TE56L0: An interesting novelty of Tucson 2008. A nice twin of two short Calcite crystals. Prism faces are totally clear and transparent. Pinacoidal terminations are translucent. To increase its beauty the specimen has a small matrix. Excellent miniature.
Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (10/2007)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.10” × 1.06” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.87”

TQ26N9: Crystal of Calcite, complex and rich in faces, of excellent yellow color, very transparent and bright, on a base of Stibnite crystals with very well defined edges and terminations.
Hechi Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (1999)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.54” × 1.10” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.6 cm = 0.71” × 0.63”

EB50AJ8: Group of complex Calcite crystals, one of then clearly dominant and mainly with a scalenohedral shape. They are translucent and very bright with a very intense yellow-orange color and are on matrix.
Nandan, Hechi Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2005)

Specimen size: 14.9 × 10.7 × 7 cm = 5.87” × 4.21” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 14.9 × 7.5 cm = 5.87” × 2.95”

TT88Q8: Group of crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very well defined faces and edges and a considerable size and thickness. The crystals are translucent, bright and have an excellent deep color.
Nandan, Hechi Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2010)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.1 × 3 cm = 1.97” × 1.61” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 4.2 cm = 1.38” × 1.65”

MP12AC5: A novelty at Munich 2015. Slightly divergent aggregate of untwined Aragonite crystals. They are transparent, very bright, have a deep honey color and acute terminations. As is usual with Chinese novelties, we cannot provide better locality information. We hope to know more in a short time.
This sample has been photographed and published in the magazine Le Règne Minéral number 126, page 39
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2015)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 1.7 × 1 cm = 1.61” × 0.67” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 0.4 cm = 1.26” × 0.16”

ELP94AP3: Very aerial group of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit, translucent with a pale blue color, almost totally covered by white rhombohedral Dolomite microcrystals with the well known saddle-shaped habit. Very original, very different from those generally known, and with an extraordinary aesthetic.
Daguishan, Babu District, Hezhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (08/2022)

Specimen size: 14.8 × 16.7 × 13.8 cm = 5.83” × 6.57” × 5.43”

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

MT16Q0: A novelty at Tucson 2010. Botryoidal growth of microcrystals, of intense yellowish green color, on limonite matrix. Recently discovered in China, closely resembles the typical Mexican samples. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Pinggui area, Hezhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (06/2009)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.85” × 1.02” × 0.83”

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

MR63R9: Parallel fan growths of small crystals with very well defined faces and edges and with an intense yellowish green color. On Limonite matrix. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Pinggui area, Hezhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (06/2009)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 6.2 × 2.6 cm = 2.48” × 2.44” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.47” × 0.31”

MA16AJ3: Aerial group of Scorodite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, very bright with a very deep greenish-blue color and with small Pyrite crystals.
The sample is from the Thomas P. Moore collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Hezhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.6 × 2 cm = 0.87” × 0.63” × 0.79”

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

FP97AB1: Lenticular Rhodochrosite crystal with very well defined polycrystalline surfaces, translucent, with a very intense color and with small groups of cubic Fluorite crystals that are transparent, practically colorless, with octahedral phantom growths and unidentified white small inclusions. The base of the crystal has a neat cleavage surface that doesn’t alter the aesthetics of the whole.
Wutong Mine, Liubao, Cangwu, Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (±2006)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.6 × 1.7 cm = 1.50” × 1.42” × 0.67”

MD53N0: Big lenticular crystal of Rhodochrosite of an excellent color and luster, with small crystals of Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite and white undefined crystals of Calcite. The definition of the Rhodochrosite is quite better than usual for the samples from this find.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘what’s new at Tucson 2009’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 7 of number 3/2009 and also in the ‘Mineral Up’ magazine, on page 28, number 2009/2.
Wutong Mine, Liubao, Cangwu, Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2007)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.6 × 2.1 cm = 2.05” × 1.81” × 0.83”

EPP72ASN2: Aggregates of flattened, lenticular Rhodochrosite crystals forming rosettes with well-defined crystal structures and an intense, uniform pink color. The piece rests on a matrix of Sphalerite, scattered with very bright Pyrite crystals.
The specimen exhibits more complex crystal formations than typically seen from this mine.
Wutong Mine, Liubao, Cangwu, Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China

Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.5 × 2.9 cm = 2.40” × 2.17” × 1.14”

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

EF49AE2: Aggregates of extremely flattened platy Rhodochrosite crystals with very well defined crystals, a very intense pink color and on matrix, with Quartz and small cubic Fluorite crystals that are transparent and have a color between lilac and pale blue. Different from all material previously found at this mine.
Wutong Mine, Liubao, Cangwu, Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2016)

Specimen size: 10 × 6.3 × 3.7 cm = 3.94” × 2.48” × 1.46”

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

ER96Y3: Unusually large crystal with a very vivid and deep pink color. It is rhombohedral, flattened and has very well marked parallel polycrystalline growths. A sample for a museum.
Wutong Mine, Liubao, Cangwu, Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (±2008)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 10 × 3 cm = 4.53” × 3.94” × 1.18”

EB72AE2: Aggregates of extremely flattened platy Rhodochrosite crystals with very well defined crystals, a very intense pink color and on matrix, with Quartz and small cubic Fluorite crystals that are transparent and have a color between lilac and pale blue. Different from all material previously found at this mine.
Wutong Mine, Liubao, Cangwu, Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2016)

Specimen size: 13 × 8.3 × 5.6 cm = 5.12” × 3.27” × 2.20”

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

TF66AL8: Floater group of Pyromorphite crystals with slightly curved faces and edges, many of them doubly terminated, bright and with an intense and uniform green color.
We will ship the specimen 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: 2.7 × 2.7 × 1.7 cm = 1.06” × 1.06” × 0.67”

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

TX16AN2: Very aerial group of prismatic crystals with very well defined faces and edges, parallel growths and hopper terminations, translucent, with good luster and a very vivid and uniform color.
We will ship the specimen 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: 2.9 × 2.1 × 2.5 cm = 1.14” × 0.83” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”

NG48AH6: Group of partially doubly terminated crystals with parallel growths and hollow terminations. They are bright and have a very intense and uniform grass green color.
The sample is from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection, whose label and collection card we’ll send to the buyer.
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China

Specimen size: 3.3 × 1.3 × 1.8 cm = 1.30” × 0.51” × 0.71”

TR69N9: Very aerial group of crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with terminations in pinacoid. Their luster and color, very vivid and uniform, are excellent.
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2009)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.5 × 2 cm = 1.38” × 0.98” × 0.79”

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

EM46J7: One of the notable novelties from Ste. Marie-aux-Mines 2007. Group of prismatic crystals of very well defined faces and edges with skeletal terminations, on matrix. Their color and luster are really extraordinary, but we also especially note their translucency, easily visible under a strong light.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ on page 287 in number 2007/4.
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2007)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2 × 2.5 cm = 1.42” × 0.79” × 0.98”

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

TA77M0: Curious and esthetic cluster of Pyromorphite formed by multiple crystals which show curved faces and edges. Color is not usual and varies between green and white.
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2003)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.7 × 2.9 cm = 1.57” × 1.46” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.35” × 0.24”

EA92Z0: Parallel growths of short prismatic hollow crystals. They are very bright and have a very vivid and uniform green color. A sample of great quality.
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2013)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.9 × 2.3 cm = 1.65” × 1.14” × 0.91”

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

M70LF2: Among the many good things about this one the color and length of the crystals, some of which are hoppered.
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (05/2000)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4 × 2.5 cm = 1.77” × 1.57” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.6 cm = 0.47” × 0.24”

LXX46AP4: Very aerial group of Pyromorphite crystals with a short prismatic habit, many of them totally or partially doubly terminated, with bright luster and a very vivid and uniform yellowish color. Different from what usually appears in Daoping and of excellent quality.
This piece comes from the Philippe Morelon collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2014)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 5.1 × 3.7 cm = 2.32” × 2.01” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.47” × 0.20”

EQ3AI8: Floater group of Pyromorphite crystals, some of them having a very well defined hexagonal shape and others with hollow growths and some unusual flat shapes and crystalline deformations. The luster is extraordinary, among the best for the Daoping mine, and the color, a uniform apple green, is intense.
The sample is from the Raúl Sanabria collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (±2012)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.3 × 2.5 cm = 2.36” × 1.69” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 1 cm = 1.10” × 0.39”

EZ92L3: Great specimen with some well defined Pyromorphite crystals and other structures like acicular growths and a complex crystallization in the form of crests. Excellent green color and luster. So, it is a really great specimen.
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2007)

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

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.35” × 0.24”

EG16AK9: Sharp translucent Pyromorphite crystals with very deep hopper faces, intense luster, bright and uniform green color, implanted on a white Baryte matrix.
The specimen is from the Raúl Sanabria collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (±2013)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 6.8 × 6.7 cm = 3.82” × 2.68” × 2.64”

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

EG54AJ8: Druse, on matrix, of slightly tapered Pyromorphite crystals with deep hollow terminations. They have greasy luster and a uniform clear green color.
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2016)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 8.6 × 5.5 cm = 3.62” × 3.39” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1 cm = 0.67” × 0.39”

TAX15AO1: Botryoidal growth of Plumbogummite with a very deep and intense greenish blue color and with velvety surfaces that cover a matrix of yellow Pyromorphite crystals. Both the Plumbogummite and the Pyromorphite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of both analyses to the buyer.
Yangshuo / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2014)

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.75” × 0.71” × 0.47”

TB96Z6: Botryoidal Plumbogummite growths, with velvety surfaces and a very deep and intense blue 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 / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2014)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.9 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.75” × 0.47”

MB56AA7: Aggregate of elongated Pyromorphite crystals forming parallel growths, with a yellowish-green color and coated by bluish-green Plumbogummite with yellowish shades in some zones. Both the Pyromorphite and the Plumbogummite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.

Yangshuo / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (02/2014)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.6 × 2 cm = 0.94” × 0.63” × 0.79”

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

ME7AA7: Aggregate of elongated Pyromorphite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, on matrix and coated by bluish-green Plumbogummite with yellowish shades in some zones. Both the Pyromorphite and the Plumbogummite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What’s New in the Mineral World?’ section, report #39, December 06, 2014 edition.
Yangshuo / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (02/2014)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.8 × 1.9 cm = 1.14” × 1.10” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.55” × 0.12”

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 / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, 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 / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2014)

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

MC28AC3: Aggregate of Pyromorphite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with an apple green color and with slightly curved faces and edges and polycrystalline terminations. The Pyromorphite, on matrix, is partially coated by pale blue Plumbogummite, also present on the matrix.
Yangshuo / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (02/2014)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.7 × 2.8 cm = 1.50” × 1.46” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.47” × 0.20”

TG47Z6: Botryoidal Plumbogummite growths, with velvety surfaces and a very deep and intense blue 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 / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2014)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.9 × 1.6 cm = 1.61” × 1.14” × 0.63”

TP87AB3: Translucent botryoidal Plumbogummite aggregate with a uniform clear blue color and free of damage. It is on Quartz with yellow Pyromorphite impregnations.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ number 02/2014, page 54
Yangshuo / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (02/2014)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 4.6 × 3.8 cm = 1.73” × 1.81” × 1.50”

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 / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (02/2014)

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

TQ6AC3: Divergent aggregates of very large Pyromorphite crystals with skeletal terminations coated and replaced by pale blue Plumbogummite. The sample is from a very recent find and has different morphological characteristics compared to those previously known. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Yangshuo / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (01/2015)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.9 × 4 cm = 1.97” × 1.93” × 1.57”

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

TF16AC3: Aggregate of very large Pyromorphite crystals with skeletal terminations coated and replaced by blue Plumbogummite. The sample is from a very recent find and has different morphological characteristics compared to those previously known. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Yangshuo / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (01/2015)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4 × 2.7 cm = 2.20” × 1.57” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 4.8 × 1.8 cm = 1.89” × 0.71”

TP70AB5: Aggregate of elongated Pyromorphite crystals on matrix, a lot 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.
Yangshuo / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (01/2015)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.5 × 2.9 cm = 2.44” × 2.17” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.3 cm = 0.75” × 0.51”

ET53AI4: Divergent aggregates of very large Pyromorphite crystals with very well defined skeletal terminations, coated and almost completely replaced by pale blue Plumbogummite. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Yangshuo / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2017)

Specimen size: 7 × 6.8 × 3.9 cm = 2.76” × 2.68” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1 cm = 0.91” × 0.39”

TR69AB7: Aggregate of Pyromorphite crystals, on matrix, with parallel growths, slight curvatures on their faces and edges and hollow terminations. They have a yellowish green color and are coated by bluish-green Plumbogummite with yellowish shades in some areas. Both the Pyromorphite and the Plumbogummite have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Yangshuo / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (01/2015)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 5 × 2.4 cm = 3.35” × 1.97” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.24”

TB66M0: Flattened Cerussite crystals with an intense yellow color and green inclusions of Pyromorphite. Due to its color we had doubts if it was Cerussite. Another sample from the same pocket has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2003)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2 × 1.5 cm = 1.34” × 0.79” × 0.59”

TR47AC4: Two fanlike aggregates that are translucent and very bright with flat and smooth surfaces, phantom growths and transparent and bright terminal faces with very well defined edges. Very unusual and fine for the locality.
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  China (2013)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.7 × 1.4 cm = 1.34” × 1.06” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.06” × 0.94”