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Fluorite with Calcite

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Superb, transparent, zoned Fluorite cluster from the Yaogangxian Mine, China - old finds from the 1990s. This stunning Fluorite group is composed of two major crystals and seven smaller ones all of which are completely transparent throughout! They start with a pale blue, water-clear interior and then it starts to get interesting as the corners are highlighted by striking rich purple "zoned corners" areas that resemble purple ink and this color extends subtly across the faces. This rich purple zone is then succeeded by 2 to 3mm pale blue rim on all of the crystals. This color distribution and internal "texture" results in a sublime overall effect in this gem Fluorite group! Each cube face is sharp and so are the edges. The Fluorite group is decorated with several white Calcite crystals for added aesthetics and sits atop several Arsenopyrite crystals that constitute the base on the underside. Ex. Joseph Polityka collection with label. A very old classic style, for China - totally different than modern specimens from here.

Product details

SpeciesCalcite, Fluorite
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions6.5 x 5.4 x 4.7 cm
Added on10/23/2024
LocalityChina, Hunan, Yaogangxian Mine

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
10/2024Unknown Owner$4,125.00
—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.