Mineral Specimens - page 14
China

EX17V0: Aggregate on matrix of extremely sharp and flattened prismatic crystals. They have a clear salmon-pink color. One of the nice surprises offered by the mineralogy of Inner Mongolia in the past year 2011.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘Mineralientage München 2011’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 18 of number 1/2012
Huanggangliang Iron Mines, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia A.R.  China (2011)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 6.8 × 4.7 cm = 2.9” × 2.7” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

EG27T6: A novelty at Munich 2011. Floater group of sharp tetrahedral crystals that are translucent on their edges, with a dark brown color and bright luster. Excellent quality for the species. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Huanggangliang, Kèshíkèténg Qí, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia A.R.  China (07/2011)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.3 × 2.1 cm = 1.0” × 0.9” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.3 cm = 0.5” × 0.5”

MV70T6: A novelty at Munich 2011. Group of sharp tetrahedral crystals of Genthelvite, one of them clearly dominant, with a dark brown color, translucent edges, in matrix, and related dodecahedral crystals of Andradite. Excellent quality for the species. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Huanggangliang, Kèshíkèténg Qí, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia A.R.  China (2011)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.7 × 2.3 cm = 1.6” × 1.5” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.3 cm = 0.5” × 0.5”

ML10T6: A novelty at Munich 2011. Very aerial group of sharp tetrahedral crystals of Genthelvite with a dark Brown color, translucent edges and with small crystals of Quartz. Excellent quality for the species. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Huanggangliang, Kèshíkèténg Qí, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia A.R.  China (2011)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.3 × 1.8 cm = 1.3” × 0.9” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.6” × 0.4”

TL27S0: A novelty at Tucson 2011. Sharp octahedral crystal of Fluorite, with very well defined faces and edges, and with color zoning. The matrix is a parallel growth of Arsenopyrite crystals. The association is a novelty for this locality, quite famous for Ilvaites.
This specimen was photographed and published in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 102, page 21
Huanggangliang, Kèshíkèténg Qí, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia A.R.  China (2010)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.6 × 2.7 cm = 1.5” × 1.4” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.0” × 0.9”

EA27T8: A novelty at Munich 2011. Elongated crystal of Hedenbergite with parallel growths, of slightly fibrous aspect, grayish green color and silky luster. It is crowned by a group of Quartz crystals.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2011 Munich Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 102, page 21
Huanggangliang Iron Mines, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia A.R.  China (2011)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 4.6 × 5.1 cm = 4.2” × 1.8” × 2.0”

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.
Huanggangliang, Kèshíkèténg Qí, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia A.R.  China (10/2010)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 2 × 2 cm = 2.5” × 0.8” × 0.8”

MA28R5: A novelty in Munich 2010. Parallel growth of bright Ilvaite crystals with perfect terminations and a notable crystal of Quartz on the back side.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 45 in number 2011/1
Huanggangliang, Kèshíkèténg Qí, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia A.R.  China (10/2010)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 2.2 × 2.3 cm = 2.6” × 0.9” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 1.8 cm = 2.0” × 0.7”

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.
Huanggangliang, Kèshíkèténg Qí, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia A.R.  China (10/2010)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.2 × 5.2 cm = 2.7” × 2.0” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 3.8 cm = 2.4” × 1.5”

MZ68R5: A novelty in Munich 2010. Parallel growth of bright Ilvaite crystals with slightly curved lateral edges. They have perfect terminations and are with Quartz and Calcite crystals.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘Börsenreport - Mineralientage München 2010’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 12 of number 1/2011
Huanggangliang, Kèshíkèténg Qí, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia A.R.  China (10/2010)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.2 × 3.2 cm = 2.0” × 1.3” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 5.1 × 2.7 cm = 2.0” × 1.1”

EF7V0: Aggregate of crystals, a lot of them doubly terminated, with slightly curved faces and edges. They are bright, with deep green color and most of them with yellow color zoning on the tips.
Daoping Mine, Guilin, Guangxi  China (2000)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 5.1 × 2.5 cm = 2.2” × 2.0” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

EB30T7: Group of crystals, many of them doubly terminated, with curved faces and edges, bright, with a deep green color and some with yellowish color zoning on the tips.
Daoping Mine, Guilin, Guangxi  China (2000)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 6.3 × 2.9 cm = 3.7” × 2.5” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

TQ27T2: Group of crystals with slightly curved faces and edges, with good terminations, some of them doubly terminated, bright and with an excellent color, very uniform, with a thin geometrical color zone near the termination between the prism and the pinacoid.
Daoping Mine, Guilin, Guangxi  China (2009)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.5 × 2.4 cm = 1.1” × 1.0” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.6 cm = 0.5” × 0.2”

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, Guilin, Guangxi  China (2009)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.1 × 2.1 cm = 1.0” × 0.8” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.4 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

TJ97N9: 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, Guilin, Guangxi  China (2009)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 1.9 × 1.7 cm = 1.1” × 0.7” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.9 cm = 0.6” × 0.4”

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, Guilin, Guangxi  China (2009)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.8 × 2.3 cm = 1.7” × 1.5” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.7 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

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, Guilin, Guangxi  China (2009)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm = 1.1” × 0.9” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1 cm = 0.7” × 0.4”

MP96T6: Group of trapezohedral crystals of Spessartine, bright, transparent and with a very intense color. They are coating a group of Orthoclase crystals. The lack of some crystals at the top is probably due to a contact, not damage.
Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou, Fujian  China (2005)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.9 × 2 cm = 1.8” × 1.5” × 0.8”

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

MH89T2: Arborescent growth, of excellent color and luster, of elongated and flattened crystals and of laminar formations.
Linglong, Jiaodong, Shangdong  China (2008-2009)

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.7 × 1.3 cm = 0.8” × 0.7” × 0.5”

MD50T2: Arborescent and skeletal growths, with excellent luster and color, with deformed crystals and laminar and wire growths.
Linglong, Jiaodong, Shangdong  China (2008-2009)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 1.1” × 0.6” × 0.4”

MB70T2: Arborescent and skeletal growths, with excellent luster and color, with deformed crystals and laminar and wire growths.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What’s New in the Mineral World?’ section, report #29, August 27, 2011 edition.
Linglong, Jiaodong, Shangdong  China (2008-2009)

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.7” × 0.7” × 0.3”

MJ51T2: Aggregate of partially skeletal crystals with well defined faces and edges, excellent luster and color, and of considerable size and on matrix.
Linglong, Jiaodong, Shangdong  China (2008-2009)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 0.9” × 0.7” × 0.5”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

MB71Q0: Group of flattened and deformed crystals, practically laminar, some them forming very well shaped skeletal growths.
Linglong, Jiaodong, Shangdong  China (2008-2009)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.3 × 0.9 cm = 0.7” × 0.5” × 0.4”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.5 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

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 County, Hechi, Guangxi  China (2010)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.1 × 3 cm = 2.0” × 1.6” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 4.2 cm = 1.4” × 1.7”

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, Guangxi  China (06/2009)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.9” × 1.0” × 0.8”

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

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, Hunan  China

Specimen size: 4 × 3.3 × 2.6 cm = 1.6” × 1.3” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.9 cm = 0.8” × 0.7”

EX56K1: Complex group of Sphalerite crystals in parallel growth, giving the appearance of a single crystal with very well defined faces, bright and with bluish reflections, on a group of Quartz crystals.
The specimen has been published in the book ‘China’, by Berthold Ottens, on page 524.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2007)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3 × 2.9 cm = 1.3” × 1.2” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 3 cm = 1.1” × 1.2”

EA56K0: Group of cuboctahedral crystals with strange curvatures and deformations. Hooked and coiled wirelike crystals of native Silver contrast with the darker Acanthite.
66 line Mine, Hongda, Lingqiu, Shanxi  China (2007)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.8 × 3.6 cm = 1.5” × 1.1” × 1.4”

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

EC48K0: Very stylized group of deformed cubic crystals. Hooked and coiled wirelike crystals of native Silver contrast with the darker Acanthite.
66 line Mine, Hongda, Lingqiu, Shanxi  China (2007)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2 × 2.6 cm = 1.5” × 0.8” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1 cm = 0.6” × 0.4”

ED89K0: Very stylized group of deformed cubic crystals. An aerial branch is partially covered by mossy native Silver that contrasts with the darker Acanthite. Very esthetic.
66 line Mine, Hongda, Lingqiu, Shanxi  China (2007)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm = 2.0” × 1.0” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.1 cm = 1.2” × 0.4”

EB37K0: Deformed cubic crystals. Hooked and wirelike growths of native Silver contrast with the darker Acanthite.
66 line Mine, Hongda, Lingqiu, Shanxi  China (2007)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 1.3” × 0.7” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.3 cm = 0.7” × 0.5”

EA96T6: Transparent lenticular crystal with a yellow color and a very neat phantom growth corresponding to a first very flattened rhombohedron. It is on matrix, with small acicular crystals of Stibnite on the contact zone between the cristal and the matrix.
Xikuangshan Mine, Lengshuijiang, Hunan  China (2009)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 3.1 × 3.9 cm = 2.4” × 1.2” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.8 cm = 1.3” × 1.1”

TR94R9: Group of acute scalenohedral crystals of Calcite that formed on a stalactitic growth with a very neat central cannel.
Wenshan area, Yunnan  China (09/2008)

Specimen size: 16.2 × 10.4 × 10.4 cm = 6.4” × 4.1” × 4.1”

Main crystal size: 7.2 × 2.7 cm = 2.8” × 1.1”

PL36C8: Very aerial crystals with a intense reddish orange color.
Pingtouling Mine, Liannan, Sanjiang, Guangdong  China (01/2003)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3 × 1.6 cm = 1.5” × 1.2” × 0.6”

PM16N0: Excellent thumbnail with sharp hexagonal crystals on matrix. Their color, very deep, and their luster are extraordinary.
Pingtouling Mine, Liannan, Sanjiang, Guangdong  China (01/2003)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.5 × 2 cm = 0.7” × 0.6” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

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, Sanjiang, Guangdong  China (01/2003)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.5 × 5 cm = 2.8” × 1.8” × 2.0”

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

TM67T6: A crystal composed of the cube and a very well developed dodecahedron. The faces of the cube are neat and completely transparent, contrasting with a rough and translucent dodecahedron. In matrix, with Quartz crystals.
Xianghuapu Mine, Linwu, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2008)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 5.6 × 4.5 cm = 3.9” × 2.2” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 3.4 cm = 1.6” × 1.3”

MP94R1: Two cubic crystals of sky blue color, with geometrical zoning of the color parallel to the cube faces. They are translucent and bright and are implanted on a group of Quartz crystals, most of them doubly terminated. Pretty architecture!
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2005)

Specimen size: 14.5 × 11.2 × 6.4 cm = 5.7” × 4.4” × 2.5”

Main crystal size: 3.9 × 3.6 cm = 1.5” × 1.4”

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, Hunan  China

Specimen size: 18 × 9 × 6.2 cm = 7.1” × 3.5” × 2.4”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 4.2 cm = 1.8” × 1.7”

TX17N9: Group of cube-octahedral crystals, with polysynthetic growths on the faces of the octahedron. They are transparent, with a very deep lilac zoning.
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang, Hunan  China (2009)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4 × 3.6 cm = 2.3” × 1.6” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.7 cm = 1.5” × 1.5”

HK26S9: Druse of complex Sphalerite crystals. They are transparent, very bright, and have a very intense orange color with red shades being partially coated by microcrystalline Quartz.
Rucheng Mine, Chaojia, Rucheng County, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2009)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.2 × 3.8 cm = 1.9” × 1.3” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.6” × 0.5”

MA26R9: Complex crystals of Sphalerite, very rich in faces, transparent and having excellent color and luster. They are on a matrix of microcrystalline Quartz and are with rhombohedral crystals of Calcite.
Rucheng Mine, Chaojia, Rucheng County, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2009)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 7.4 × 3.2 cm = 3.5” × 2.9” × 1.3”

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

MJ16R4: Aggregate of complex crystals, very rich of faces, bright, translucent and with good color. Partially covered by microcrystals of Quartz.
Rucheng Mine, Chaojia, Rucheng County, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2009)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.4 × 2.8 cm = 1.5” × 1.3” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

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, Chaojia, Rucheng County, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2008)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 9.6 × 4.8 cm = 3.8” × 3.8” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.8 cm = 0.9” × 0.7”

TR96M9: Group of complex crystals of Sphalerite. They are complex, twinned, translucent and have and attractive dark honey color. The matrix is a group of laminar crystals of transparent Barite covered by small white Quartz crystals. A very esthetic piece.
Rucheng Mine, Chaojia, Rucheng County, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2007)

Specimen size: 12 × 9.2 × 5 cm = 4.7” × 3.6” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.8 cm = 0.9” × 0.7”

TM99N0: The crystal is almost complete with very well defined faces and edges. It is translucent and has excellent color and luster, very intense. It is implanted on a matrix totally coated by microcrystalline Quartz.
Rucheng Mine, Chaojia, Rucheng County, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2007)

Specimen size: 18 × 12 × 7 cm = 7.1” × 4.7” × 2.8”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 3.4 cm = 1.4” × 1.3”

EC27R3: Complex crystals of Sphalerite. Transparent, very bright and of a very intense red color. They are on a matrix of the same Sphalerite, partially coated by microcrystalline Quartz and with cuboctahedral crystals of Galena.
Rucheng Mine, Chaojia, Rucheng County, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2010)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.6 × 4.7 cm = 3.0” × 2.2” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.6” × 0.5”

EA27R3: Group of complex crystals of Sphalerite. They are transparent, bright and with an excellent red color, being on matrix, partially coated by white lenticular crystals of Calcite and small cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena.
Rucheng Mine, Chaojia, Rucheng County, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2010)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 7.7 × 3.3 cm = 3.2” × 3.0” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

TK26S0: Floater group of crystals formed by the alternating faces of two very acute dipyramids with a very deep orange color. It is from a not well-known locality 20 kilometers from the classic Xuebaoding. The crystal morphology is different from Huya-Xuebaoding Scheelites. Also, the Shuijing Scheelite is commonly associated with Quartz, not with Muscovite, Cassiterite or Beryl.
Shuijing, Pingwu, Mianyang, Sichuan  China

Specimen size: 7.2 × 7 × 3 cm = 2.8” × 2.8” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 5.9 × 4.2 cm = 2.3” × 1.7”

TH98M0: Translucent dipyramidal Scheelite crystal, with a delicious honey yellow color and good brilliance. With a very aerial position on a crystallized Muscovite matrix.
Huya, Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang, Sichuan  China (2007)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 5.1 × 4.3 cm = 2.3” × 2.0” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 4 cm = 1.9” × 1.6”

EM99T7: Tabular crystal of Beryl (Aquamarine), more aerial than usual with samples from this locality, very transparent and bright, clear color, very rich in faces and on a matrix of Albite and Muscovite crystals.
Huya, Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang, Sichuan  China (06/2011)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.8 × 4.2 cm = 2.6” × 2.3” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 3.5 cm = 1.4” × 1.4”

EA30R1: Aggregate of tabular crystals with a rare development of the faces of the prism and the dipyramid and a predominant pinacoidal termination. The crystals, of a very clear blue color, are transparent and very bright, and are hosted on an elegant matrix of Muscovite.
Huya, Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang, Sichuan  China (2009)

Specimen size: 9 × 6.2 × 6 cm = 3.5” × 2.4” × 2.4”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 3.7 cm = 1.7” × 1.5”

TE27N9: Esthetic group of flattened crystals formed by a dipyramid and the pinacoid. They are bright, with a good transparency and a slight bluish color. The group is on matrix and partially coated by small crystals of Albite.
Huya, Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang, Sichuan  China (2009)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.5 × 3.3 cm = 2.6” × 1.8” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 2.4 cm = 1.1” × 0.9”

MR51Q6: Complete tabular crystals, one of them clearly dominant and of considerable size for the locality. The crystals, on Muscovite matrix, are very bright and have good transparency and an excellent clear uniform blue color. They are formed by a short prism, a big terminal pinacoid and the faces of three dipyramids, which is relatively infrequent in Beryl.
Huya, Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang, Sichuan  China (08-09/2009)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 7 × 5.4 cm = 2.9” × 2.8” × 2.1”

Main crystal size: 6 × 5 cm = 2.4” × 2.0”

TG16M9: Growth of complete (so doubly terminated) tabular crystals of Beryl. They are transparent, very bright and have a slightly bluish color. They are with crystallized Muscovite.
Huya, Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang, Sichuan  China (2007)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.9 × 3.7 cm = 1.9” × 1.5” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 2.8 cm = 1.5” × 1.1”

ER92H3: Tabular crystal very bright and especially intense green color, very different from the common well-known samples from the locality. It stands on a second clearer crystal and on a matrix of Quartz, Albite and Mica. Under ultraviolet light shows a vivid zoned fluorescence.
Huya, Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang, Sichuan  China (2003)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 4.5 × 4.5 × cm = 3.3” × 1.8” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 3.8 cm = 1.6” × 1.5”

TA98R3: Extraordinary group of sharp Babingtonite crystals. They are very bright and with perfect terminations, on matrix with Prehnite and Quartz. A museum piece.
Qiaojia, Qiaojia County, Zhaotong, Yunnan  China (2006)

Specimen size: 16.5 × 7.4 × 6.4 cm = 6.5” × 2.9” × 2.5”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2 cm = 1.0” × 0.8”

ED64K6: Group of doubly terminated crystals of Babingtonite. They have a more than considerable size for the species. They are on a matrix of Prehnite with Quartz.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘Sainte-Marie Show 2008’ section of the magazine ‘Minéraux et Fossiles’ and appears on page 24 of number 373. We will send the purchaser a copy of the magazine.
Qiaojia, Qiaojia County, Zhaotong, Yunnan  China (2007)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.4 × 2.7 cm = 2.5” × 1.7” × 1.1”

MX97G5: Crystals, very definite and bright, grown on a Quartz group standing on a Calcite crystal. We’ll give a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Qiaojia, Qiaojia County, Zhaotong, Yunnan  China (2005)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4 × 4.3 cm = 2.6” × 1.6” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”

BC6L5: Fan-shaped group of flattened crystals of Kermesite that has a considerable length. With intense reddish reflections. Actually it is very difficult to obtain these quality Kermesite specimens.
Caiwa Mine, Danfeng County, Shangluo, Shaanxi  China (2002)

Specimen size: 10 × 0.8 × 0.5 cm = 3.9” × 0.3” × 0.2”

BD27L5: Fan-shaped group of flattened crystals of Kermesite that has a considerable length. With intense reddish reflections. Actually it is very difficult to obtain these quality Kermesite specimens.
Caiwa Mine, Danfeng County, Shangluo, Shaanxi  China (2002)

Specimen size: 13 × 1.8 × 0.7 cm = 5.1” × 0.7” × 0.3”

BT98L5: Fan-shaped group of very thin prismatic Kermesite crystals whose terminations become near plumose, with very intense reddish reflections. There are also some minor Valentinite creamy crystals. Actually it is very difficult to obtain these quality Kermesite specimens.
Caiwa Mine, Danfeng County, Shangluo, Shaanxi  China (2002)

Specimen size: 11 × 3.5 × 2.7 cm = 4.3” × 1.4” × 1.1”