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Magnetite from Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China

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A large and very impressive colorful pink grouping of rhombohedral calcite crystals in a twinned cluster coming off a matrix of magnetite and lollingite. Minor fluorite is present as well. The specimen is in terrific condition all around and sits perfectly by itself or display.

Product details

SpeciesMagnetiteFluoriteLollingiteCalcite
SizeLarge Cabinet
Dimensions23.0 x 19.0 x 15.0 cm
Added on10/25/2024
LocalityChina, Inner Mongolia, Huanggang Mine
Current owner
Unknown Owner
Acquired
Apr 2025
Price paid
$5,500.00
Previous owners
DateCollectorAcquisition price
—Weinrich MineralsNot disclosed

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Magnetite
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
Magnetite
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.