Magnetite - Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China

Magnetite

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From a find in early 2023, and extremely large sharp semi lustrous crystal of magnetite without matrix. Incredibly impressive for the crystal size on this, the condition is super. This find must represent the finest largest crystals known for the species.

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SpeciesMagnetite

SizeCabinet

Dimensions13.0 x 13.0 x 8.0 cm

Listed on07/16/2026

LocalityChina, Inner Mongolia, Huanggang Mine

SKU9506315

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Weinrich MineralsFeatured

2,984 for sale·7 sold

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Mineral guide

Learn about Magnetite

iconic magnetic iron oxide with crisp octahedral crystals, mirror luster on matrix, and coveted Huanggang (Inner Mongolia) specimens for collectors

Regional guide

Magnetite from Huanggang Mine, China

Huanggang magnetite sits at the intersection of two collector worlds: robust iron-skarn ore and highly aesthetic Chinese display minerals. The best pieces are not merely heavy black iron-ore specimens; they are sharply geometric, metallic to submetallic crystals from a mineral system famous for quartz, calcite, fluorite, ilvaite, arsenopyrite, löllingite, helvine-genthelvite-series minerals, scheelite, and a long list of skarn associates. On fine specimens the magnetite reads as architectural: blocky black faces, cubic-to-octahedral forms, and, in the strongest examples, a single dominant crystal rising from white calcite, clear to milky quartz, and minor fluorite.

Locality guide

Huanggang Mine

A collector's guide to Huanggang Mine, China: its geology, mining history and notable minerals, illustrated with the 761 specimens documented from this locality on EarthWonders.

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