Mineral Specimens - page 13
China

MXL1AO0: Group, on matrix, of Azurite crystals very rich in sharp crystal forms, with good luster and a very vivid color.
Tongshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.2 × 3.9 cm = 2.83” × 2.44” × 1.54”

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

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”

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”

EP74AM0: Fluorite crystals with the combined faces of the cube and the dodecahedron. Very transparent, with good luster and a very intense violet color. On matrix with small Quartz crystals.
Yongchun, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province  China (2017)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.9 × 3.6 cm = 2.87” × 2.32” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.7 cm = 0.75” × 0.67”

MF70AJ1: A novelty at Tucson 2019. Fluorite crystals with the dominant faces of the dodecahedron, with slightly rough surfaces that are with smaller and smooth cube faces. The crystals, very transparent and bright, are dichroic and their color varies from the blue to the green depending on the kind of light that is used. On a matrix with small Quartz crystals.
Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province  China (2018)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.2 × 4.6 cm = 3.07” × 2.44” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.6 cm = 1.57” × 1.42”

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”

TFM27AN6: Botryoidal Malachite growth of extraordinarily 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: 6.8 × 6 × 4.4 cm = 2.68” × 2.36” × 1.73”

TGM98AN3: 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: 6.9 × 6.8 × 4 cm = 2.72” × 2.68” × 1.57”

EFR89AO0: Botryoidal growth of very aesthetic forms (nicknamed 'The Kiss') 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 × 6.8 × 3.3 cm = 2.76” × 2.68” × 1.30”

TRM66AN7: 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.
Shilu Mine, Yangchun, Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province  China (±1995)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 7 × 3.7 cm = 2.83” × 2.76” × 1.46”

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”

TRT91AN4: 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: 7.7 × 4.3 × 3.7 cm = 3.03” × 1.69” × 1.46”

TFN27AN6: Botryoidal Malachite growth of extraordinarily 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: 7.9 × 5 × 3.2 cm = 3.11” × 1.97” × 1.26”

TMA66AN7: 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.
Shilu Mine, Yangchun, Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province  China (±1995)

Specimen size: 8 × 4.5 × 2.7 cm = 3.15” × 1.77” × 1.06”

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”

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 Mine, Yangshuo, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2014)

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

TE17Z6: Botryoidal Plumbogummite growths, with velvety surfaces and a very deep and intense bluish-greenish color, coating a matrix of yellow Pyromorphite crystals. Due to the softness of the surfaces 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 Mine, Yangshuo, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2014)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.22” × 0.94” × 0.91”

TF47Z6: Botryoidal Plumbogummite growths, with velvety surfaces and a very deep and intense bluish-greenish color, coating a matrix of yellow Pyromorphite crystals. Due to the softness of the surfaces 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 Mine, Yangshuo, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2014)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.26” × 1.26” × 0.94”

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 Mine, Yangshuo, 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 Mine, Yangshuo, 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 Mine, Yangshuo, 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 Mine, Yangshuo, 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”

MHZ90AO1: Botryoidal aggregate of translucent Plumbogummite with a very vivid and uniform blue color. On Quartz matrix with Pyromorphite impregnations. Both the Plumbogummite and the Pyromorphite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of both analyses to the buyer.
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (02/2014)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.6 × 3.3 cm = 3.03” × 2.60” × 1.30”

EFB74AO1: Acute rhombohedral Cinnabar crystals, twinned, doubly terminated, of a very considerable size, very aerial and on a matrix with white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals and small water-clear Quartz crystals. Great quality.
Tongren Mine, Tongren, Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China

Specimen size: 4 × 3.1 × 2.6 cm = 1.57” × 1.22” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 0.83” × 0.59”

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”

ET87AM1: Very aerial growth of Fluorite crystals with cubic habit, but with curious deformations and marked polycrystalline growths. The crystals are translucent, lustrous, and have an intense violet color that is concentrated especially on the edges. Different….
Qinglong Mine, Dachang, Qinglong, Qianxi'nan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China (2018)

Specimen size: 12.5 × 4.6 × 3.2 cm = 4.92” × 1.81” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.1 cm = 0.63” × 0.43”

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”

TD47Z2: Parallel Chalcopyrite growths coating two large Tetrahedrite crystals. The Chalcopyrite crystals along the Tetrahedrite edges are clearly more developed. This Chalcopyrite-Tetrahedrite association is very scarce at the locality, better known for very good Chalcopyrite with Siderite.
Kaiwu Mine, Hezhang, Bijie Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China (2013)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.7 × 3.1 cm = 1.50” × 1.46” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 3 cm = 1.26” × 1.18”

MV14AG9: Large tetrahedral Tetrahedrite crystal with irregular surfaces and almost completely coated with bright and very well defined Chalcopyrite crystals, and some white Siderite crystals.
The sample is from the Carles Manresa collection (num. 1091), who’s label and collection card we’ll send to the buyer.
Kaiwu Mine, Hezhang, Bijie Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China (2017)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.8 × 4.7 cm = 1.89” × 1.89” × 1.85”

MMX97AO0: Spheroidal growth of small translucent Fluorite crystals, with great luster and an intense and uniform emerald-green color, something remarkable since the vast majority of pieces found so far in this mining district were of a more or less intense lilac-purple color, but they are not noted for a greenish color as intense as the one shown by this specimen.
Guxian (Minggang), Tongbai Xian, Henan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.8 × 2,1 cm = 1.38” × 1.10” × 0.79”

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 (Minggang), Tongbai Xian, 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 (Minggang), Tongbai Xian, 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 (Minggang), Tongbai Xian, 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”

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”

MRB26AO0: Very sharp octahedral Cuprite crystals, translucent, lustrous, with a very vivid red color, implanted on a dendritic growth of Copper crystals. Altogether a very esthetic specimen.
Fengjiashan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 7 × 4.6 cm = 3.86” × 2.76” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”

TGR14AN7: Stalactitic growths of Chalcocite covered by a thin film of Chalcopyrite, with dominant blue and magenta tones. The existing bibliography suggests that in some cases Chalcocite may be partially substituted by Djurleite.
Tongshankou Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (2019)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.34” × 0.98” × 0.87”

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

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”

TVR64AN4: A centered fan-shaped group of very elongated Inesite crystals with sharp crystal forms and good terminations. They are translucent, deep pink in color and on a crystalline ‘Apophyllite’ base with small dark crystals that were initially named Babingtonite-Mn but which, in the end, turned out to be the new species Hubeite.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Daye mining area, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.3 × 1.8 cm = 1.06” × 0.91” × 0.71”

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”

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”

TT89AE3: Two generations of Calcite crystals, one of them in small white scalenohedral crystals and the other in two large, colorless, clear and very bright crystals with the faces of a dominant scalenohedron and terminal rhombohedron. They are on matrix, with cubic Pyrite crystals. A very elegant sample, very different from specimens previously seen from the locality.
Fengjiashan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (2015)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 7.4 × 8.6 cm = 4.61” × 2.91” × 3.39”

Main crystal size: 7.6 × 5.1 cm = 2.99” × 2.01”

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”

TVR93AO5: Very aerial and aesthetic growth of sharp rhombohedral crystals of Calcite, colored red by inclusions of iron oxides. A small part on the back of the piece has been sawn off.
Leiping Mine, Leiping, Guiyang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (±11/2021)

Specimen size: 13.4 × 9.6  6.8 cm = 5.28” × 3.80”

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

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”

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”

MA13AM9: Isolated crystal of Stibnite with its faces and edges defined by strong mechanical distorsion produced during its formation, lustrous, and finely striated along the prism.
We will send the specimen, which comes from the Robert J. Noble collection, in its original Perky box from that collection, which also contains the label.
Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Lengshuijiang, Loudi Prefecture, Hunan Province  China

Specimen size: 3.2 × 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 1.26” × 0.20” × 0.16”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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.
Rucheng Mine, Caojia, Nuanshui, Rucheng, Chenzhou 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”

MA47N8: Complex isolated crystals of good luster and transparency and a very deep color, on a matrix coated by very small Quartz crystals.
Rucheng Mine, Caojia, Nuanshui, Rucheng, Chenzhou 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.
Rucheng Mine, Caojia, Nuanshui, Rucheng, Chenzhou 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”

MHR27AO2: Spheroidal and centered growths of white acicular Bultfonteinite crystals, covered almost entirely by a subsequent growth of pink 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”

MLP99AO2: A novelty for 2021. Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite, on matrix, 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: 5.7 × 4.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.24” × 1.73” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.31” × 0.28”

MRF50AO2: A novelty for 2021. Tobermorite-Clinotobermorite forms small fibrous spheroidal coatings of an intense pink color that accompany spheroidal growths of Bultfonteinite, of good size and of an orange-brown color. On massive Andradite matrix with some small crystals at the base.
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: 6.1 × 4.4 × 3.4 cm = 2.40” × 1.73” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.35” × 0.31”

EFH96AN9: New for summer 2021: Tobermorite 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”

EYT26AN8: 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 Tobermorite (Group) 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: 2.2 × 1.7 × 1 cm = 0.87” × 0.67” × 0.39”

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

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 Tobermorite (Group) 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”

MBC90AO0: 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 a 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: 3.7 × 2.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.46” × 1.02” × 0.83”

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

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 a 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 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 a 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 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 Tobermorite group species, 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 crystals, of great size, with a tabular habit and hexagonal contour, very lustrous, transparent, colorless, with pinkish Bultfonteinite and small white coatings of Tobermorite (Group).
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: 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”

EFJ86AN6: A novelty from the summer of 2021 and by far the best known for the species so far, 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 Tobermorite.
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: 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”

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 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 Tobermorite group 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”

EBR36AO0: 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: 8 × 3.4 × 2.2 cm = 3.15” × 1.34” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.39” × 0.16”

EJM67AN6: A novelty from the summer of 2021 and by far the best known for the species so far, in very sharp crystals, of large size, with a tabular habit and hexagonal outline, transparent, with very bright luster, colorless, on matrix, associated with pinkish Bultfonteinite, Andradite and small white coatings of Tobermorite. A good size piece worthy of any Museum.
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: 9.7 × 5.8 × 3.6 cm = 3.82” × 2.28” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.9 cm = 0.47” × 0.35”

TK48AF7: Chalcopyrite crystals with tetrahedral morphology superficially substituted for and recrystallized by Sphalerite. The Chalcopyrite-Sphalerite crystals are implanted on a transparent Quartz crystal.
Qagan Obo deposit (Rongguan), Diyanqinamu mining district, East Ujimqin Banner (Dongwu Qi), Xilin Gol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (05/2016)

Specimen size: 20.3 × 3.2 × 3.4 cm = 7.99” × 1.26” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.67” × 0.59”

MR50AE9: A novelty at Tucson 2017. Translucent quartz crystals that are between white and colorless, with zones of intense pinkish color due to Hematite staining, and with rosette aggregates (iron rose variety) of laminar Hematite crystals. We’ll send a copy of the Hematite analysis to the buyer. Due to their similarity to the samples from the Huanggang mines they can easily be confused with those.
Qagan Obo deposit (Rongguan), Diyanqinamu mining district, East Ujimqin Banner (Dongwu Qi), Xilin Gol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (2016)

Specimen size: 21.5 × 8.5 × 7.8 cm = 8.46” × 3.35” × 3.07”

Main crystal size: 21.5 × 4.8 cm = 8.46” × 1.89”

MT87AL3: Single crystal of Quartz, very large and also very special for two reasons: it comes from a deposit from which only a few pieces are known and the Hematite inclusions give it a very attractive reddish color. The presence of small Hematite iron roses also completes its appeal.
Qagan Obo deposit (Rongguan), Diyanqinamu mining district, East Ujimqin Banner (Dongwu Qi), Xilin Gol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (2016)

Specimen size: 23 × 4.8 × 4.6 cm = 9.06” × 1.89” × 1.81”

EV28AI0: Druse, on matrix, of well-differentiated elongated crystals that are transparent, colorless and extraordinarily bright with very sharp crystalline forms. On the Olshanskyite small Andradite crystals have grown. The Olshanskyite from the Shijiangshan mine was previously well-known for its quality, largely overtaking the best known to date for the species, but a recent find has raised the roof of quality to unforeseen levels. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (04/2017)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.4 × 3.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.73” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.2 cm = 0.35” × 0.08”

EF89AF9: Aggregates of laminar Roweite crystals of great size and quality for what has been known of this species. They are on matrix, with colorless and translucent Olshanskyite crystals and small Andradite crystals. The Roweite crystals, that are well differentiated, have a light creamy color with very well defined faces and edges. The quality of the specimens is undoubtedly superior to what was previously known, both for the individuality of the crystals and for their sharpness, but also for the size of the crystals and their association with first class Olshanskyite which makes them deserving to be in the best private collections and museums. We have analyzed specimens to confirm the identity of the species and we will send a copy of the different species to buyers.
The specimen has been published in the book 'China II', by Berthold Ottens, on page 258
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (04/2017)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 3.9 × 2.9 cm = 2.60” × 1.54” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”

MG98AM2: Parallel growth of octahedral Fluorite crystals finely beveled by dodecahedron faces and with polycrystalline growths at some vertices. Translucent, with an intense violet color, on a matrix of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with Quartz crystals.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (2017)

Specimen size: 11.4 × 10.4 × 6.1 cm = 4.49” × 4.09” × 2.40”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.8 cm = 1.18” × 1.10”

MK90X5: Group of clear and extraordinarily bright Fluorite crystals. They are morphologically complex, as they have equilibrated growth of the cube, the octahedron and the dodecahedron. The sample, also rich in inclusions, is with small Pyrite and Dolomite crystals. We note that the photograph doesn’t do justice to the exemplary, very much better, beauty of the piece.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (2012)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 4.5 × 4 cm = 2.95” × 1.77” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 3.9 × 3.7 cm = 1.54” × 1.46”

EB37AL4: Group of cubic Fluorite crystals with edges bevelled by the rhombododecahedron, with an unusual habit for the species due to the balanced growth of these isometric forms, polycrystalline and with deep hoppers and smooth rhombododecahedral faces, but with pronounced curvatures on faces and edges. The color is very deep and vivid, between indigo and navy blue. On Quartz matrix. Totally different from other Huanggang specimens.
Huanggang Mines, shaft 4, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (05/2014)

Specimen size: 9 × 4.7 × 4.3 cm = 3.54” × 1.85” × 1.69”

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

EY87AL4: Group of cubic Fluorite crystals with edges bevelled by the rhombododecahedron, with an unusual habit for the species due to the balanced growth of these isometric forms, polycrystalline and with deep hoppers and smooth rhombododecahedral faces, but with pronounced curvatures on faces and edges. The color is very deep and vivid, between indigo and navy blue. On Quartz matrix. Totally different from other Huanggang specimens.
Huanggang Mines, shaft 4, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (05/2014)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 7.4 × 6.6 cm = 4.13” × 2.91” × 2.60”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.3 cm = 1.06” × 0.91”

TT7AC4: Single Scheelite crystal on a matrix of very well developed dodecahedral Magnetite crystals. The Scheelite, with a white color and dipyramidal shape, has very well defined faces and edges, is translucent, bright and has noticeable Molybdenite inclusions that create grayish areas that give the crystal a kind of different fluorescence. The sample has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (2014)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.2 × 2.3 cm = 1.46” × 1.26” × 0.91”

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

TY29AL3: Group of Scheelite crystals with bipyramidal habit rich in faces, very well defined, of unusual color, white with reddish areas, translucent, shiny and implanted on matrix with Magnetite and Arsenopyrite crystals. Also it has notable Molybdenite inclusions, giving a kind of peculiar fluorescence. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (2013)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 5.6 × 3.9 cm = 2.72” × 2.20” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 2.3 cm = 1.77” × 0.91”

MF68AL3: Group of Löllingite crystals with polycrystalline growths, very sharp for the species, brilliant, and with small bipyramidal Arsenopyrite crystals scattered non-epitactically on the surface of the faces. Both the Löllingite and Arsenopyrite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (2013)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 6.1 × 3.6 cm = 2.56” × 2.40” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 3.2 cm = 1.61” × 1.26”

TY87W1: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Crystals of Löllingite, very well defined for the species, with polycrystalline growths, very bright, with clear colorless crystals of Fluorite showing the forms of the dodecahedron, the octahedron and the cube, all them well defined. They are on matrix, with Magnetite. The sample has been analyzed and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (2011)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.6 × 4.3 cm = 2.64” × 2.20” × 1.69”

EX66AG9: Löllingite crystal with strongly curved edges, completely coated by equant Arsenopyrite crystals and on matrix, with aggregates of Quartz crystals.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (2012)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.5 × 4.7 cm = 2.68” × 2.17” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 6 × 4.6 cm = 2.36” × 1.81”

TX88W1: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Crystals of Löllingite, very well defined for the species, with polycrystalline growths, very bright, with clear colorless crystals of Fluorite showing the forms of the dodecahedron, the octahedron and the cube, all them well defined. They are on matrix, with Magnetite. The sample has been analyzed and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (2011)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.5 × 4.9 cm = 2.76” × 2.17” × 1.93”

TR99AL3: Group of Löllingite crystals with polycrystalline growths, very sharp for the species, with great luster and with small bipyramidal Arsenopyrite crystals scattered non-epitactically on the surface of the faces. On a matrix of Quartz crystals with water-clear Fluorite crystals dominated by octahedral and rhombododecahedral forms. Both the Löllingite and Arsenopyrite have been analyzed and we will send copies of both analyses to the buyer.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (2013)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 7.1 × 3.7 cm = 2.87” × 2.80” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 4.8 × 3.3 cm = 1.89” × 1.30”

TV69W1: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Group of very bright crystals of Löllingite with polycrystalline growths. They have an extraordinary size for the species and have radial, not epitactic, dipyramidal crystals of Arsenopyrite on the surfaces of their faces. They are on matrix, with Calcite, Fluorite and Magnetite. Both the Löllingite and Arsenopyrite have been analyzed and we'll send a copy of both analyses to the buyer.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (2011)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 5.8 × 4.4 cm = 3.27” × 2.28” × 1.73”

TT88W1: A novelty at St. Marie 2012. Group of crystals of Löllingite, very well defined for the species, with polycrystalline growths, very bright, and with some radial, not epitactic, small dipyramidal crystals of Arsenopyrite on the surface of their faces. They are on matrix, with Calcite and Magnetite. Both the Löllingite and Arsenopyrite have been analyzed and we'll send a copy of both analyses to the buyer.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (2011)

Specimen size: 9 × 6.7 × 4.5 cm = 3.54” × 2.64” × 1.77”

TT37AC4: Very aerial aggregate, on matrix, of Sphalerite crystals with rounded and poorly defined faces. The crystals are translucent, with a clear yellow color, and with small but very sharp Arsenopyrite crystals.
Huanggang Mines, shaft 5, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (10/2014)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.1 × 2.9 cm = 2.05” × 1.61” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 0.83” × 0.59”

TJ29AC4: Twinned Sphalerite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, with a greenish-yellow color and on matrix, with very sharp and bright Arsenopyrite crystals, lenticular Calcite and small Magnetite crystals.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (2013)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5.5 × 2.5 cm = 2.17” × 2.17” × 0.98”

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

EG88AK7: Complex crystal of Sphalerite with sharp faces and edges, translucent, intense yellow, on matrix, with very sharp small crystals of Arsenopyrite, white lenticular Calcite crystals, Quartz crystals and other small, darker and more metallic looking Sphalerite crystals.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (2016)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.4 × 3.2 cm = 3.31” × 2.13” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 0.67” × 0.63”

EF97AA5: Parallel growths of dipyramidal Quartz crystals with sceptered terminations, some of them doubly terminated. Some of the crystals have no prism faces and such crystals have sometimes been erroneously described as β-Quartz. The crystals are very rich in inclusions and are partially coated by aggregates of acicular carbonate crystals and by Magnetite.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (2014)

Specimen size: 11.6 × 6.9 × 4.2 cm = 4.57” × 2.72” × 1.65”

EV50AA8: Divergent parallel growths of Quartz crystals with dipyramidal-shaped sceptered terminations, and very rich with inclusions, with Magnetite and Calcite. Most of the crystals have no prism faces and such crystals have sometimes been erroneously described as β-Quartz.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (2014)

Specimen size: 15.5 × 7.1 × 4.6 cm = 6.10” × 2.80” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 7.1 × 1.6 cm = 2.80” × 0.63”

EA72AE6: Very well defined spear-shaped crystals that are dipyramidal, with absent prismatic faces. They are bright with an intense green color due to inclusions, probably Actinolite and/or Hedenbergite. On the sample there is Quartz with a very different shape, probably a first growth phase, a coating or a substitution of Calcite crystals which have disappeared. The Quartz has formed parallel polycrystalline growths with flattened, almost laminar forms filling and following the empty spaces left by the earlier Calcite.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (2016)

Specimen size: 13.6 × 11.4 × 6.2 cm = 5.35” × 4.49” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2.3 cm = 0.94” × 0.91”

MB99R5: A novelty in Munich 2010. Divergent growths and parallel growths of bright crystals of Ilvaite, with very well defined faces and edges with perfect terminations and small coatings of Quartz.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (10/2010)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 2 × 2 cm = 2.52” × 0.79” × 0.79”

MV34R5: A novelty in Munich 2010. Aggregate of prismatic crystals with slightly curved edges. They are very bright and have big polycrystalline terminations and small coatings of Quartz.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (10/2010)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.2 × 5.2 cm = 2.68” × 2.05” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 3.8 cm = 2.44” × 1.50”

MX52X4: Group of crystals with very well defined faces and edges, perfect terminations, a good size, and especially with a splendid luster. The supply of samples with these characteristics has currently decreased because most of the pieces now seen have a dull matte luster.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (10/2010)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 4 × 3.7 cm = 3.07” × 1.57” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 7.8 × 3.7 cm = 3.07” × 1.46”

MA66AD2: Aggregate of very thick short prismatic crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are partially coated by small octahedral Fluorite crystals and are on a Quartz matrix. The crystals are really large, and brighter than usual with Ilvaite from this mine whose samples are progressively scarce.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (2013)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 8.5 × 10.5 cm = 4.13” × 3.35” × 4.13”

TJ74W1: Group of very sharp tetrahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are brown, with reddish reflections, and are locally coated by small crystals of Quartz. Analysis indicates that it is really Helvine, both externally and in the interior. We'll send both analytical results (external and internal) to the buyer.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China (2011)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.1 × 3.5 cm = 1.89” × 1.61” × 1.38”