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Calcite, Fluorite, Quartz

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Calcite “rose” with fluorite and quartz, 5.9 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Yizhang County, Chenzhou, Hunan, China. This specimen was illustrated on the cover of the book China II: Mineralien—Fundorte—Lagerstätten (2008) by Berthold Ottens. Private collection; Tom Spann photo. Reference: Ottens (2011b), Liu (2006), Ottens (2021).

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SpeciesCalcite, Fluorite, Quartz
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions5.9 cm
Added on02/13/2026
LocalityChina, Hunan, Yaogangxian Mine
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Flawless Beauty page 236
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Unknown Owner
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DateCollectorAcquisition price
—Will JohnsonNot disclosed

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Calcite
Mineral guide
Learn about Calcite
diverse shapes, colors, and optical quirks; widely available yet scarce elite pieces from Elmwood and Charcas drive collecting value and display.
Calcite
Regional guide
Calcite from Yaogangxian Mine, China
from the Yaogangxian Mine is not merely an accessory carbonate on famous Chinese fluorites; at its best it is one of the visual signatures of the locality. Collectors most often encounter it as crisp white to pale pink “poker-chip” aggregates, bladed rosettes, stacked pagoda-like sprays, steep scalenohedra, or flattened rhombohedral groups perched on fluorite, quartz, ferberite, scheelite, muscovite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, and other Yaogangxian species. The appeal lies in contrast: delicate, pearly calcite set against glassy purple or blue-green fluorite; pink manganese-bearing calcite on sparkling quartz; or a single water-clear calcite twin rising from metallic black ferberite.
Locality guide
Yaogangxian Mine
A collector's guide to Yaogangxian Mine, China: its geology, mining history and notable minerals, illustrated with the 1584 specimens documented from this locality on EarthWonders.