Scheelite with Dolomite, Calcite - Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China

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Scheelite with Dolomite, Calcite

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A grouping of lustrous pseudo-octahedral scheelite crystals 2.0 cm across on a breccia matrix that is coated with crystallized dolomite. Thin platy white crystals of calcite are scattered throughout. This is crystallized completely all around with no points of attachment. In good condition.

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SpeciesCalcite, Dolomite, Scheelite

SizeSmall Cabinet

Dimensions10.0 x 5.0 x 2.0 cm

Listed on07/16/2026

LocalityChina, Hunan, Yaogangxian Mine

SKU9851094

Current owner

Weinrich MineralsFeatured

2,984 for sale·7 sold

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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.

Locality guide

Yaogangxian Mine

A collector's guide to Yaogangxian Mine, China: its geology, mining history and notable minerals, illustrated with the 1584 specimens documented from this locality on EarthWonders.

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