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Fluorite with Calcite

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Collected in early 2020, the very saturated, bright green color of fluorite makes this pocket, from the famous Yaogangxian Mine, really stand out from other finds both before and after. The color on these is special, not too dark nor too light, and somehow with a hue that is more intense and visible from further away than the usual green hues we see from this mine. Although we have many green fluorites, these are special, partly because the best specimens of this pocket, in our opinion, are those with the pleasing accent and contrast of sharp white calcite discs atop. This accentuates the green all the more, and it is fun to look into the depths of the crystal as it is bracketed by the white calcite above. The fluorite is to 4.5 cm on edges. A fine example in the size and price range.

Product details

SpeciesCalcite, Fluorite
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions7.4 x 6.4 x 4.4 cm
Added on10/23/2024
LocalityChina, Hunan, Yaogangxian Mine

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
07/2026Unknown Owner$1,800.00
—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.