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Fluorite with Calcite

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Attractive gemmy color zoned lustrous crystals of fluorite to 2.9 cm on edge in a cluster with minor calcite. This is in good condition. Crystallized naturally all around. The Yaogangxian Mine, located in the Yizhang County of Hunan Province, China, is a world-renowned tungsten-tin deposit situated within the Nanling Range. Geologically, it is a complex hydrothermal vein system associated with the intrusion of Jurassic-aged granites into Devonian sandstones and shales, resulting in a rich array of minerals including wolframite, scheelite, and various sulfides. The mine is most famous among collectors for its exceptional fluorite specimens, which typically occur as sharp, transparent cubes that often exhibit a distinct purple or blue-to-teal color, sometimes with intricate phantom growth layers and associated with shiny crystals of ferberite or muscovite. Historically, mining activities at Yaogangxian began in the early 20th century, specifically around 1914, and the site became a major industrial producer of tungsten for the Chinese state. Large-scale underground operations expanded significantly throughout the mid-to-late 1900s and continue to the present day. While primarily an industrial metal mine, the discovery of massive, high-quality mineral pockets over the last few decades has established Yaogangxian as one of the most important and prolific localities for display-quality fluorite in the international mineral market.

Product details

SpeciesCalcite, Fluorite
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions7.0 x 5.0 x 2.5 cm
Added on07/16/2026
LocalityChina, Hunan, Yaogangxian Mine
Current owner
Unknown Owner
Acquired
Oct 2026
Previous owners
DateCollectorAcquisition price
—Weinrich MineralsNot 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.