Fluorite with Calcite - Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China

Fluorite with Calcite

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A large grouping of gemmy attractive blue to bluish green cubic fluorite crystals with minor calcite. Minimal damage present, I think that this piece is in good condition.

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SpeciesCalcite, Fluorite

SizeSmall Cabinet

Dimensions10.0 x 9.0 x 6.5 cm

Added on11/07/2025

LocalityChina, Hunan, Yaogangxian Mine

Current owner

Unknown Owner

Previous owners

Date	Collector	Acquisition price
—	Weinrich Minerals	Not disclosed

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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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