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Fluorite with Calcite

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This is a very aesthetic, classic style of fluorite specimen, with a cluster composed of at least a dozen, transparent to translucent, sharp purple cubes. The fluorite crystals have hazy, light purple interiors with clear outer zones that are accented by dark purple rims that make the piece pop! The fluorite cubes are pleasingly clustered to reveal their perfect cubic form and intricate color distribution to produce a very attractive small cabinet piece. The stark zoning at the edge of the crystals gives them such a sharp form and separated look that is very impactful. The fluorites are set on a matrix of calcite and muscovite and there are a few white, disk-shaped calcite crystals that grace the fluorite cluster on the top and sides for great balance and composition -- very three-dimensional too. There is no damage to any of the fluorite crystals. A great example of why some call the Yaogangxian mine the best fluorite locality on the planet!

Product details

Species
Calcite, FluoriteAbout Calcite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions7.0 x 5.7 x 3.5 cm
Added on10/23/2024
Locality
China, Hunan, Yaogangxian MineRegional guide →

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
08/2024Unknown OwnerNot disclosed
—The ArkenstoneNot 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.