Fluorite with Calcite

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The shocking, grape juice color of this Yaogangxian fluorite is as saturated as you could want - dark but not too dark. Color Color Color...and then beyond that, geometry and pristine perfection make this a treasure. It is complete with no repairs, pristine and without a ding or scratch on it. Having been to China probably 100 times, and seriously focused on China minerals since 2002, I can only emphasize again how rare such a piece is. This color, this style, came out in the early years of Chinese mineral exports, what some call the Golden Age of a flood of Chinese minerals that has now slowed down. As much as you think you see now, it is a big and dramatic decrease in quantity and often in quality from the early 2000s production at most of China's now-famous mines. This is an iconic style and color for YGX fluorite, but the last time I saw one this good come out was the early 2000s. We bought this in China and I suspect it is from exactly that era of production, as some old stashes and collections came to market during COVID and, when I returned to China after the closures, there was a variety of older material suddenly (briefly) available and I went on a buying spree. This was one of those lucky purchases. It may not seem big from the sizes, but it has outsized impact in the hand, in a case, or just sitting in a box. The large crystal is 3.2 cm across. The vertical display with accent of calcite at the base, really makes it. Note under fluorescence, the calcite having a slight manganese orange glow; and the geometric sharp phantom lines within the fluorite.

Product details

SpeciesCalcite, Fluorite

SizeSmall Cabinet

Dimensions9.3 x 4.1 x 2.5 cm

Listed on03/14/2026

LocalityChina, Hunan, Yaogangxian Mine

SKUSM24-167

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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.

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.