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This page provides a selection of the specimens that have passed through the Fabre Minerals website and, due to their quality,
rarity, or significance as specimens from interesting locations, have been preserved as reference specimens in #MVM


Kermesite

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

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

Kermesite with Stibnite
Kermesite with Stibnite. Front
Front
Kermesite with Stibnite. Rear
Rear
 

BF96K1: Centered group of Kermesite crystals, red and flattened, that forms a fan on a group of prismatic crystals of Stibnite. The specimens of Kermesite from Yizhang, considered among the best known, are very scarce.
Kermesite occurrence, Damingshan Range, Dafeng, Shanglin, Nanning Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2002)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.1 × 1.3 cm = 2.09” × 1.61” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 1 cm = 2.17” × 0.39”

Kermesite with Gypsum
 

BG89W8: Divergent growth, more compact than usual, of elongated and flattened crystals almost feathery at their terminations, and with vivid and intense reddish reflections. In some limited areas the Kermesite is partially coated by small masses of Gypsum. Actually it is very difficult to obtain these quality Kermesite specimens.
Kermesite occurrence, Damingshan Range, Dafeng, Shanglin, Nanning Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2002)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 3.6 × 2.3 cm = 2.72” × 1.42” × 0.91”

Kermesite with Gypsum. Front
Front
Kermesite with Gypsum. Rear
Rear
Kermesite
Kermesite.
 

BB42: One of the few pieces with matrix. The matrix is a mix of massive and crystallized Stibnite. The Kermesite is standing free on its small matrix and shows very well its morphology and its transparency (with intense light from the back) due its aerial position. A minor Stibnite crystal is crosses the left corner of the specimen.
The specimen has been published in the book 'China', by Berthold Ottens, on page 170
Kermesite occurrence, Damingshan Range, Dafeng, Shanglin, Nanning Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2002)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 3.5 × 2.1 cm = 2.95” × 1.38” × 0.83”

Kermesite
 

BF50J1: Divergent groups of extraordinarily defined crystals. It has an excellent color and comes from the famous find in 2002 and even then they were scarce, and it is very difficult to obtain good samples. The specimen has high quality and it is a perfect representation of the species.
The specimen has been published in the book 'China', by Berthold Ottens, on page 505
Kermesite occurrence, Damingshan Range, Dafeng, Shanglin, Nanning Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2002)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 3.1 × 1.9 cm = 3.78” × 1.22” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 8.5 × 0.5 cm = 3.35” × 0.20”

Kermesite.
Kermesite
Kermesite. Front
Front
Kermesite. Rear
Rear
 

BB57L5: Fan-shaped group of very thin prismatic Kermesite crystals whose terminations become near plumose. With very intense reddish reflections. Actually it is very difficult to obtain these quality Kermesite specimens.
Kermesite occurrence, Damingshan Range, Dafeng, Shanglin, Nanning Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2002)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 3 × 0.9 cm = 3.86” × 1.18” × 0.35”

Kermesite with Stibnite
 

BA89J1: Divergent group of extraordinarily defined crystals. It has an excellent color and comes from the famous find in 2002 and even then they were scarce, and it is very difficult to obtain good samples. The specimen has high quality and it is a perfect representation of the species.
Kermesite occurrence, Damingshan Range, Dafeng, Shanglin, Nanning Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2002)

Specimen size: 10.6 × 2.6 × 1.9 cm = 4.17” × 1.02” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 10.6 × 0.4 cm = 4.17” × 0.16”

Kermesite with Stibnite. Front
Front
Kermesite with Stibnite. Rear
Rear
Kermesite with Stibnite. Top
Top
Kermesite with Valentinite
Kermesite with Valentinite. Front
Front
Kermesite with Valentinite. Rear
Rear
Kermesite with Valentinite.
 

BK99K1: Fan-shaped group of red and flattened crystals of Kermesite that has a considerable length. They are partially covered by Valentinite crystals. The specimens of Kermesite from Yizhang, considered among the best known, are very scarce. The Valentinite has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the specimen.
Kermesite occurrence, Damingshan Range, Dafeng, Shanglin, Nanning Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2002)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 2.8 × 0.8 cm = 4.53” × 1.10” × 0.31”

Main crystal size: 9.5 × 0.4 cm = 3.74” × 0.16”


GUIZHOU PROVINCE


Cinnabar (twinned) with Quartz and Dolomite
 

ZA73G7: An excellent group of twinned crystals of Cinnabar, the biggest one reaching a considerable size. They are on a very rich matrix of Quartz crystals. The red color is better than usual on the specimens with this kind of twin. The main crystal, in its upper right faces, is partially covered by little white Quartz crystals. Matrix has been cut on the back, as is usual with Chinese Cinnabar, due to the fragility of the Cinnabar crystals.
The specimen has been published in the book 'China', by Berthold Ottens, on page 155
Yanwuping Mine, Wanshan, Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China (2004)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.4 × 3.7 cm = 3.23” × 2.52” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.59”

Cinnabar (twinned) with Quartz and Dolomite. Cinnabar (twinned) with Quartz and Dolomite.
Cinnabar with Dolomite
Cinnabar with Dolomite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”

Cinnabar with Quartz and Dolomite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

THM56AP9: Groups of very aerial twinned Cinnabar crystals, on matrix, with Quartz microcrystals and a group of rhombohedral Dolomite crystals.
Tongren Mine, Tongren, Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.8 × 3.6 cm = 2.05” × 1.89” × 1.42”

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

Cinnabar with Quartz and Dolomite. Cinnabar with Quartz and Dolomite.
Cinnabar with Calcite
Cinnabar with Calcite. Cinnabar with Calcite.
Cinnabar with Calcite.
 

TR90AF9: Thick tabular and very sharp Cinnabar crystals with very well defined faces and edges, bright and on matrix, with Calcite crystals.
The sample is from the Vallecillo collection (Madrid).
Tongren Mine, Tongren, Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China

Specimen size: 10.2 × 8.8 × 4.2 cm = 4.02” × 3.46” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.55” × 0.43”

Former collection of José Luis Vallecillo
Chalcopyrite coating Tetrahedrite
 

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”

Chalcopyrite coating Tetrahedrite. Front
Front
Chalcopyrite coating Tetrahedrite. Rear
Rear
Chalcopyrite coating Tetrahedrite and with Siderite
Chalcopyrite coating Tetrahedrite and with Siderite. Front
Front
Chalcopyrite coating Tetrahedrite and with Siderite. Rear
Rear
 

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”

Former collection of Carles Manresa
Chalcopyrite with Calcite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TPQ99AN6: Druse of short disphenoidal crystals of Chalcopyrite, with a pseudo-tetrahedral appearance, twinned, with very sharp crystal forms, extraordinarily brilliant luster, and partially covered by white globular growths of Calcite.
No damage, which is extremely unusual for this deposit due to extraction conditions there.
Kaiwu Mine, Hezhang, Bijie Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China

Specimen size: 7.9 × 5 × 5.3 cm = 3.11” × 1.97” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.7 cm = 0.79” × 0.67”

Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV
Chalcopyrite with Calcite. Chalcopyrite with Calcite.
Chalcopyrite with Siderite
Chalcopyrite with Siderite.
 

EM99W2: Short disphenoidal crystals of Chalcopyrite, with a false appearance of the tetrahedron, with very well defined faces and edges and very bright. They have a considerable size and have grown paragenetically with a group of dark brown lenticular crystals of Siderite, translucent and bright. They have some minor damage on some edges, the least that we have been able to obtain because these samples usually are badly broken.
Kaiwu Mine, Hezhang, Bijie Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China (2012)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.4 × 4.3 cm = 3.31” × 2.52” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.6 cm = 0.83” × 0.63”

Chalcopyrite with Siderite
 

TV73AC4: Disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals with a false appearance of the tetrahedron, of a considerable length, sharp and with very well defined faces and edges, magnificent color and very bright. The Chalcopyrite has grown paragenetically with a group of translucent, bright and dark brown lenticular Siderite crystals.
Kaiwu Mine, Hezhang, Bijie Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China (2014)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.8 × 6 cm = 3.43” × 2.68” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 5 × 4.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.89”

Chalcopyrite with Siderite. Front
Front
Chalcopyrite with Siderite. Side
Side
Chalcopyrite with Siderite
Chalcopyrite with Siderite. Chalcopyrite with Siderite.
 

EP90W2: Short diesphenoidal crystals of Chalcopyrite, with a false appearance of tetrahedron, with very well defined faces and edges and very bright. They are on a matrix of dark brown lenticular crystals of Siderite translucent and bright. They have some minor damages on some edges, the really minimal that we have achieved to obtain due to these samples usually are clearly broken.
Kaiwu Mine, Hezhang, Bijie Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China (2012)

Specimen size: 12.5 × 6.9 × 5.3 cm = 4.92” × 2.72” × 2.09”

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

Chalcopyrite with Siderite
 

MX54AI0: Complex growths of disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals that have the false appearance of a tetrahedron, with very well defined faces and edges and extraordinarily bright. The Chalcopyrite has grown paragenetically with a group of lenticular Siderite crystals that are translucent, bright and have a dark brown color. The sample is undamaged, something unusual because most of the samples from this mine are usually more or less broken.
Kaiwu Mine, Hezhang, Bijie Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China (2017)

Specimen size: 14.9 × 8.2 × 3.1 cm = 5.87” × 3.23” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 7.8 × 3 cm = 3.07” × 1.18”

Chalcopyrite with Siderite. Chalcopyrite with Siderite.
Quartz with Siderite and Dolomite

Recorded under neon light
 

EAD66CD1: From a mine famous for the quality of its siderites and chalcopyrites, but which has a bad reputation for frequent small (or large) damage. This specimen on the other hand is totally perfect.
Kaiwu Mine, Hezhang, Bijie Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China (2023)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.89” × 1.46” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 1 cm = 1.34” × 0.39”

Quartz with Siderite
 

EAB56CD1: From a mine famous for the quality of its siderites and chalcopyrites, but which has a bad reputation for frequent small (or large) damage. This specimen on the other hand is totally perfect.
Kaiwu Mine, Hezhang, Bijie Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China (2023)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.1 × 3.4 cm = 2.09” × 1.61” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.63” × 0.24”


Recorded under neon light
Tennantite-Tetrahedrite (Series) with Dolomite and Siderite

Recorded under neon light
 

EAC27CD1: From a mine mainly famous for the quality of its siderites and chalcopyrites, but which also yields very good tennantites-tetrahedrites. Unfortunately it has the bad reputation that its specimens are very often more or less damaged. On the other hand, this specimen is totally perfect.
Kaiwu Mine, Hezhang, Bijie Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China (2023)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.5 × 3.2 cm = 2.17” × 1.77” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.5 cm = 1.06” × 0.59”

Calcite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TFM89AN4: Group of very elongated Calcite crystals with a very acute pyramidal habit. They are lustrous, translucent and of an intense and uniform honey color, with fine white coatings of more Calcite itself.
Qinglong Mine, Dachang, Qinglong, Qianxi'nan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 11.4 × 8.8 × 4.2 cm = 4.49” × 3.46” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 8.2 × 2 cm = 3.23” × 0.79”

Very fluorescent long & short UV
Calcite. Front
Front
Calcite. Rear
Rear
Calcite.
Carbonatecyanotrichite with Calcite and Fluorite
Carbonatecyanotrichite with Calcite and Fluorite. Carbonatecyanotrichite with Calcite and Fluorite.
 

AT46AL9: 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: 2.8 × 2.2 × 2.9 cm = 1.10” × 0.87” × 1.14”

Carbonatecyanotrichite with Calcite and Fluorite
 

AR46AL9: 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: 6 × 3.3 × 3.7 cm = 2.36” × 1.30” × 1.46”

Carbonatecyanotrichite with Calcite and Fluorite. Front
Front
Carbonatecyanotrichite with Calcite and Fluorite. Rear
Rear
Carbonatecyanotrichite with Calcite and Fluorite.
Creedite
Creedite. Creedite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TF51AN2: Spheroidal aggregates of Creedite crystals, on matrix, with visible acute terminations, with a violet color of different degrees of intensity depending on the crystal areas.
Qinglong Mine, Dachang, Qinglong, Qianxi'nan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China (2001)

Specimen size: 15.5 × 7.8 × 5.7 cm = 6.10” × 3.07” × 2.24”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Dolomite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MAK88AO2: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals that are transparent, with good luster and a very marked color zoning. With pale lilac throughout most of the crystal but with very deep violet lines along the edges and with coatings of small white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals.
Qinglong Mine, Dachang, Qinglong, Qianxi'nan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 9 × 6.4 × 3.9 cm = 3.54” × 2.52” × 1.54”

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Fluorite with Dolomite. Fluorite with Dolomite.
Fluorite with Baryte and Dolomite
Fluorite with Baryte and Dolomite. Fluorite with Baryte and Dolomite.
Fluorite with Baryte and Dolomite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MBT98AO0: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, transparent, lustrous and with a very marked color zoning, with a pale lilac color through almost the entire crystal and a very deep violet tone along the edges. With small parallel aggregates of lamellar yellow Baryte crystals and white Dolomite crystals.
Qinglong Mine, Dachang, Qinglong, Qianxi'nan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 11.6 × 7.9 × 6.5 cm = 4.57” × 3.11” × 2.56”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

Fluorite
 

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”

Fluorite. Fluorite.

HEBEI PROVINCE


Vesuvianite
Vesuvianite.
 

EY10Z5: Very sharp floater crystal, bright and formed by a very sort prism, a much flattened dipyramid and the pinacoid.
Fushan Mine, She, Handan Prefecture, Hebei Province  China (2006)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.1 × 4.5 cm = 1.85” × 1.22” × 1.77”

Vesuvianite with Diopside

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MBR67AP9: Vesuvianite crystal with a tabular appearance, very sharp, translucent and lustrous, with a very vivid reddish brown color. On matrix, with small sharp Diopside crystals, green and lustrous.
Fushan Mine, She, Handan Prefecture, Hebei Province  China (2019)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 5.2 × 3.9 cm = 2.13” × 2.05” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.8 cm = 0.79” × 0.71”

Vesuvianite with Diopside. Vesuvianite with Diopside.
Epidote with Grossular
Epidote with Grossular. Front
Front
Epidote with Grossular. Rear
Rear
 

TH76R4: Group of flattened prismatic crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with good multiple terminations, bright, and on Grossular (Hessonite) matrix also in small crystals coating and suturing the natural fracture lines of the Epidote.
Handan Iron Mine, Wu'an County, Handan, Hebei  China (2009)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.6 × 2.5 cm = 2.48” × 1.81” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 1.7 cm = 1.46” × 0.67”


HENAN PROVINCE


Fluorite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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, Tongbai, Nanyang Prefecture, Henan Province  China (2021)

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

Fluorite. Front
Front
Fluorite. Rear
Rear
Fluorite
Fluorite. Fluorite.
 

EM91AE2: Very esthetic globular Fluorites similar to those discovered at Myanmar some years ago, but this fine piece is better because of its size and the quality of its blue color, crossed by curious white star-like forms, and because it is on matrix.
Guxian, Tongbai, Nanyang Prefecture, Henan Province  China

Specimen size: 10.7 × 7.8 × 4.5 cm = 4.21” × 3.07” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 3.9 × 3.6 cm = 1.54” × 1.42”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Fluorite with Quartz
 

MB53AI0: Globular Fluorite ball on a Quartz matrix. Looking very esthetic, it is similar to those found some years ago at the locality, but it has better quality due both to its size and the beauty of its deep green color with white inclusions.
Guxian, Tongbai, Nanyang Prefecture, Henan Province  China (2016)

Specimen size: 11.9 × 8.5 × 5.1 cm = 4.69” × 3.35” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 5.7 × 5.6 cm = 2.24” × 2.20”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Quartz. Front
Front
Fluorite with Quartz. Side
Side
Fluorite with Quartz.
Fluorite
Fluorite. Fluorite.
Fluorite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

GHT91AO1: Stalactitic and globular growths of Fluorite, very aerial and aesthetic, translucent and with a very deep blue color. Some of the growths were interrupted, probably due to contact with the rock walls of the vein, as evidenced by the relicts of Quartz that emerge from the Fluorite, which they most likely served as guides during their growth.
The specimen comes from the collection of Casado Margolles, (number FRM-259) whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Guxian, Tongbai, Nanyang Prefecture, Henan Province  China (±2007)

Specimen size: 16 × 11.4 × 7.8 cm = 6.30” × 4.49” × 3.07”

Main crystal size: 10 × 3 cm = 3.94” × 1.18”

Former collection of Casado Margolles
Fluorite
 

MD89I1: These esthetic and curious globular crystallizations are similar to those discovered at Myanmar some years ago, but they have better quality due both to their size and color and because they are on matrix.
The specimen has been published in the book 'China', by Berthold Ottens, on page 245.
Guxian, Tongbai, Nanyang Prefecture, Henan Province  China (2006)

Specimen size: 17.5 × 9.5 × 6.5 cm = 6.89” × 3.74” × 2.56”

Zoned fluorescence long & short UV
Fluorite.
Fluorite.

HUBEI PROVINCE


Daye mining area

Analcime with Quartz
Analcime with Quartz. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Analcime with Quartz. Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

ELR67AP1: Very sharp trapezohedral Analcime crystals, transparent, lustrous, on matrix, with small quartz crystals.
The specimen comes from a find from the year 2021, and is characterized by an unusual transparency of the crystals.
Fengjiashan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.2 × 1.8 cm = 1.30” × 0.87” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.6 cm = 0.75” × 0.63”

Analcime with Quartz

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EML88AP1: Very sharp trapezohedral Analcime crystals, transparent, lustrous, on matrix, with small quartz crystals.
The specimen comes from a find from the year 2021, and is characterized by an unusual transparency of the crystals.
Fengjiashan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.3 × 2.7 cm = 1.34” × 0.91” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.8 cm = 0.79” × 0.71”

Analcime with Quartz. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Analcime with Quartz. Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Analcime
Analcime. Front
Front
Analcime. Side
Side
Analcime.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MDR99AO2: Very sharp trapezohedral Analcime crystals, transparent, and lustrous. On matrix, with small Calcite crystals. The specimen comes from a recent find, in December 2021, and is characterized by the great transparency of the crystals.
Fengjiashan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.3 × 2 cm = 1.65” × 1.30” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 0.71” × 0.59”

Analcime with Fluorapophyllite-(K)

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TFR70AQ0: 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: 5.3 × 4.7 × 2.5 cm = 2.09” × 1.85” × 0.98”

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

Analcime with Fluorapophyllite-(K). Analcime with Fluorapophyllite-(K).
Calcite and Calcite with Hematite inclusions
Calcite and Calcite with Hematite inclusions. Calcite and Calcite with Hematite inclusions.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TXB69AQ0: Very sharp Calcite crystal, with the dominant forms of an acute scalenohedron, between transparent and translucent, with very bright luster and reddish color due to Hematite inclusions. On matrix, with an earlier generation of small white Calcite crystals.
Fengjiashan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China

Specimen size: 10.5 × 7.4 × 4 cm = 4.13” × 2.91” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 2 cm = 1.85” × 0.79”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Calcite with iron oxides inclusions

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MXL99AO0: Parallel growths of Calcite crystals formed by an elongated prism and a very flattened terminal rhombohedron. The translucent crystals selectively show red colorations due to iron oxide inclusions.
Fengjiashan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 11.6 × 9.8 × 5.2 cm = 4.57” × 3.86” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 5 × 3.4 cm = 1.97” × 1.34”

Calcite with iron oxides inclusions. Front
Front
Calcite with iron oxides inclusions. Side
Side
Calcite with iron oxides inclusions.
Calcite with Pyrite
Calcite with Pyrite. Calcite with Pyrite.
 

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”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Chalcopyrite on Quartz with Arsenopyrite and Calcite

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MRR97AP5: Group of twinned trapezohedral Chalcopyrite crystals, very sharp, with good luster and bright metallic iridescence, on a matrix of Quartz crystals, with small crystals of Arsenopyrite and Calcite.
Fengjiashan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (10/2022)

Specimen size: 9 × 7.2 × 5.3 cm = 3.54” × 2.83” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.98” × 0.51”

Chalcopyrite on Quartz with Arsenopyrite and Calcite. Front
Front
Chalcopyrite on Quartz with Arsenopyrite and Calcite. Rear
Rear
Cuprite on Copper
Cuprite on Copper. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Cuprite on Copper. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Cuprite on Copper. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén

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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”

Inesite with Apophyllite (Group) and Hubeite
 

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”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Inesite with Apophyllite (Group) and Hubeite. Front
Front
Inesite with Apophyllite (Group) and Hubeite. Front
Front
Inesite with Apophyllite (Group) and Hubeite. Side
Side
Inesite on Quartz
Inesite on Quartz. Front
Front
Inesite on Quartz. Rear
Rear
 

MZ96H3: An esthetic double group of acicular crystals forming open fans, on a Quartz crystal.
Fengjiashan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (2005)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.42” × 1.26” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 4 × 2.2 cm = 1.57” × 0.87”

Inesite with Hubeite and Quartz

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TF71AM8: Fan-shaped groups of elongated and flattened Inesite crystals, with good luster and an intense color, on a group of Quartz crystals covered by small groups of brownish Hubeite crystals. This is the type locality for Hubeite.
Fengjiashan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China

Specimen size: 10.2 × 6.5 × 4.3 cm = 4.02” × 2.56” × 1.69”

Inesite with Hubeite and Quartz. Inesite with Hubeite and Quartz.
Inesite with Hubeite and Quartz.
Quartz (variety amethyst)
Quartz (variety amethyst).
 

MF96: Single crystal, recrystallized at the bottom, of brilliant amethyst with a nice deeply colored phantom inside. Its rear is covered by minor orange Fluorapophyllite-(K). We will provide a copy of the analysis of it to the customer.
Fengjiashan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (2002)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 5 × 4 cm = 3.62” × 1.97” × 1.57”

Calcite
 

MRB46CD5: Group of lenticular Calcite crystals with very marked trigonal shapes, formed by a very flattened rhombohedron and a fine prism. On matrix, transparent-translucent and with growth striations on the faces, which are very well defined, as well as on the edges, and with an internal phantom formed by another trigonal Calcite crystal, more ocher in color and perfectly visible, resulting in a very peculiar geometry.
This specimen comes from a recent discovery in the Hongwei mine, in Daye, China.
Hongwei Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (±09/2023)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 5.6 × 2.5 cm = 3.66” × 2.20” × 0.98”

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


Recorded under neon light

Recorded under neon light
Calcite

Recorded under neon light
 

MBR89CD5: Scalenohedral Calcite crystal, doubly terminated floater, transparent and extraordinarily lustrous, very rich in perfectly defined faces and edges, and with reddish iron oxide inclusions.
A treasure!
Tonglüshan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (2023)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm = 2.17” × 1.26” × 0.94”

Calcite with Hematite inclusions

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EXP3AP1: Parallel growths of very flattened, translucent, lenticular Calcite crystals, with brilliant luster and a deep and intense red color due to Hematite inclusions.
Tonglüshan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (06/2022)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 7.4 × 2.9 cm = 3.62” × 2.91” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 1.8 cm = 1.10” × 0.71”

Calcite with Hematite inclusions. Calcite with Hematite inclusions.
Calcite with iron oxides inclusions
Calcite with iron oxides inclusions. Calcite with iron oxides inclusions.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TLB92AO8: Group on matrix of doubly terminated Calcite crystals, complex, very rich in crystal forms, with the scalenohedron dominating, transparent, lustrous, with reddish iron oxides inclusions. A specimen of great quality and very aesthetic.
Tonglüshan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (02/2022)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 8.4 × 5 cm = 4.13” × 3.31” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 6 × 5 cm = 2.36” × 1.97”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Calcite with Pyrite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EXM97AP1: Find of the year in 2022. Parallel growths of two phases of Calcite crystals, one of them with very well defined grey translucent crystals, with “windows” that allow an earlier phase, with crystals covered by a layer of very shiny iridescent microcrystalline Chalcopyrite, to show through. An interesting novelty.
Tonglüshan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (06/2022)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.4 × 4.8 cm = 2.44” × 1.73” × 1.89”

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

Calcite with Pyrite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Calcite with Pyrite. Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Calcite with Pyrite. Top / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Top / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Calcite with Pyrite
Calcite with Pyrite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Calcite with Pyrite. Top / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Top / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EFR91AP1: Find of the year in 2022. Parallel growths of two phases of Calcite crystals, one of them with very well defined grey translucent crystals, with “windows” that allow an earlier phase, in this case a very acute scalenohedral crystal covered by a very shiny iridescent microcrystalline Chalcopyrite layer, to show through. An interesting novelty.
This specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 168/2022, page 16
Tonglüshan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (05/2022)

Specimen size: 8 × 7.4 × 5.6 cm = 3.15” × 2.91” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 6.7 × 4.2 cm = 2.64” × 1.65”

Chalcopyrite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EJK97AP1: From an unusual discovery made in the year 2022. Botryoidal, spheroidal and very aerial stalagmites of brilliant Chalcopyrite microcrystals.
Tongshankou Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (18/03/2022)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.4 × 3 cm = 2.28” × 2.13” × 1.18”

Chalcopyrite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Chalcopyrite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Chalcopyrite with Calcite
Chalcopyrite with Calcite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Chalcopyrite with Calcite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EXL92AP1: From an unusual discovery made in the year 2022. Botryoidal, spheroidal and very aerial stalagmites of very shiny Chalcopyrite microcrystals, with crystals of Calcite.
This specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 168/2022, page 17
Tongshankou Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (18/03/2022)

Specimen size: 9 × 5.6 × 4.4 cm = 3.54” × 2.20” × 1.73”

Chalcopyrite with Calcite

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EXX68AP1: From an unusual discovery made in the year 2022. Very aerial botryoidal and spheroidal growths of very shiny Chalcopyrite microcrystals, with Calcite crystals.
Tongshankou Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (06/2022)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 7.1 × 4.5 cm = 3.82” × 2.80” × 1.77”

Chalcopyrite with Calcite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Chalcopyrite with Calcite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Chalcocite
Chalcocite. Chalcocite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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”

Chalcocite with Chalcopyrite
 

TF66AL3: Remarkably elongated Chalcocite crystals and stalagmitic clusters. The Chalcocite is completely covered by iridescent Chalcopyrite, with dominant blue, violet, green and yellow tones. From the existing bibliography, it seems that in some cases the Chalcocite crystals are partially replaced by Djurleite.
Tongshankou Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (2013)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.6 × 1.6 cm = 1.42” × 1.02” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.51” × 0.08”

Chalcocite with Chalcopyrite. Front
Front
Chalcocite with Chalcopyrite. Rear
Rear
Chalcocite and Djurleite with Chalcopyrite
Chalcocite and Djurleite with Chalcopyrite. Front
Front
Chalcocite and Djurleite with Chalcopyrite. Rear
Rear
 

TZ66Z2: A novelty at Tucson 2014. Aggregate of extraordinarily elongated Chalcocite crystals and coralloid growths completely coated by iridescent Chalcopyrite, with dominant blue and violet shades. By recent reports, it seems that in some cases the Chalcocite crystals are partially replaced by Djurleite.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What’s New in the Mineral World?’ section, report #37, April 14, 2014 edition, and in the book 'China II', by Berthold Ottens, on page 128

Tongshankou Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (2013)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 1.9 × 1.4 cm = 1.69” × 0.75” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 0.2 cm = 1.46” × 0.08”

Chalcocite and Djurleite with Chalcopyrite
 

TB96Z2: A novelty at Tucson 2014. Aggregate of extraordinarily elongated Chalcocite crystals completely coated by iridescent Chalcopyrite, with dominant violet and golden yellow shades. By recent reports, it seems that in some cases the Chalcocite crystals are partially replaced by Djurleite.
Tongshankou Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (2013)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.6 × 2.8 cm = 1.77” × 1.42” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 0.4 cm = 1.65” × 0.16”

Chalcocite and Djurleite with Chalcopyrite. Front
Front
Chalcocite and Djurleite with Chalcopyrite. Rear
Rear
Chalcocite and Djurleite with Chalcopyrite
Chalcocite and Djurleite with Chalcopyrite. Front
Front
Chalcocite and Djurleite with Chalcopyrite. Rear
Rear
 

TX96Z2: A novelty at Tucson 2014. Aggregate of elongated Chalcocite crystals with very well defined faces and edges finished with an arborescent growth and completely coated by iridescent Chalcopyrite, with dominant blue shades. By recent reports, it seems that in some cases the Chalcocite crystals are partially replaced by Djurleite.
Tongshankou Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (2013)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 1.5 × 2.1 cm = 1.93” × 0.59” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.7 cm = 1.18” × 0.67”

Chalcocite and Djurleite with Chalcopyrite
 

TM36Z2: A novelty at Tucson 2014. Aggregate of extraordinarily elongated Chalcocite crystals completely coated by iridescent Chalcopyrite, with dominant blue shades. By recent reports, it seems that in some cases the Chalcocite crystals are partially replaced by Djurleite.
Tongshankou Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (2013)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 2.09” × 0.24” × 0.20”

Chalcocite and Djurleite with Chalcopyrite. Front
Front
Chalcocite and Djurleite with Chalcopyrite. Rear
Rear
Chalcocite with Calcite
Chalcocite with Calcite. Chalcocite with Calcite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TFF86AN7: Stalactitic growths of Chalcocite covered by a thin film of iridescent Chalcopyrite, with dominant blue and purple tones. On a Calcite matrix. From the existing bibliography, it is deduced that in some cases Chalcocite may be partially substituted by Djurleite.
Tongshankou Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (2019)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3 × 2.1 cm = 2.09” × 1.18” × 0.83”

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

Chalcocite and Djurleite with Chalcopyrite
 

TY38Z2: A novelty at Tucson 2014. Aggregate of extraordinarily elongated Chalcocite crystals and arborescent growths completely coated by iridescent Chalcopyrite, with dominant blue shades. By recent reports, it seems that in some cases the Chalcocite crystals are partially replaced by Djurleite.
Tongshankou Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (2013)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.7 × 3.8 cm = 2.17” × 1.85” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 4 × 1.6 cm = 1.57” × 0.63”

Chalcocite and Djurleite with Chalcopyrite. Front
Front
Chalcocite and Djurleite with Chalcopyrite. Rear
Rear
Chalcocite and Djurleite with Chalcopyrite
Chalcocite and Djurleite with Chalcopyrite. Front
Front
Chalcocite and Djurleite with Chalcopyrite. Rear
Rear
 

TJ66Z2: A novelty at Tucson 2014. Aggregate of extraordinarily elongated Chalcocite crystals completely coated by iridescent Chalcopyrite, with dominant blue, violet and golden shades. By recent reports, it seems that in some cases the Chalcocite crystals are partially replaced by Djurleite.
The specimen has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on page 31, volume 39, number 5, May 2014
Tongshankou Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (2013)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 2.28” × 0.20” × 0.12”

Chalcocite and Djurleite with Chalcopyrite
 

TX66Z2: A novelty at Tucson 2014. Aggregate of extraordinarily elongated Chalcocite crystals completely coated by iridescent Chalcopyrite, with dominant green and violet shades. By recent reports, it seems that in some cases the Chalcocite crystals are partially replaced by Djurleite.
Tongshankou Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (2013)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm = 2.83” × 0.20” × 0.20”

Chalcocite and Djurleite with Chalcopyrite. Front
Front
Chalcocite and Djurleite with Chalcopyrite. Rear
Rear
Calcite with iron oxides inclusions
Calcite with iron oxides inclusions. Calcite with iron oxides inclusions.
Calcite with iron oxides inclusions.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

ELP47AP6: 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: 7.4 × 6.7 × 3.6 cm = 2.91” × 2.64” × 1.42”

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

Calcite with Pyrite
 

TBX89ASN1: Flattened lenticular trigonal Calcite crystals, like umbrellas, in a matrix completely covered by a patina formed by a multitude of iridescent Pyrite crystals with dominant yellowish-ochre tones.
A morphological curiosity and very aesthetic.
Daguangshan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (2023)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 8.5 × 3.3 cm = 3.74” × 3.35” × 1.30”

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

Photo: Pere Alonso


Calcite with Pyrite.
Calcite
Calcite. Front
Front
Calcite. Side
Side
Calcite. Rear
Rear

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TXM37AP3: 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 × 4.2 × 3 cm = 1.97” × 1.65” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”

Calcite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TFM67AP3: 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: 5.4 × 3.9 × 3.2 cm = 2.13” × 1.54” × 1.26”

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

Calcite.
Calcite
Calcite. Front
Front
Calcite. Rear
Rear
Calcite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TBB47AO8: From a very recent discovery in the Daye area. Parallel growths of lenticular and very aerial Calcite crystals, on matrix. They are translucent, lustrous, yellow, with red Hematite inclusions and geometric color zoning. Very aesthetic.
Daye mining area, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (03/2022)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 6.2 × 5.3 cm = 2.52” × 2.44” × 2.09”

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

Calcite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TXA27AO7: From a very recent discovery in the Daye area. Parallel growths of crystals of lenticular Calcite, very aerial and on matrix. They are a translucent yellow, shiny, with red Hematite inclusions, geometric color zoning. Very aesthetic.
Daye mining area, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (03/2022)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.3 × 4.2 cm = 2.60” × 1.69” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.43”

Calcite. Front
Front
Calcite. Rear
Rear
Calcite
Calcite. Front
Front
Calcite. Front with light behind
Front with light behind
Calcite. Rear
Rear

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TMR47AP6: 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: 6.6 × 5.3 × 3.8 cm = 2.60” × 2.09” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.43”

Calcite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TFM87AO8: From a very recent discovery in the Daye area. Parallel growths of lenticular and very aerial Calcite crystals, on matrix. They are translucent, lustrous, yellow, with red Hematite inclusions and geometric color zoning. Very aesthetic.
Daye mining area, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (03/2022)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.8 × 6.4 cm = 2.64” × 1.89” × 2.52”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

Calcite. Calcite.
Calcite
Calcite. Front
Front
Calcite. Rear
Rear
Calcite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TJA87AP3: 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: 6.9 × 4.8 × 3.8 cm = 2.72” × 1.89” × 1.50”

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

Calcite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TRB87AO7: From a very recent discovery in the Daye area. Parallel growths of crystals of lenticular Calcite, very aerial and on matrix. They are a translucent yellow, shiny, with red Hematite inclusions, geometric color zoning. Very aesthetic.
Daye mining area, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province  China (03/2022)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 6.4 × 4 cm = 3.19” × 2.52” × 1.57”

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

Calcite. Calcite.

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