I updated some mineral specimens of China to my website today, hope you would like to have a look. And We are planning new minerals hunting trip now, so please come back often to see new Chinese minerals specimen and our story :-) Always Thanks a lot for your many supports!
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Mineral name: Quartz
Location: Fengjiashan mine, Daye city, HuBei province, China
Size: 17.5cm*15cm*3.7cm
Big twinned Quartz crystals, just need more cleanning work, and with a little damage on two crystals top area, I think after well cleanning works, It will looks much better.
Mineral name: Calcite
Location: Fengjiashan mine, Daye city, Hubei province, China
Size: 11.4cm*8cm*4cm
Typic translucent calcite from this location, main display area is no damage.
Mineral name: Gothite, Calcite
Location: Chenzhou city area, HuNan province, China
Size: 9.9cm*7cm*4.2cm
Really not nice crystal specimen shape, just add for collection as a mineral species. Also a little small calcite crystal associated with gothite
Mineral name:Quartz,Calcite
Location: Chenzhou city area, HuNan province, China
Size: 4.6cm*1.8cm*1.3cm
Interesting & cute Calcite crystal associated with quartz crystal, I collected this piece from pervious ShangHai minerals & fossils show here, It looks cute, quartz is transparent, calcite with nice crystal structure and a little yellow color also translucent. No damage, cute specimen in cheap price.
Mineral name: Fluorite
Location: Yaogangxian mine, Yizhan co., Chenzhou city, HuNan, China
Size: 16cm*17.3cm*6.7cm
Nice transparent fluorite(a little blue or green color) with purple color on edge, It is a big piece, just little broken near the matrix, small area. Nice fluorite specimen from Yaogangxian mine
Mineral name: native silver
Location: LinQiu co., Shanxi province, China
Size: 11cm*9.2cm*6.9cm silver max.size 1.6cm*1.2cm*1.2cm
Thick natural luster silver grow out from the matrix. Interesting piece
Mineral Name: Fluorite Calcite
Location: PiaoTang mine, Dayu co., Ganzhou city, Jiangxi province, China
Size:11cm*11cm*7.4cm
White translucent calcite covered on transparent fluorite(still need more cleanning work, I am just afraid my water gun will destroy it, so I kept it natural), and a second crystallized purple fluorite ball inside, this pieces also found from the same area of these two piece: http://www.chinaruff.com/enshowproduct.asp?id=348 and http://www.chinaruff.com/enshowproduct.asp?id=358 Interesting piece.
Just with some damage on one side, It is the biggest piece from this pocket that time, just need more cleanning work, It will looks much more nice after well cleanning work, and It is also floating, you can see backside, it is stepped.
Name: Quartz,dolomite,pyrite,Calcite
Location: Guilin area, Guangxi province, China
Size: 17.1cm*11.1cm*5.6cm
No damage of all crystals,just dolomite need more luster, anyway general color and shape looks interesting in aesthetic way. Also nice association mineral specimen.
Chen Xiao Jun wrote in 2010 June 9th
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