippe Morelon collection (No. 680), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (±2009)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2 × 1.7 cm = 1.73” × 0.79” × 0.67”

TB6Z7: Botryoidal Plumbogummite growth with velvety surfaces and a very deep and intense greenish-blue color coating a matrix of yellow Pyromorphite crystals. Due to the softness of the surface the sample has some small whitish points produced by light scuffs. Both the Plumbogummite and Pyromorphite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of both analyses to the buyer
Yangshuo / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2014)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.87” × 0.63” × 0.59”

MP48AA7: Aggregate of Pyromorphite crystals, on matrix, with parallel growths and slight curvatures on their faces and edges, with a yellowish green color and coated by bluish-green Plumbogummite with yellowish shades in some areas. Both the Pyromorphite and the Plumbogummite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Yangshuo / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (02/2014)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.6 × 1.8 cm = 1.34” × 1.02” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.67” × 0.12”

MK87AA7: Aggregate of Pyromorphite crystals with parallel growths and slight curvatures on their faces and edges, with a yellowish green color and coated by bluish-green Plumbogummitewith yellowish shades in some areas. Both the Pyromorphite and the Plumbogummite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Yangshuo / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (02/2014)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.9 × 2.1 cm = 1.54” × 1.14” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.7 cm = 0.51” × 0.28”

TC94AB6: Parallel aggregate of elongated Pyromorphite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with hollowed terminations and partially coated and embedded by bluish Plumbogummite. The samples are from a very recent find and have different morphological characteristics compared to those previously known. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Yangshuo / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (01/2015)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.3 × 2.6 cm = 2.17” × 1.30” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 4 × 1.5 cm = 1.57” × 0.59”

TA50AB6: Fanlike aggregate of elongated Pyromorphite crystals with hollowed terminations and partially coated and embedded by intense sky blue Plumbogummite. The samples are from a very recent find and have different morphological characteristics compared to those previously known. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Yangshuo / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (01/2015)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm = 2.20” × 2.01” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.9 cm = 0.79” × 0.35”

TMB26AN5: Fluorite crystals, very sharp and extraordinarily lustrous, covering a group of scalenohedral Calcite crystals, and all partially covered by thin layers of Gypsum. The specimen has been thoroughly analyzed and no traces of Yttrium were found. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Qinglong Mine, Dachang, Qinglong, Qianxi'nan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.6 × 1.9 cm = 1.50” × 1.42” × 0.75”

TFB46AN5: Fluorite crystals, very sharp and extraordinarily lustrous, covering a group of scalenohedral Calcite crystals, and all partially covered by thin layers of Gypsum. The specimen has been thoroughly analyzed and no traces of Yttrium were found. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Qinglong Mine, Dachang, Qinglong, Qianxi'nan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3 × 2.4 cm = 1.85” × 1.18” × 0.94”

TFA47AN4: Very sharp and extraordinarily lustrous Fluorite crystals that cover a group of scalenohedral Calcite crystals, all partially covered by thin layers of Gypsum.
The specimen has been thoroughly analyzed and no traces of Yttrium have been found. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Qinglong Mine, Dachang, Qinglong, Qianxi'nan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 4.8 × 2.6 cm = 2.72” × 1.89” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.4 cm = 1.06” × 0.55”

TFB67AN4: Very sharp and extraordinarily lustrous Fluorite crystals that cover a group of scalenohedral Calcite crystals, all partially covered by thin layers of Gypsum.
The specimen has been thoroughly analyzed and no traces of Yttrium have been found. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Qinglong Mine, Dachang, Qinglong, Qianxi'nan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.2 × 2.4 cm = 2.76” × 1.65” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 0.67” × 0.47”

AX11AL9: Felted aggregates of filiform crystals of Carbonatecyanotrichite, a different species from the better known Cyanotrichite, with an intense and uniform blue color. On matrix, with Calcite and small Fluorite crystals.
Qinglong Mine, Dachang, Qinglong, Qianxi'nan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China

Specimen size: 1.4 × 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.55” × 0.35” × 0.28”

AV13AL9: Felted aggregates of filiform crystals of Carbonatecyanotrichite, a different species from the better known Cyanotrichite, with an intense and uniform blue color. On matrix, with Calcite and small Fluorite crystals.
Qinglong Mine, Dachang, Qinglong, Qianxi'nan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China

Specimen size: 1.5 × 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.59” × 0.39” × 0.31”

AR12AL9: Felted aggregates of filiform crystals of Carbonatecyanotrichite, a different species from the better known Cyanotrichite, with an intense and uniform blue color. On matrix, with Calcite and small Fluorite crystals.
Qinglong Mine, Dachang, Qinglong, Qianxi'nan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China

Specimen size: 2,7 × 1.3 × 1.4 cm = 0.79” × 0.51” × 0.55”

AFM37AP4: Felty aggregates of filiform crystals of Carbonatecyanotrichite, a different species from the better known Cyanotrichite, with an intense and uniform blue color. They are on matrix, with Calcite and small Azurite crystals that add a little something different from the usual.
Qinglong Mine, Dachang, Qinglong, Qianxi'nan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China

Specimen size: 8.6 × 4.9 × 2.7 cm = 3.39” × 1.93” × 1.06”

EDL99AN8: Spheroidal growth of small translucent octahedral Fluorite crystals, with good luster and an intense and uniform emerald-green color, something remarkable because the vast majority of pieces found so far in this mine were of a more or less intense lilac-purple color which, due to lack of the intense green shown by this specimen, did not stand out.
Guxian, Tongbai, Nanyang Prefecture, Henan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.6 × 3.8 cm = 2.36” × 1.81” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 4 cm = 1.65” × 1.57”

MXJ93AO0: Growth of small Fluorite crystals that form a large sphere. Translucent, with excellent luster and an intense and uniform dark green color, which is remarkable since the vast majority of pieces found so far in this mining district were more or less intense lilac-purple, but they are not noted for a greenish color as intense as the one shown by this specimen.
Guxian, Tongbai, Nanyang Prefecture, Henan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 8.1 × 7.5 cm = 3.46” × 3.19” × 2.95”

MZ74AH1: Globular Fluorite Crystal of great size. It is translucent with deep green color and white inclusions and is implanted on a crystalline Quartz matrix.
Guxian, Tongbai, Nanyang Prefecture, Henan Province  China (2016)

Specimen size: 10 × 9.7 × 4.7 cm = 3.94” × 3.82” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 6.3 × 5.4 cm = 2.48” × 2.13”

EXL97AP6: Group of Calcite crystals dominated by trapezohedron forms, with faces and edges perfectly defined and with color caused by iron oxide inclusions that grow oriented on a first generation 'phantom' of Calcite crystals.
Comes from a deposit type that corresponds to an iron ore affected by a skarn.
Daguangshan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (07/2022)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 7.3 × 4.2 cm = 3.07” × 2.87” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 3.9 cm = 1.61” × 1.54”

XM2440EXA: Group of Calcite crystals with the dominant forms of the trapezohedron, with perfectly defined faces and edges and with colors caused by iron oxide inclusions that grow oriented on a first generation of Calcite crystal phantoms. Comes from an iron deposit affected by skarn.


Daguangshan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (07/2022)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 7.4 × 4.9 cm = 3.78” × 2.91” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2.4 cm = 0.94” × 0.94”

ETT50AP1: From a find made in the spring of 2022. Botryoidal microcrystalline growth of Chalcopyrite, shiny and with reddish and mauve metallic iridescence, on a Calcite matrix. Very unusual.
Daguangshan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (05/2022)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.9 × 2.1 cm = 1.57” × 1.14” × 0.83”

ERB90AP1: From a recent find in the spring of 2022. Botryoidal microcrystalline growth of Chalcopyrite, lustrous and with golden metallic iridescence, on matrix, with Calcite crystals. Very unusual.
This specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 168/2022, page 17
Daguangshan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (05/2022)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.9 × 1.8 cm = 2.52” × 1.93” × 0.71”

EPR97AP2: Botryoidal Pyrite growths with very vivid metallic iridescence, very lustrous, in matrix, with acute scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
Daguangshan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (06/2022)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 4.3 × 2.6 cm = 2.95” × 1.69” × 1.02”

ETV96AP1: Twinned Calcite crystal rich in complex crystal forms. Very transparent and lustrous, colorless, and in matrix.
Tonglüshan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (02/2022)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.8 × 2.5 cm = 1.14” × 1.10” × 0.98”

ELP48AP3: Doubly terminated scalenohedral Calcite crystal, on matrix, transparent and extraordinarily lustrous, with reddish inclusions of iron oxides. A miniature of great quality and very aesthetic.
Tonglüshan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (2022)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 4.2 × 2.6 cm = 1.69” × 1.65” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 4 × 2 cm = 1.57” × 0.79”

ELM67AP1: Complex Calcite crystals, one of them very aerial and clearly dominant, very rich in crystal forms, with the dominant scalenohedron, transparent, extraordinarily lustrous and with reddish inclusions of iron oxides. Elegant and very aesthetic.
Tonglüshan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (06/2022)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.8 × 3.7 cm = 1.77” × 1.50” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.8 cm = 0.83” × 0.71”

EQQ29AP6: Complex doubly terminated crystal of Calcite, very rich in crystal forms and dominated by the scalenohedron. Transparent, shiny and with reddish inclusions of iron oxides.
A specimen of high quality and very aesthetic.
Tonglüshan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 6.1 × 4.3 cm = 2.60” × 2.40” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 3.9 × 2.6 cm = 1.54” × 1.02”

EMM91AP3: Group of scalenohedral Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and of good size, translucent, very bright and with reddish inclusions of iron oxides that got concentrated at the vertices.
Tonglüshan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (2022)

Specimen size: 11.4 × 10.8 × 6.3 cm = 4.49” × 4.25” × 2.48”

Main crystal size: 6.4 × 4 cm = 2.52” × 1.57”

SV490MXT: Complex Calcite crystals very rich in crystal forms, with the scalenohedron dominant, transparent, extraordinarily lustrous and with reddish iron oxide inclusions. A very aesthetic set.
Tonglüshan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (09/2022)

Specimen size: 14.4 × 10.4 × 4.4 cm = 5.67” × 4.09” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.3 cm = 1.46” × 1.30”

EMR78AP3: Equant transparent to translucent Hubeite crystals, with great luster and a brown color with very deep reddish tones, in a group of deep pink, very elongated and flattened Inesite crystals.
This specimen comes from the type locality for Hubeite.
Fengjiashan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (±2003)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.3 × 2.4 cm = 2.80” × 2.09” × 0.94”

EX47AL4: Clusters of tabular Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) crystals, very sharp, transparent and shiny, with dark inclusions of small Hubeite crystals that are concentrated mainly on the edges. On matrix and with related Quartz and Calcite crystals.
Daye mining area, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.5 × 3.8 cm = 2.68” × 2.17” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.2 cm = 0.63” × 0.47”

MG67AJ4: Hubeite crystals with a very good length for the species. They are very well defined and bright with a dark brown color and implanted on very fine Inesite crystals that are between translucent and transparent, bright and with an intense pink color. The Chinese Hubeites that even during their best times were scarce are currently very difficult to find.
Fengjiashan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China

Specimen size: 11.2 × 9 × 4 cm = 4.41” × 3.54” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.47” × 0.08”

MTA66AO0: Groups of very sharp Hubeite crystals much larger than usual for what was known up to now for the species, with good luster and a dark reddish brown color, implanted on a matrix with white rhombohedral Calcite crystals.
Fengjiashan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (±2001)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 9.7 × 3.7 cm = 3.07” × 3.82” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.24” × 0.08”

ELR27AP6: Floater group with botryoidal Chalcopyrite growths, brilliant, very aesthetic and unusual.
Tongshankou Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (03/2022)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.9 × 2.6 cm = 1.81” × 1.54” × 1.02”

SV460EFG: Spheroidal aggregates of very shiny Chalcopyrite crystals on a matrix formed by a growth of Calcite crystals in two phases: the first as darker scalenohedral crystals, and the second in the form of coatings of small clearer crystals. On the back, crystals of Chalcopyrite cover practically the entire piece. Comes from a mine which exploits a deposit rich in copper and molybdenum.
Tongshankou Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (03/2022)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.4 × 3.3 cm = 2.20” × 1.73” × 1.30”

EEA49AP1: From an unusual discovery made in the year 2022. Polycrystalline growths of crystals of very shiny Chalcopyrite on a Calcite matrix.
Tongshankou Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (06/2022)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 8.2 × 5 cm = 3.31” × 3.23” × 1.97”

ELE90AP4: Spheroidal aggregates of lustrous Chalcopyrite crystals, bordered by a growth of Calcite crystals formed in two phases: the first as dark scalenohedral crystals and the second in the form of coatings of small white crystals. One of the most aesthetic pieces from the find.
Tongshankou Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (03/2022)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 5.6 × 3.7 cm = 3.62” × 2.20” × 1.46”

EBB46AP1: From an unusual discovery made in the year 2022. Botryoidal, spheroidal and very aerial stalagmites of very shiny Chalcopyrite microcrystals on a matrix of the same Chalcopyrite. Spectacular.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 180 in the volume 54, number 1, January-February 2023, and in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 168/2022, page 16
Tongshankou Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (06/2022)

Specimen size: 11.4 × 8.4 × 5.1 cm = 4.49” × 3.31” × 2.01”

TRB87AN4: Calcite crystal with the dominant forms of the scalenohedron, translucent, with good luster and a pale yellow color, on matrix, with sharp crystals of Celestine, very transparent, lustrous and with a very pale blue color.
Daye mining area, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.6 × 2.3 cm = 1.34” × 1.02” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2.1 cm = 0.87” × 0.83”

TXX86AP6: From a 2022 discovery in the Daye area. Parallel growths of lenticular Calcite crystals, very aerial, on matrix. They are translucent, shiny, yellow in color with red inclusions and geometric color zoning. Very aesthetic.
Daye mining area, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (03/2022)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 5.1 × 2.8 cm = 2.05” × 2.01” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”

TPM27AP6: From a 2022 discovery in the Daye area. Parallel growths of lenticular Calcite crystals, very aerial, on matrix. They are translucent, shiny, yellow in color with red inclusions and geometric color zoning. Very aesthetic.
Daye mining area, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (03/2022)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 5.2 × 4.7 cm = 2.09” × 2.05” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1 cm = 0.51” × 0.39”

TYB37AP3: From a discovery in the year 2022 in the Daye area: Parallel growths of lenticular and very aerial Calcite crystals, on matrix. They are translucent, lustrous, yellow in color with red Hematite inclusions and geometric color zoning. Very aesthetic.
Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (2022)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.3 × 4.1 cm = 2.20” × 1.69” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”

SV2290TXA: From a 2022 discovery in the Daye area, parallel growths of lenticular and very aerial Calcite crystals forming stacks, on matrix. They are translucent, lustrous, yellow with red Hematite inclusions and geometric color zoning that gives a very aesthetic result.
Daye mining area, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (03/2022)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5.1 × 3.9 cm = 2.24” × 2.01” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39”

TMX89AQ0: Trapezohedral crystals of Analcime with very sharp crystal forms, one of them clearly dominant, transparent, lustrous, on matrix and with small crystals of Fluorapophyllite-(K).
Fengjiashan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5 × 3.8 cm = 2.80” × 1.97” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.8 cm = 0.75” × 0.71”

SV280MXB: Globular aggregates of rhombohedral Smithsonite crystals with very rounded faces and edges, its yellowish green tones displaying a predominance of the latter, with velvety appearance and satiny luster, dotted with small but very sharp scalenohedral crystals of snow-white Calcite, giving a beautiful color contrast to the specimen. Smithsonite had not been reported from this mine before, so this specimen helps to expand its paragenesis.
Leiping Mine, Leiping, Guiyang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (2019)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.9 × 3.3 cm = 2.64” × 1.93” × 1.30”

TFF67AO5: Parallel growths of Calcite crystals with very sharp prism forms, terminated by flattened rhombohedron faces, transparent, lustrous, with very pronounced phantom growths, colorless and with pink inclusions.
Leiping Mine, Leiping, Guiyang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China

Specimen size: 9.3 × 8.6 × 6.6 cm = 3.66” × 3.39” × 2.60”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.5 cm = 0.98” × 0.98”

EP89AM0: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, extraordinarily transparent, with good luster and a very vivid and uniform color.
Xianghuapu Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (2018)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 2.4 × 3.7 cm = 3.70” × 0.94” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2 cm = 0.98” × 0.79”

EK89AM0: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, extraordinarily transparent, with good luster and a very vivid and uniform color.
Xianghuapu Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (2018)

Specimen size: 11.2 × 7 × 3 cm = 4.41” × 2.76” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.59”

EAX52AO7: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, extraordinarily transparent, with good luster and a very vivid and uniform green color.
Xianghuapu Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (2018)

Specimen size: 13.4 × 9.8 × 5.4 cm = 5.28” × 3.86” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.2 cm = 0.75” × 0.47”

TC980MT: Group of cubic crystals beveled by dodecahedron faces, transparent, shiny and with a uniform pale green color. Very perfect, especially considering its large size.
Xianghuapu Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (±2004)

Specimen size: 19.5 × 15.2 × 9.4 cm = 7.68” × 5.98” × 3.70”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 6 cm = 2.44” × 2.36”

ERF27AP7: Interesting Chinese novelty. Very sharp dipyramidal crystals of Liroconite, with good luster and an intense blue color, with green tones in some areas of the specimen, on matrix. The specimen has been analyzed in depth due to the curious presence of greenish tones in the crystals that turned out to be due to slight impurities of iron.
We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 1.5 × 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.59” × 0.47” × 0.31”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”

EXR47AP9: Interesting novelty of the year 2021. Very sharp bipyramidal crystals of Liroconite, with bright luster and an intense blue color, with green tones in some areas of the specimen, and on matrix.
This specimen has been analyzed in detail due to the curious presence of greenish tones in some crystals that turned out to be due to minor iron impurities. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.67” × 0.39” × 0.35”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”

EFX67AP9: Interesting novelty of the year 2021. Very sharp bipyramidal crystals of Liroconite, with bright luster and an intense blue color, with green tones in some areas of the specimen, and on matrix.
This specimen has been analyzed in detail due to the curious presence of greenish tones in some crystals that turned out to be due to minor iron impurities. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.3 × 0.7 cm = 0.67” × 0.51” × 0.28”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”

TRB70AP9: Interesting novelty of the year 2021. Very sharp bipyramidal crystals of Liroconite on matrix, with bright luster and an intense and uniform blue color.
The specimen, rich in crystals and of high quality, has been analyzed in detail due to the curious presence of greenish tones in some crystals that turned out to be due to minor iron impurities. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.9 × 1.2 cm = 0.83” × 0.75” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 0.15 × 0.1 cm = 0.06” × 0.04”

EPX87AP9: Interesting novelty of the year 2021. Very sharp bipyramidal crystals of Liroconite, with bright luster and an intense blue color, with green tones in some areas of the specimen, and on matrix.
This specimen has been analyzed in detail due to the curious presence of greenish tones in some crystals that turned out to be due to minor iron impurities. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm = 0.79” × 0.51” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”

TXA16AP9: Interesting novelty of the year 2021. Very sharp bipyramidal crystals of Liroconite on matrix, with bright luster and an intense and uniform blue color.
The specimen, very rich in crystals and of high quality, has been analyzed in detail due to the curious presence of greenish tones in some crystals that turned out to be due to minor iron impurities. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.87” × 0.59” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 0.15 × 0.1 cm = 0.06” × 0.04”

EPX48AP9: Interesting novelty of the year 2021. Very sharp bipyramidal crystals of Liroconite, with bright luster and an intense blue color, with green tones in some areas of the specimen, and on matrix.
This specimen has been analyzed in detail due to the curious presence of greenish tones in some crystals that turned out to be due to minor iron impurities. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.94” × 0.55” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”

ERB86AP7: Interesting Chinese novelty. Very sharp dipyramidal crystals of Liroconite, with good luster and an intense blue color, with green tones in some areas of the specimen, on matrix. The specimen has been analyzed in depth due to the curious presence of greenish tones in the crystals that turned out to be due to slight impurities of iron.
We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.94” × 0.63” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”

EFF27AP7: Interesting Chinese novelty. Very sharp dipyramidal crystals of Liroconite, with good luster and an intense blue color, with green tones in some areas of the specimen, on matrix. The specimen has been analyzed in depth due to the curious presence of greenish tones in the crystals that turned out to be due to slight impurities of iron. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.47” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”

TFA36AP9: Interesting novelty of the year 2021. Very sharp bipyramidal crystals of Liroconite on matrix, with bright luster and an intense and uniform blue color.
The specimen, very rich in crystals and of high quality, has been analyzed in detail due to the curious presence of greenish tones in some crystals that turned out to be due to minor iron impurities. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.3 × 1 cm = 0.98” × 0.51” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”

TFG89AP9: Interesting novelty of the year 2021. Very sharp bipyramidal crystals of Liroconite, with bright luster and an intense blue color, with green tones in some areas of the specimen, and on matrix.
This specimen has been analyzed in detail due to the curious presence of greenish tones in some crystals that turned out to be due to minor iron impurities. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 1.6 × 1.8 cm = 1.02” × 0.63” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”

TFR90AP9: Interesting novelty of the year 2021. Very sharp bipyramidal crystals of Liroconite, with bright luster and an intense blue color, with green tones in some areas of the specimen, and on matrix.
This specimen has been analyzed in detail due to the curious presence of greenish tones in some crystals that turned out to be due to minor iron impurities. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm = 1.22” × 0.63” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”

JR50X5: Group of very well defined octahedral crystals with clear green color, polycrystalline growths on their faces and small cubic recrystallizations on some of their octahedral points.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (±2000)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 6.5 × 6 cm = 3.74” × 2.56” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 6 × 4.5 cm = 2.36” × 1.77”

TM16X6: Aggregate of very sharp cubic crystals that are very bright and have very well marked phantom growths, translucent in the central area and transparent on the edges. They have an intense and uniform green color. A great decorative sample.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (1998)

Specimen size: 16 × 12.5 × 5.7 cm = 6.30” × 4.92” × 2.24”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 4.1 cm = 1.69” × 1.61”

TE49AL5: A sharp lustrous brownish floater bipyramidal Scheelite crystal, partially covered by what appears to be a gray colored sulfide, perhaps Molybdenite. Among the best known for the locality.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Xianghualing Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.6 × 2 cm = 1.38” × 1.02” × 0.79”

TY1AE8: A novelty at Tucson 2017. Fluorite crystals that are composed of the very well balanced forms of the cube and the octahedron. Transparent and very bright, they have a very deep and uniform blue color and are on matrix with white scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
Shizhuyuan Mine, Dongpo, Yizhang District, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (2016)

Specimen size: 12.3 × 7.1 × 3.5 cm = 4.84” × 2.80” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.47” × 0.47”

EA89AK8: Fluorite as a cubo-octahedral crystal with the cube faces being smooth and the octahedron faces having polycrystalline growths. Transparent, lustrous, with inclusions, and intense lilac color, deeper on the cube faces. The crystal is implanted on a matrix with white scalenohedral Calcite crystals, small Quartz crystals, Dolomite rhombohedra, and cubic Pyrite crystals.
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang, Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (2015)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.4 × 5.2 cm = 3.31” × 2.13” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.4 cm = 1.18” × 0.94”

NT99AM9: Cinnabar crystal on matrix with a dominant rhombohedral habit, with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, very lustrous, with an intense color and vivid reflections, associated with white Dolomite crystals. Contrary to what usually happens with Chinese Cinnabar specimens, the matrix has not been sawn on either side.
Chatian Mine, Chatian District, Fenghuang, Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (±2001)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.6 × 6.2 cm = 3.03” × 2.20” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.7 cm = 0.43” × 0.28”

TG14AN1: Very lustrous Stibnite crystal with distinct parallel growth. With very well defined faces and edges and excellent terminations.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Lengshuijiang, Loudi Prefecture, Hunan Province  China

Specimen size: 3.7 × 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 1.46” × 0.35” × 0.28”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 0.5 cm = 1.22” × 0.20”

MA89AG7: Spheroidal aggregates of radial Valentinite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, very bright, with a color between yellow and orange, both intense and uniform. On a rocky matrix with Quartz coatings.
Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Lengshuijiang, Loudi Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (2016)

Specimen size: 9.1 × 8.9 × 3.5 cm = 3.58” × 3.50” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.31” × 0.31”

TAZ76AO3: Group on matrix of lustrous dark grey Stannite crystals whose faces and edges show very pronounced curvatures. The Stannite contrasts with the lamellar crystals of Muscovite and the crystals of Arsenopyrite, which are very sharp and have a lighter metallic tone.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2 × 2.1 cm = 0.91” × 0.79” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 0.51” × 0.43”

TH26AN1: Twinned Bournonite crystal with a prismatic habit, with sharp crystal forms and very lustrous.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.1 × 0.5 cm = 0.75” × 0.43” × 0.20”

TTV14AN4: Group of Bournonite crystals with a short prismatic habit, some of them doubly terminated, lustrous, and covered by acicular Boulangerite crystals. The Bournonite habit is unusual for the locality, so we had it analyzed, and it indeed turned out to be Bournonite.
We will send this specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which contains the label, and also a copy of the analysis.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.1 × 2 cm = 1.30” × 0.83” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 2 cm = 0.83” × 0.79”

EG66AM4: Very sharp and transparent Fluorite crystal. Very lustrous, of a light blue color with fine geometric zoning of an intense navy blue color and with oriented inclusions. On matrix with lamellar Muscovite crystals.
The specimen is from the prestigious collection of Fluorites by Pierre-Marie Guy.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China

Specimen size: 3.2 × 3 × 3.1 cm = 1.26” × 1.18” × 1.22”

JM76X9: Floater aggregate of crystals, formed by the dodecahedron, the octahedron and the cube, with a small coating of Quartz crystals, some of them doubly terminated. The sample is from the first Fluorite finds at the Yaogangxian mine.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (±1992)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.9 × 4.2 cm = 1.97” × 1.93” × 1.65”

TC90DD: Two very sharp Fluorite crystals, transparent and lustrous, with blue color zoning with more intense violet tones inside, implanted on the terminations of a Quartz crystal.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China

Specimen size: 6.1 × 2.4 × 1.8 cm = 2.40” × 0.94” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1 cm = 0.51” × 0.39”

GC29AK0: Group of cubo-octahedral crystals whose forms are disguised due to the intense polycrystalline growth which is translucent, bright with an uniform green color and on a Quartz matrix. The sample is from the Casado Margolles collection (number FRM 212) whose file we will send to the buyer.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (±2006)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 8.1 × 4.8 cm = 4.06” × 3.19” × 1.89”

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 Prefecture, Hunan Province  China

Specimen size: 18 × 9 × 6.2 cm = 7.09” × 3.54” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 4.2 cm = 1.77” × 1.65”

TZX14AN2: Floater twinned Sphalerite crystal, flattened, sharp and very lustrous.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.7 × 1.1 cm = 1.10” × 0.67” × 0.43”

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 Prefecture, Hunan Province  China

Specimen size: 4 × 3.3 × 2.6 cm = 1.57” × 1.30” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.9 cm = 0.79” × 0.75”

TAY36AO3: Disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals with very sharp tetrahedral shape, twinned, lustrous and on a matrix with small Calcite crystals.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China

Specimen size: 3 × 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 1.18” × 0.94” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.63” × 0.55”

TA78Z0: Spheroidal, almost a floater, aggregate of twinned Chalcopyrite crystals with parallel growths of Ferberite crystals and small mossy Boulangerite (variety plumosite) aggregates.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (2006)

Specimen size: 4 × 4 × 3.9 cm = 1.57” × 1.57” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.6 cm = 0.55” × 0.24”

TY16AN2: Group of Arsenopyrite crystals with very marked curvatures and parallel growths on some faces and edges that give them a curious habit reminiscent of a mushroom. The Arsenopyrite is on matrix, with lustrous and transparent Quartz crystals.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.7 × 3.1 cm = 1.22” × 1.06” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.2 cm = 0.83” × 0.47”

TXF66AN4: Very sharp Scheelite crystal with doubly terminated bipyramidal habit and translucent edges. It has parallel growths, is dark brown and very lustrous, on a Quartz matrix.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm = 0.98” × 0.98” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2 cm = 0.87” × 0.79”

EF97AC6: Dipyramidal Scheelite crystals with a very good smoky color, an unusual shape, flattened and with parallel growths, with very well defined faces and edges, very bright and on matrix, with Quartz, Calcite and small cubic Fluorite crystals.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (2012)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.5 × 1.7 cm = 2.05” × 1.38” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 1.6 cm = 1.10” × 0.63”

MBL88AO4: Groups of very sharp Hübnerite crystals, with a short prism that gives them an appearance between tabular and lamellar. Very lustrous, with vivid reddish internal reflections, implanted in a matrix covered by white microcrystals of Quartz. The matrix was sawn on the back.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.4 × 0.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.34” × 0.31”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”

MFA1AO4: Groups of very sharp Hübnerite crystals, with a short prism that gives them an appearance between tabular and lamellar. Very lustrous, with vivid reddish internal reflections, implanted in a matrix covered by white microcrystals of Quartz. The matrix was sawn on the back.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 6 × 5.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.36” × 2.05” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.47” × 0.28”

MLR52AO4: Groups of very sharp Hübnerite crystals, with a short prism that gives them an appearance between tabular and lamellar. Very lustrous, with vivid reddish internal reflections, implanted in a matrix covered by white microcrystals of Quartz. The matrix was sawn on the back.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.2 × 1.4 cm = 2.87” × 2.05” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”

MJ16R4: Aggregate of complex crystals, very rich of faces, bright, translucent and with good color. Partially covered by microcrystals of Quartz.
Kangjianwan Mine, Shuikoushan ore field, Changning, Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (2009)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.4 × 2.8 cm = 1.46” × 1.34” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.43” × 0.31”

SV210MLH: Complex crystals of Sphalerite, equant, transparent, with very good luster and an intense color, with defined edges and faces, some of them showing polycrystalline growths, on a matrix partially covered by small Quartz crystals, from a skarn deposit with Cu-Pb-Zn enrichment. The specimen is of better quality and luster than what usually appears at this mine.
Shuikoushan Mine, Shuikoushan ore field, Changning, Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (11/2022)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.3 × 4.2 cm = 2.68” × 2.48” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.59” × 0.43”

MA26R9: Complex crystals of Sphalerite, very rich in faces, transparent and having excellent color and luster. They are on a matrix of microcrystalline Quartz and are with rhombohedral crystals of Calcite.
Kangjianwan Mine, Shuikoushan ore field, Changning, Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (2009)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 7.4 × 3.2 cm = 3.46” × 2.91” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39”

MA47N8: Complex isolated crystals of good luster and transparency and a very deep color, on a matrix coated by very small Quartz crystals.
Kangjianwan Mine, Shuikoushan ore field, Changning, Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (2008)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 9.6 × 4.8 cm = 3.82” × 3.78” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.8 cm = 0.87” × 0.71”

TR51AE1: Equant complex Sphalerite crystals that are transparent, very bright with a very intense color and on a matrix coated by microcrystalline Quartz and cubo-octahedral Galena crystals that have very well defined faces and edges.
Kangjianwan Mine, Shuikoushan ore field, Changning, Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province  China

Specimen size: 10.5 × 7 × 5.5 cm = 4.13” × 2.76” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 3 cm = 1.38” × 1.18”

TC890ER: Druse of complex, transparent, very lustrous Sphalerite crystals with an intense orange color with reddish tones, partially covered by microcrystalline Quartz. The specimen comes from the Raúl Sanabria Orellana collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Shuikoushan Mine, Shuikoushan ore field, Changning, Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (±2005)

Specimen size: 18.7 × 13.4 × 10.2 cm = 7.36” × 5.28” × 4.02”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 2 cm = 0.83” × 0.79”

MHR27AO2: Spheroidal and centered growths of white acicular Bultfonteinite crystals, covered almost entirely by a subsequent growth of pink Shinichengite (this new mineral species was initially labeled as possible Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite)
The specific spot at the locality where the find was made has already been closed, so no new discoveries can be expected in that specific place.
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (09/2021)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm = 1.10” × 0.91” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.31” × 0.31”

MLR87AO2: A novelty for 2021. The Shinichengite (this new mineral species was initially labeled as possible Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite) forms small fibrous spheroidal coatings of an intense pink color that accompany spheroidal growths of Bultfonteinite, of a good size and of an orange-brown color, all of this on a matrix of cleavages of Calcite.
The specific spot at the locality where the find was made has already been closed, so no new discoveries can be expected in that specific place.
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (09/2021)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.7 × 1.2 cm = 1.30” × 1.06” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”

TFR50AP2: Spheroidal growths of Bultfonteinite, of good size, on matrix, with Shinichengite (this new mineral species was initially labeled as possible Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite) that forms small fibrous spheroidal coatings of white color associated with Andradite on the matrix.
The specific area in the locality where the discovery took place has now been covered over, so no new finds are expected at that specific location.
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (09/2021)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.1 × 4.6 cm = 3.23” × 2.40” × 1.81”

SV360TAR: A novelty for 2021: Shinichengite on matrix (this new mineral species was initially labeled as possible Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite) that forms small fibrous spheroidal coatings of intense pink color that accompany spheroidal growths of orange-brown Bultfonteinite.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. If you wish to delve deeper into the species and parageneses of this mine, you can consult the article by Menor-Salván, C.; Ottens, B.; Richard, E. “Rare borate minerals from the Shijiangshan-Shalonggou Deposits, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China”. Rocks & Minerals, 96(5) (September/October 2021)
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (09/2022)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 4.3 × 4.3 cm = 3.23” × 1.69” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.24” × 0.24”

TXX68AQ0: Group of sharp Fluorite crystals, with well-defined polycrystalline growths, transparent, of an intense bluish-green color and with inclusions of ‘plumosite’.
On a matrix of white Quartz crystals. From a not well known locality.
Yindu, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (11/2022)

Specimen size: 7 × 6.2 × 2.6 cm = 2.76” × 2.44” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 3 cm = 1.22” × 1.18”

EPG30AO0: Groups of Cassiterite crystals, twinned and with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, very lustrous and with a uniform dark brown color. On matrix, with blue Fluorite at the base, Arsenopyrite crystals, leafy Mica aggregates and a small purplish octahedral Fluorite crystal. The specimen comes from what is so far a little known locality. The crystallized blue Fluorite in the matrix has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Yindu, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (2021)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.9 × 3.3 cm = 2.56” × 2.32” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.59”

TMR94AN7: Very aerial and floater group of sharp Borcarite crystals, a very rare borate-carbonate. The crystals, with sharp shapes, are translucent, have a uniform green color and are partially covered by small white and sharp crystals, of considerable size for those known, of Cahnite, an arsenate that is also considered very rare. A specimen of the highest quality for what is known for this species.
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (2011)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 2.9 × 2.6 cm = 2.05” × 1.14” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.5 cm = 0.43” × 0.20”

EFH96AN9: New for summer 2021: The Shinichengite (this new mineral species was initially labeled as possible Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite) forms small, snow-white fibrous spheroidal coatings on translucent orange-pink spheroidal growths of Datolite (bakerite variety)
These specimens have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. To learn more about this species and the rest of the paragenesis discovered so far in this mine, it is essential to read the article 'Rare Borate Minerals from the Shijiangshan-Shalonggou Deposits, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China' whose authors are César Menor-Salván, Berthold Ottens and Ed Richard, featured in Rock & Minerals magazine, September-October 2021, Volume 96, Number 5.
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (15/07/2021)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4 × 2.5 cm = 2.01” × 1.57” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”

MBR37AO2: A novelty for 2021 and, in all probability, the best known so far for the species. The Imayoshiite appears as a very well defined crystal, with a tabular habit and hexagonal outline, transparent, very lustrous and colorless, on spheroidal growths of pinkish Bultfonteinite.
The specific spot at the locality where the find was made has already been closed, so no new discoveries can be expected in that specific place.
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (09/2021)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.06” × 0.87” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.20” × 0.08”

EPF67AN8: A novelty in the summer of 2021 and, in all likelihood, the best known for the species thus far. Imayoshiite occurs in numerous very sharp crystals, with a tabular habit and hexagonal outline, transparent, very lustrous and colorless to slightly yellow, associated with spheroidal growths of pinkish Bultfonteinite, with small white fibrous coatings of Shinichengite (this new mineral species was initially labeled as possible Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite) and on an Andradite matrix.
The specimens have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
To learn more about this species and the rest of the paragenesis discovered so far in this mine, it is essential to read the article 'Rare Borate Minerals from the Shijiangshan-Shalonggou Deposits, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China' whose authors are César Menor-Salván, Berthold Ottens and Ed Richard, featured in Rock & Minerals magazine of September/October 2021, volume 96, number 5
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (09/2021)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.7 × 2.8 cm = 1.34” × 1.06” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.6 cm = 0.51” × 0.24”

MFG10AO0: New for 2021 and, in all probability, the best known so far for the species. Imayoshiite occurs as numerous very sharp crystals, with a tabular shape and hexagonal outline, transparent, very lustrous and colorless to slightly yellow, which occur together with spheroidal growths of pink-orange Bultfonteinite, with small white fibrous coatings of Shinichengite (this new mineral species was initially labeled as possible Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite), on Andradite matrix.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. If you want to go deeper into the species and the paragenesis of this mine, you can consult the article by Menor-Salván, C.; Ottens, B.; Richard, E. “Rare borate minerals from the Shijiangshan-Shalonggou Deposits, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China.” Rocks & Minerals, 96(5) (September/October 2021).
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (09/2021)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.61” × 1.46” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.5 cm = 0.35” × 0.20”

MZL29AO0: New for 2021 and, in all probability, the best known so far for the species. Imayoshiite occurs as numerous very sharp crystals, with a tabular shape and hexagonal outline, transparent, very lustrous and colorless to slightly yellow, which occur together with spheroidal growths of pink-orange Bultfonteinite, with small white fibrous coatings of a Shinichengite (this new mineral species was initially labeled as possible Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite), on Andradite matrix.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. If you want to go deeper into the species and the paragenesis of this mine, you can consult the article by Menor-Salván, C.; Ottens, B.; Richard, E. “Rare borate minerals from the Shijiangshan-Shalonggou Deposits, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China.” Rocks & Minerals, 96(5) (September/October 2021)
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (09/2021)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.1 × 1.9 cm = 1.65” × 0.83” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”

MMX70AO0: New for 2021 and, in all probability, the best known so far for the species. Imayoshiite occurs in numerous very well defined crystals, with a tabular shape and hexagonal outline, transparent, very lustrous and between colorless and slightly yellow, which are associated with small white fibrous coatings of Shinichengite (this new mineral species was initially labeled as possible Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite), on an Andradite matrix.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. If you want to go deeper into the species and the paragenesis of this mine, you can consult the article by Menor-Salván, C.; Ottens, B.; Richard, E. “Rare borate minerals from the Shijiangshan-Shalonggou Deposits, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China.” Rocks & Minerals, 96(5) (September/October 2021)
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (09/2021)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.7 × 2.7 cm = 1.73” × 1.06” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.31” × 0.16”

EYA11AO0: A novelty of 2021 and, in all probability, the best known so far for the species. Imayoshiite occurs in numerous very sharp crystals, with tabular shape and hexagonal outline, transparent, with great luster, and with white globular growths of Shinichengite (this new mineral species was initially labeled as possible Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite) and some Calcite crystals.
The specimen, which appears reviewed and photographed in issue 162 (November-December 2021) of the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral‘ (page 15), has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. If you want to go deeper into the species and the paragenesis of this mine, you can consult the article by Menor-Salván, C.; Ottens, B.; Richard, E. “Rare borate minerals from the Shijiangshan-Shalonggou Deposits, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China.” Rocks & Minerals, 96(5) (September/October 2021)
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (15/07/2021)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.2 × 2.6 cm = 1.81” × 1.26” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.28” × 0.12”

MAB88AO0: New for 2021 and, in all probability, the best known so far for the species. Imayoshiite occurs as numerous very sharp crystals, with tabular shape and hexagonal contour, transparent, very lustrous and colorless to slightly yellow, together with small, very sharp Axinite-(Fe) crystals that are translucent and light brown.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. If you want to go deeper into the species and the paragenesis of this mine, you can consult the article by Menor-Salván, C.; Ottens, B.; Richard, E. “Rare borate minerals from the Shijiangshan-Shalonggou Deposits, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China.” Rocks & Minerals, 96(5) (September/October 2021)
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (09/2021)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.8 × 2.6 cm = 1.85” × 1.10” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.24” × 0.12”

EYZ11AN9: A novelty for the summer of 2021 and, in all likelihood, the best known for the species so far. Imayoshiite occurs in numerous very sharp crystals, with a tabular habit and hexagonal contour, transparent, very lustrous and between colorless and slightly yellow, occuring together with spheroidal growths of pinkish Bultfonteinite and with small white fibrous coatings of some Shinichengite (this new mineral species was initially labeled as possible Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite), on Andradite matrix.
These specimens have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. To learn more about this species and the rest of the paragenesis discovered so far in this mine, it is essential to read the article 'Rare Borate Minerals from the Shijiangshan-Shalonggou Deposits, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China' whose authors are César Menor-Salván, Berthold Ottens and Ed Richard, featured in Rock & Minerals magazine, September-October 2021, Volume 96, Number 5.
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (15/07/2021)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.2 × 3.5 cm = 1.85” × 1.26” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.31” × 0.16”

EQT3AN6: New in the summer of 2021 and by far the best known for the species thus far. Sharp Imayoshiite crystals, of great size, with a tabular habit and hexagonal contour, very lustrous, transparent, colorless, with pinkish Bultfonteinite and small white coatings of Shinichengite (this new mineral species was initially labeled as possible Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite)
These species have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (15/07/2021)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.3 × 2.9 cm = 2.05” × 1.30” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.28” × 0.20”

TTF89AQ0: The best known so far for the species. Imayoshiite occurs as crystals of very sharp tabular habit and hexagonal outline, transparent, very lustrous and colorless. On matrix, with leafy growths of Shinichengite (this new mineral species was initially labeled as possible Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite)
If you want to know more about the species and the paragenesis of the mine, you can consult the
article by Menor-Salván, C.; Ottens, B.; Richard, E. “Rare borate minerals from the
Shijiangshan-Shalonggou Deposits, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China”. Rocks & Minerals. 96(5): (September/October 2021)
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (10/2021)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.6 × 1.9 cm = 2.09” × 1.42” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.28” × 0.28”

EFJ86AN6: A novelty from the summer of 2021 and by far the best known for the species so far. The Imayoshiite occurs in very sharp crystals of large size, with a tabular habit and hexagonal outline, transparent, very lustrous, colorless, on matrix, associated with Andradite, pinkish Bultfonteinite and small white coatings of Shinichengite (this new mineral species was initially labeled as possible Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite)
These species have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (15/07/2021)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.4 × 2.8 cm = 2.09” × 1.73” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.5 cm = 0.31” × 0.20”

EZR26AO0: A novelty for 2021: Very sharp crystals of Imayoshiite, a rare calcium and aluminum carbonate-borate, many of them doubly terminated, with a hexagonal prismatic shape and very well defined parallel growths, transparent, very lustrous, and on matrix. With Andradite and small reddish brown crystals of Datolite (bakerite variety) and Fluorapophyllite-(K). Very good quality for the species.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. If you want to go deeper into the species and the paragenesis of this mine, you can consult the article by Menor-Salván, C.; Ottens, B.; Richard, E. “Rare borate minerals from the Shijiangshan-Shalonggou Deposits, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China.” Rocks & Minerals, 96(5) (September/October 2021)
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (15/07/2021)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 3.7 × 1.8 cm = 2.24” × 1.46” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.39” × 0.12”

EEF77AN8: A novelty in the summer of 2021 and, in all likelihood, the best known for the species thus far. Imayoshiite occurs in numerous very sharp crystals, with a tabular shape and hexagonal outline, transparent, very lustrous and colorless, with small white fibrous coatings of Shinichengite (this new mineral species was initially labeled as possible Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite) and small Andradite crystals. An exceptional specimen, worthy of any Museum.
This specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
To learn more about this species and the rest of the paragenesis discovered so far at this mine, it is essential to read the article 'Rare Borate Minerals from the Shijiangshan-Shalonggou Deposits, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China' whose authors are César Menor-Salván, Berthold Ottens and Ed Richard, featured in Rock & Minerals magazine, September/October 2021, volume 96, number 5.
This sample has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty in Munich 2021, in the magazine 'Le Règne Minéral' number 162, November-December 2021, page 15
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (15/07/2021)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 6.1 × 3.8 cm = 2.64” × 2.40” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.5 cm = 0.31” × 0.20”

MRL46AO0: New for 2021 and, in all probability, the best known so far for the species, with spheroidal growths of Bultfonteinite, of good size and pink color, with very sharp Imayoshiite crystals with tabular shape and hexagonal outline, transparent, very lustrous and colorless.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. If you want to go deeper into the species and the paragenesis of the mine, you can consult the article by Menor-Salván, C.; Ottens, B.; Richard, E. “Rare borate minerals from the Shijiangshan-Shalonggou Deposits, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China.” Rocks & Minerals, 96(5) (September/October 2021)
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (09/2021)

Specimen size: 7 × 6.2 × 4.7 cm = 2.76” × 2.44” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.28” × 0.16”

EYB99AO0: A novelty for 2021: Imayoshiite crystals, a rare calcium and aluminum carbonate-borate, many of them doubly terminated, with a hexagonal prismatic shape and very well marked parallel growths, transparent, very lustrous, on matrix, with white fibrous coatings of some Shinichengite (this new mineral species was initially labeled as possible Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite), small reddish brown crystals of Datolite (variety bakerite), Fluorapophyllite-(K) and some lamellar orange-brown Calcite crystals.
This specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. If you want to go deeper into the species and the paragenesis of the mine, you can consult the article by Menor-Salván, C.; Ottens, B.; Richard, E. “Rare borate minerals from the Shijiangshan-Shalonggou Deposits, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China.” Rocks & Minerals, 96(5) (September/October 2021)
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (15/07/2021)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.5 × 2.4 cm = 2.80” × 2.17” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”

EMX49AN6: A novelty from the summer of 2021: Very sharp crystals of Imayoshiite, a rare carbonate-borate of calcium and aluminum, many of them doubly terminated, with a prismatic hexagonal habit and very marked parallel growths, transparent, very lustrous and largely covered by white spheroidal growths of a Shinichengite (this new mineral species was initially labeled as possible Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite) mineral. On matrix, associated with small reddish brown crystals of Datolite (variety bakerite) and Fluorapophyllite-(K). Very good quality for the species.
The species have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (15/07/2021)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.7 × 3.3 cm = 2.91” × 2.24” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”