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| BCN1985 | _6 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite, Calcite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Miniature | 3.5x3x2.5cm | 30g |
| Dark purple fluorite with partial, copper colored to brown coating. The somewhat columnar structure of the specimen represents a fluorite perimorph after stibnite, with remnants sometimes still visible as a single white stibiconite pseudomorph in the center of the fluorite/calcite column. Unilateral overgrowth covers most of the fluorite, consisting of brown coated calcite xls in various stages of corrosion, partially recrystallized and often overgrown by other, yet unidentified and often fluorescent minerals. A colorful and quite unique combination! |
| fluorescent LW blue fluorite SW green and yellow spots |
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| BCN1987 | _6 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite, Calcite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Miniature | 3.5x3.5x2.5cm | 30g |
| Dark purple fluorite with partial, copper colored to brown coating. The somewhat columnar structure of the specimen represents a fluorite perimorph after stibnite, with remnants sometimes still visible as a single white stibiconite pseudomorph in the center of the fluorite/calcite column. Unilateral overgrowth covers most of the fluorite, consisting of brown coated calcite xls in various stages of corrosion, partially recrystallized and often overgrown by other, yet unidentified and often fluorescent minerals. A colorful and quite unique combination! |
| fluorescent LW blue fluorite SW green and yellow spots |
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| CCN1988 | _6 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite, Calcite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 5.5x3x2.5cm | 55g |
| Dark purple fluorite with partial, copper colored to brown coating. The somewhat columnar structure of the specimen represents a fluorite perimorph after stibnite, with remnants sometimes still visible as a single white stibiconite pseudomorph in the center of the fluorite/calcite column. Unilateral overgrowth covers most of the fluorite, consisting of brown coated calcite xls in various stages of corrosion, partially recrystallized and often overgrown by other, yet unidentified and often fluorescent minerals. A colorful and quite unique combination! |
| fluorescent LW blue fluorite SW green and yellow spots |
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| CCN1991 | _6 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite, Calcite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 6x4x3cm | 75g |
| Dark purple fluorite with partial, copper colored to brown coating. The somewhat columnar structure of the specimen represents a fluorite perimorph after stibnite, with remnants sometimes still visible as a single white stibiconite pseudomorph in the center of the fluorite/calcite column. Unilateral overgrowth covers most of the fluorite, consisting of brown coated calcite xls in various stages of corrosion, partially recrystallized and often overgrown by other, yet unidentified and often fluorescent minerals. A colorful and quite unique combination! |
| fluorescent LW blue fluorite SW green and yellow spots |
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| CCN1992 | _6 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite, Calcite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 5x4x3.5cm | 75g |
| Dark purple fluorite with partial, copper colored to brown coating. The somewhat columnar structure of the specimen represents a fluorite perimorph after stibnite, with remnants sometimes still visible as a single white stibiconite pseudomorph in the center of the fluorite/calcite column. Unilateral overgrowth covers most of the fluorite, consisting of brown coated calcite xls in various stages of corrosion, partially recrystallized and often overgrown by other, yet unidentified and often fluorescent minerals. A colorful and quite unique combination! |
| fluorescent LW blue fluorite SW green and yellow spots |
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| CCN1984 | _7 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite, Calcite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 5x3.5x3cm | 50g |
| Dark purple fluorite with partial, copper colored to brown coating. The somewhat columnar structure of the specimen represents a fluorite perimorph after stibnite, with remnants sometimes still visible as a single white stibiconite pseudomorph in the center of the fluorite/calcite column. Unilateral overgrowth covers most of the fluorite, consisting of brown coated calcite xls in various stages of corrosion, partially recrystallized and often overgrown by other, yet unidentified and often fluorescent minerals. A colorful and quite unique combination! |
| fluorescent LW blue fluorite SW green and yellow spots |
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| BCN1956 | _8 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Miniature | 4.5x3.5x3cm | 50g |
| Light purple, strongly phosphorescent fluorite! Columnar structures represent perimorphs after stibnite, which completely vanished into bright white secondary antimony minerals that are present on this specimen as well. Not analyzed and preliminarily named here "stibiconite", there are strong hints that rarer secondary Sb-minerals, such as coquandite are present. Opaque white areas on the fluorite lining the stibiconite pockets may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of the Sb-minerals. Bubbly transparent surface structures on the fluorite xls, (which often look like edge damages!) cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. It is yet unclear if these are inclusions or surface coatings. The overgrowth on some fluorite consists mainly of light brown, corroded calcite scalenohedrons, aragonite (bright white balls) gypsum and secondary antimony minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent fluorite LW blue with greenish edges SW greenish blue phosphorescent! |
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| CCN1981 | _8 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite, Calcite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 5.5x4x3cm | 55g |
| Dark purple fluorite with partial, copper colored to brown coating. The somewhat columnar structure of the specimen represents a fluorite perimorph after stibnite, with remnants sometimes still visible as a single white stibiconite pseudomorph in the center of the fluorite/calcite column. Unilateral overgrowth covers most of the fluorite, consisting of brown coated calcite xls in various stages of corrosion, partially recrystallized and often overgrown by other, yet unidentified and often fluorescent minerals. A colorful and quite unique combination! |
| fluorescent LW blue fluorite SW green and yellow spots |
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| CCN1983 | _8 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite, Calcite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 5x4x3cm | 70g |
| Dark purple fluorite with partial, copper colored to brown coating. The somewhat columnar structure of the specimen represents a fluorite perimorph after stibnite, with remnants sometimes still visible as a single white stibiconite pseudomorph in the center of the fluorite/calcite column. Unilateral overgrowth covers most of the fluorite, consisting of brown coated calcite xls in various stages of corrosion, partially recrystallized and often overgrown by other, yet unidentified and often fluorescent minerals. A colorful and quite unique combination! |
| fluorescent LW blue fluorite SW green and yellow spots |
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| CCN1986 | _8 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite, Calcite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 5x4x3cm | 55g |
| Dark purple fluorite with partial, copper colored to brown coating. The somewhat columnar structure of the specimen represents a fluorite perimorph after stibnite, with remnants sometimes still visible as a single white stibiconite pseudomorph in the center of the fluorite/calcite column. Unilateral overgrowth covers most of the fluorite, consisting of brown coated calcite xls in various stages of corrosion, partially recrystallized and often overgrown by other, yet unidentified and often fluorescent minerals. A colorful and quite unique combination! |
| fluorescent LW blue fluorite SW green and yellow spots |
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| CCN1989 | _8 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite, Calcite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 6.5x3.5x2.5cm | 55g |
| Dark purple fluorite with partial, copper colored to brown coating. The somewhat columnar structure of the specimen represents a fluorite perimorph after stibnite, with remnants sometimes still visible as a single white stibiconite pseudomorph in the center of the fluorite/calcite column. Unilateral overgrowth covers most of the fluorite, consisting of brown coated calcite xls in various stages of corrosion, partially recrystallized and often overgrown by other, yet unidentified and often fluorescent minerals. A colorful and quite unique combination! |
| fluorescent LW blue fluorite SW green and yellow spots |
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| CCN1990 | _8 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite, Calcite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 5x2.5x2.5cm | 40g |
| Dark purple fluorite with partial, copper colored to brown coating. The somewhat columnar structure of the specimen represents a fluorite perimorph after stibnite, with remnants sometimes still visible as a single white stibiconite pseudomorph in the center of the fluorite/calcite column. Unilateral overgrowth covers most of the fluorite, consisting of brown coated calcite xls in various stages of corrosion, partially recrystallized and often overgrown by other, yet unidentified and often fluorescent minerals. A colorful and quite unique combination! |
| fluorescent LW blue fluorite SW green and yellow spots |
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| BCN1483 | _9 € |
| ?Metastibnite, Stibnite, Stibiconite with Fluorite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Miniature | 3x2x1.3cm | |
| Standard specimen, typical for the location, comprising of a multitude of secondary antimony minerals growing around remnants of stibnite. The colorful appearance is completed by purple fluorite. Note the patchy intensive yellow-green shortwave fluorescence! |
| fluorescent SW patchy intensive yellow-green! |
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| CCN1955 | _9 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 5x3x3cm | 55g |
| Light purple, strongly phosphorescent fluorite! Columnar structures represent perimorphs after stibnite, which completely vanished into bright white secondary antimony minerals that are present on this specimen as well. Not analyzed and preliminarily named here "stibiconite", there are strong hints that rarer secondary Sb-minerals, such as coquandite are present. Opaque white areas on the fluorite lining the stibiconite pockets may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of the Sb-minerals. Bubbly transparent surface structures on the fluorite xls, (which often look like edge damages!) cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. It is yet unclear if these are inclusions or surface coatings. The overgrowth on some fluorite consists mainly of light brown, corroded calcite scalenohedrons, aragonite (bright white balls) gypsum and secondary antimony minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent fluorite LW blue with greenish edges SW greenish blue phosphorescent! |
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| BCN1972 | _9 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite, Calcite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Miniature | 4.5x3x2.5cm | 45g |
| Light purple, strongly phosphorescent fluorite. Bubbly transparent surface structures on the fluorite xls, (which often look like edge damages!) cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. It is yet unclear if these are inclusions or surface coatings. Partially overgrown by peculiar yellow platy calcite. |
| fluorescent fluorite LW blue with greenish edges SW greenish blue phosphorescent! |
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| BCN1953 | _10 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Miniature | 4x4x2.5cm | 45g |
| Light purple, strongly phosphorescent fluorite! Columnar structures represent perimorphs after stibnite, which completely vanished into bright white secondary antimony minerals that are present on this specimen as well. Not analyzed and preliminarily named here "stibiconite", there are strong hints that rarer secondary Sb-minerals, such as coquandite are present. Opaque white areas on the fluorite lining the stibiconite pockets may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of the Sb-minerals. Bubbly transparent surface structures on the fluorite xls, (which often look like edge damages!) cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. It is yet unclear if these are inclusions or surface coatings. The overgrowth on some fluorite consists mainly of light brown, corroded calcite scalenohedrons, aragonite (bright white balls) gypsum and secondary antimony minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent fluorite LW blue with greenish edges SW greenish blue phosphorescent! |
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| CCN1849 | _12 € |
| Fluorite, Calcite, Stibiconite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 9x5.5x4.5cm | 175g |
| Light purple phosphorescent fluorite! Columnar structures represent perimorphs after stibnite, which completely vanished into secondary antimony minerals that are also present on this specimen. Not analyzed and preliminarily named here "stibiconite", there are strong hints that rarer secondary Sb-minerals, such as coquandite are present. Opaque cloudy to white areas, usually along the edges of the otherwise transparent fluorite xls may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of amorphous secondary Sb-minerals. The inclusions, (which often look like edge damages!) cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. The unilateral overgrowth on the fluorite column consists mainly of light brown, corroded calcite scalenohedrons, aragonite (bright white balls) gypsum and secondary antimony minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent fluorite LW blue with greenish edges SW greenish white phosphorescent! |
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| BCN1957 | _14 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Miniature | 4.5x3.5x2.5cm | 50g |
| Light purple, strongly phosphorescent fluorite! Columnar structures represent perimorphs after stibnite, which completely vanished into bright white secondary antimony minerals that are present on this specimen as well. Not analyzed and preliminarily named here "stibiconite", there are strong hints that rarer secondary Sb-minerals, such as coquandite are present. Opaque white areas on the fluorite lining the stibiconite pockets may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of the Sb-minerals. Bubbly transparent surface structures on the fluorite xls, (which often look like edge damages!) cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. It is yet unclear if these are inclusions or surface coatings. The overgrowth on some fluorite consists mainly of light brown, corroded calcite scalenohedrons, aragonite (bright white balls) gypsum and secondary antimony minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent fluorite LW blue with greenish edges SW greenish blue phosphorescent! |
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| BCN1481 | _15 € |
| ?Metastibnite, Stibnite, Stibiconite with Fluorite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Miniature | 4x2.5x1.7cm | 20g |
| Standard specimen, typical for the location, comprising of a multitude of secondary antimony minerals growing around remnants of stibnite. The colorful appearance is completed by purple fluorite. Note the patchy intensive yellow-green fluorescence! |
| fluorescent SW patchy intensive yellow-green!yellow |
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| CCN1484 | _15 € |
| ?Metastibnite, Stibnite, Stibiconite with Fluorite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 6x4.5x2cm | 60g |
| Standard specimen, typical for the location, comprising of a multitude of secondary antimony minerals growing around remnants of stibnite. The colorful appearance is completed by purple fluorite. Note the patchy intensive yellow-green shortwave fluorescence! |
| fluorescent SW patchy intensive yellow-green! |
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| CCN1907 | _15 € |
| Calcite, Fluorite, Stibiconite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 5.5x5x5cm | 130g |
| Light brown rounded scalenohedral calcite associated by purple, surface coated and heavily overgrown fluorite and other minerals. Columnar structures represent perimorphs after stibnite, which completely vanished into secondary antimony minerals that may also be present on this specimen. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent SW patchy bright green! |
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| BCN1954 | _15 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Miniature | 4x3.5x2.5cm | 41g |
| Light purple, strongly phosphorescent fluorite! Columnar structures represent perimorphs after stibnite, which completely vanished into bright white secondary antimony minerals that are present on this specimen as well. Not analyzed and preliminarily named here "stibiconite", there are strong hints that rarer secondary Sb-minerals, such as coquandite are present. Opaque white areas on the fluorite lining the stibiconite pockets may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of the Sb-minerals. Bubbly transparent surface structures on the fluorite xls, (which often look like edge damages!) cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. It is yet unclear if these are inclusions or surface coatings. The overgrowth on some fluorite consists mainly of light brown, corroded calcite scalenohedrons, aragonite (bright white balls) gypsum and secondary antimony minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent fluorite LW blue with greenish edges SW greenish blue phosphorescent! |
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| CCN1969 | _15 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite, Calcite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 5x4.5x3cm | 75g |
| Light purple, strongly phosphorescent fluorite. Bubbly transparent surface structures on the fluorite xls, (which often look like edge damages!) cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. It is yet unclear if these are inclusions or surface coatings. Partially overgrown by peculiar yellow platy calcite. |
| fluorescent fluorite LW blue with greenish edges SW greenish blue phosphorescent! |
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| CCN1970 | _15 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite, Calcite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 7x5x3cm | 100g |
| Light purple, strongly phosphorescent fluorite. Bubbly transparent surface structures on the fluorite xls, (which often look like edge damages!) cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. It is yet unclear if these are inclusions or surface coatings. Partially overgrown by peculiar yellow platy calcite. |
| fluorescent fluorite LW blue with greenish edges SW greenish blue phosphorescent! |
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| BCN1973 | _15 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite, Calcite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Miniature | 4.5x2.5x2.5cm | 35g |
| Purple fluorite with white phantoms and iridescent coating. Columnar structures represent perimorphs after stibnite, which completely vanished into bright white secondary antimony minerals that are present on this specimen as well. Not analyzed and preliminarily named here "stibiconite", there are strong hints that rarer secondary Sb-minerals, such as coquandite are present. Opaque white areas on the fluorite lining the stibiconite pockets may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of the Sb-minerals. Associated by orange to light brown scalenohedral calcite. |
| fluorescent fluorite LW blue |
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| CCN1979 | _15 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite, Calcite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 7x4x3cm | 95g |
| Dark purple fluorite with partial, copper colored to brown coating. The somewhat columnar structure of the specimen represents a fluorite perimorph after stibnite, with remnants sometimes still visible as a single white stibiconite pseudomorph in the center of the fluorite/calcite column. Unilateral overgrowth covers most of the fluorite, consisting of brown coated calcite xls in various stages of corrosion, partially recrystallized and often overgrown by other, yet unidentified and often fluorescent minerals. A colorful and quite unique combination! |
| fluorescent LW blue fluorite SW green and yellow spots |
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| CCN1982 | _15 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite, Calcite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 5.5x3x3cm | 45g |
| Dark purple fluorite with partial, copper colored to brown coating. The somewhat columnar structure of the specimen represents a fluorite perimorph after stibnite, with remnants sometimes still visible as a single white stibiconite pseudomorph in the center of the fluorite/calcite column. Unilateral overgrowth covers most of the fluorite, consisting of brown coated calcite xls in various stages of corrosion, partially recrystallized and often overgrown by other, yet unidentified and often fluorescent minerals. A colorful and quite unique combination! |
| fluorescent LW blue fluorite SW green and yellow spots |
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| CCN1846 | _16 € |
| Fluorite, Calcite, Stibiconite with Gypsum |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 6.5x4x4cm | 145g |
| Light purple phosphorescent fluorite! Columnar structures represent perimorphs after stibnite, which completely vanished into secondary antimony minerals that are also present on this specimen. Not analyzed and preliminarily named here "stibiconite", there are strong hints that rarer secondary Sb-minerals, such as coquandite are present. Opaque cloudy to white areas, usually along the edges of the otherwise transparent fluorite xls may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of amorphous secondary Sb-minerals. The inclusions, (which often look like edge damages!) cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. The unilateral overgrowth on the fluorite column consists mainly of light brown, corroded calcite scalenohedrons, aragonite (bright white balls) gypsum and secondary antimony minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent fluorite LW blue with greenish edges SW greenish white phosphorescent! |
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| BCN1960 | _16 € |
| Fluorite with Aragonite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Miniature | 4.5x4x3cm | 70g |
| Light purple, strongly phosphorescent fluorite! Columnar structures represent perimorphs after stibnite, which completely vanished into bright white secondary antimony minerals that are present as minor accessories. Bubbly transparent surface structures on the fluorite xls, (which often look like edge damages!) cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. It is yet unclear if these are inclusions or surface coatings. The overgrowth on some fluorite consists mainly of light brown, corroded calcite scalenohedrons, aragonite (bright white balls) gypsum and secondary antimony minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent fluorite LW blue with greenish edges SW greenish blue phosphorescent! |
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| CCN1971 | _16 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite, Calcite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 5x2.5x2.5cm | 55g |
| Light purple, strongly phosphorescent fluorite. Bubbly transparent surface structures on the fluorite xls, (which often look like edge damages!) cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. It is yet unclear if these are inclusions or surface coatings. Partially overgrown by peculiar yellow platy calcite. |
| fluorescent fluorite LW blue with greenish edges SW greenish blue phosphorescent! |
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| DCN1802 | _17 € |
| Fluorite, Calcite, Stibiconite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Cabinet | 10x4.5x4cm | 190g |
| Light purple fluorite with yellow coating of varying iridescence! The columnar structure of the aggregates represents a perimorph after stibnite that completely vanished into secondary antimony minerals which are also present on this specimen. Not analyzed and preliminarily named here "stibiconite", there are strong hints that rarer secondary Sb-minerals are present, such as coquandite. Opaque white areas, usually along the edges of the otherwise transparent fluorite xls may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of amorphous secondary Sb-minerals. The inclusions, (which often look like edge damages!) cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. Yellow effects are caused by whitish fluorescence shining through the yellow surface coating. The unilateral overgrowth on the fluorite column consists mainly of light brown, corroded calcite scalenohedrons, aragonite (bright white balls) and secondary antimony minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent LW yellow SW greenish white, also quite phosphorescent |
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| LCN1995 | _17 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite, Calcite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Miniature | 3-5 avg. 4cm | 300g |
| Lot of five specimens of dark purple fluorite with partial, copper colored to brown coating. The somewhat columnar structure of the specimens represents a fluorite perimorph after stibnite, with remnants sometimes still visible as a single white stibiconite pseudomorph in the center of the fluorite/calcite column. Unilateral overgrowth covers most of the fluorite, consisting of brown coated calcite xls in various stages of corrosion, partially recrystallized and often overgrown by other, yet unidentified and often fluorescent minerals. A colorful and quite unique combination! |
| fluorescent LW blue fluorite SW green and yellow spots |
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| CCN1738 | _18 € |
| Fluorite, Calcite, Stibiconite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 5.5x4x2cm | 51g |
| Light purple fluorite with white phantoms. Opaque white areas, usually along the edges of the otherwise transparent fluorite xls may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of amorphous secondary Sb-minerals. The inclusions cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. |
| fluorescent fluorite SW zoned greenish LW zoned yellowish and blue |
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| CCN1819 | _18 € |
| Fluorite, Calcite, Stibiconite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 6.5x3x2.5cm | 85g |
| Light purple fluorite with yellow coating of varying iridescence! The columnar structure of the aggregates represents a perimorph after stibnite that completely vanished into secondary antimony minerals which are also present on this specimen. Not analyzed and preliminarily named here "stibiconite", there are strong hints that rarer secondary Sb-minerals are present, such as coquandite. Opaque white areas, usually along the edges of the otherwise transparent fluorite xls may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of amorphous secondary Sb-minerals. The inclusions, (which often look like edge damages!) cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. Yellow effects are caused by whitish fluorescence shining through the yellow surface coating. The unilateral overgrowth on the fluorite column consists mainly of light brown, corroded calcite scalenohedrons, aragonite (bright white balls) and secondary antimony minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent LW yellow SW greenish white, also quite phosphorescent |
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| CCN1821 | _18 € |
| Fluorite, Calcite, Stibiconite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 5.5x3.5x3cm | 70g |
| Light purple fluorite with yellow coating of varying iridescence! The columnar structure of the aggregates represents a perimorph after stibnite that completely vanished into secondary antimony minerals which are also present on this specimen. Not analyzed and preliminarily named here "stibiconite", there are strong hints that rarer secondary Sb-minerals are present, such as coquandite. Opaque white areas, usually along the edges of the otherwise transparent fluorite xls may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of amorphous secondary Sb-minerals. The inclusions, (which often look like edge damages!) cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. Yellow effects are caused by whitish fluorescence shining through the yellow surface coating. The unilateral overgrowth on the fluorite column consists mainly of light brown, corroded calcite scalenohedrons, aragonite (bright white balls) and secondary antimony minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent LW yellow SW greenish white, also quite phosphorescent |
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| DCN1850 | _18 € |
| Fluorite, Calcite, Stibiconite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Cabinet | 12x8.5x6cm | 410g |
| Light purple phosphorescent fluorite with iridescent and brown coating. The unilateral overgrowth on the fluorite consists mainly of light brown, corroded calcite scalenohedrons, aragonite (bright white balls) gypsum and secondary antimony minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent fluorite LW blue with greenish edges SW greenish white phosphorescent! |
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| BCN1977 | _18 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite, Calcite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Miniature | 4x3.5x2cm | 35g |
| Purple fluorite with white phantoms and iridescent coating. Columnar structures represent perimorphs after stibnite, which completely vanished into bright white secondary antimony minerals that are present on this specimen as well. Not analyzed and preliminarily named here "stibiconite", there are strong hints that rarer secondary Sb-minerals, such as coquandite are present. Opaque white areas on the fluorite lining the stibiconite pockets may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of the Sb-minerals. Associated by orange to light brown scalenohedral calcite. |
| fluorescent fluorite LW blue |
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| CCN1817 | _19 € |
| Fluorite, Calcite, Stibiconite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 9x5x5cm | 165g |
| Light purple fluorite with yellow coating of varying iridescence! The columnar structure of the aggregates represents a perimorph after stibnite that completely vanished into secondary antimony minerals which are also present on this specimen. Not analyzed and preliminarily named here "stibiconite", there are strong hints that rarer secondary Sb-minerals are present, such as coquandite. Opaque white areas, usually along the edges of the otherwise transparent fluorite xls may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of amorphous secondary Sb-minerals. The inclusions, (which often look like edge damages!) cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. Yellow effects are caused by whitish fluorescence shining through the yellow surface coating. The unilateral overgrowth on the fluorite column consists mainly of light brown, corroded calcite scalenohedrons, aragonite (bright white balls) and secondary antimony minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent LW yellow SW greenish white, also quite phosphorescent |
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| CCN1975 | _19 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite, Calcite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 5.5x4x2.5cm | 60g |
| Purple fluorite with white phantoms and iridescent coating. Columnar structures represent perimorphs after stibnite, which completely vanished into bright white secondary antimony minerals that are present on this specimen as well. Not analyzed and preliminarily named here "stibiconite", there are strong hints that rarer secondary Sb-minerals, such as coquandite are present. Opaque white areas on the fluorite lining the stibiconite pockets may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of the Sb-minerals. Associated by orange to light brown scalenohedral calcite. |
| fluorescent fluorite LW blue |
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| CCN1980 | _20 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite, Calcite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 6.5x5x3.5cm | 125g |
| Dark purple fluorite with partial, copper colored to brown coating. The somewhat columnar structure of the specimen represents a fluorite perimorph after stibnite, with remnants sometimes still visible as a single white stibiconite pseudomorph in the center of the fluorite/calcite column. Unilateral overgrowth covers most of the fluorite, consisting of brown coated calcite xls in various stages of corrosion, partially recrystallized and often overgrown by other, yet unidentified and often fluorescent minerals. A colorful and quite unique combination! |
| fluorescent LW blue fluorite SW green and yellow spots |
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| LCN1994 | _20 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite, Calcite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Miniature | 3-5 avg. 4cm | 250g |
| Lot of five specimens of dark purple fluorite with partial, copper colored to brown coating. The somewhat columnar structure of the specimen represents a fluorite perimorph after stibnite, with remnants sometimes still visible as a single white stibiconite pseudomorph in the center of the fluorite/calcite column. Unilateral overgrowth covers most of the fluorite, consisting of brown coated calcite xls in various stages of corrosion, partially recrystallized and often overgrown by other, yet unidentified and often fluorescent minerals. A colorful and quite unique combination! |
| fluorescent LW blue fluorite SW green and yellow spots |
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| CCN1897 | _21 € |
| Fluorite, Calcite, Stibiconite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 6x2.5x2.5cm | 45g |
| Purple fluorite associated by light brown scalenohedral calcite. Columnar structures represent perimorphs after stibnite, which completely vanished into secondary antimony minerals that may also be present on this specimen. Green fluorescence is caused by whitish surface minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent LW white calcite SW bluish white phosphorescent calcite! |
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| CCN1974 | _21 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite, Calcite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 5.5x4.5x3.5cm | 75g |
| Purple fluorite with white phantoms and iridescent coating. Columnar structures represent perimorphs after stibnite, which completely vanished into bright white secondary antimony minerals that are present on this specimen as well. Not analyzed and preliminarily named here "stibiconite", there are strong hints that rarer secondary Sb-minerals, such as coquandite are present. Opaque white areas on the fluorite lining the stibiconite pockets may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of the Sb-minerals. Associated by orange to light brown scalenohedral calcite. |
| fluorescent fluorite LW blue |
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| CCN1482 | _22 € |
| ?Metastibnite, Stibnite, Stibiconite with Fluorite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 7x5.5x3.5cm | 110g |
| Standard specimen, typical for the location, comprising of a multitude of secondary antimony minerals growing around remnants of stibnite. The colorful appearance is completed by purple fluorite. Note the patchy intensive yellow-green shortwave fluorescence! |
| fluorescent SW patchy intensive yellow-green! |
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| CCN1820 | _22 € |
| Fluorite, Calcite, Stibiconite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 6.5x4x2.5cm | 75g |
| Light purple fluorite with yellow coating of varying iridescence! The columnar structure of the aggregates represents a perimorph after stibnite that completely vanished into secondary antimony minerals which are also present on this specimen. Not analyzed and preliminarily named here "stibiconite", there are strong hints that rarer secondary Sb-minerals are present, such as coquandite. Opaque white areas, usually along the edges of the otherwise transparent fluorite xls may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of amorphous secondary Sb-minerals. The inclusions, (which often look like edge damages!) cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. Yellow effects are caused by whitish fluorescence shining through the yellow surface coating. The unilateral overgrowth on the fluorite column consists mainly of light brown, corroded calcite scalenohedrons, aragonite (bright white balls) and secondary antimony minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent LW yellow SW greenish white, also quite phosphorescent |
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| CCN1822 | _22 € |
| Fluorite, Calcite, Stibiconite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 6x3x2.5cm | 55g |
| Light purple fluorite with yellow coating of varying iridescence! The columnar structure of the aggregates represents a perimorph after stibnite that completely vanished into secondary antimony minerals which are also present on this specimen. Not analyzed and preliminarily named here "stibiconite", there are strong hints that rarer secondary Sb-minerals are present, such as coquandite. Opaque white areas, usually along the edges of the otherwise transparent fluorite xls may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of amorphous secondary Sb-minerals. The inclusions, (which often look like edge damages!) cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. Yellow effects are caused by whitish fluorescence shining through the yellow surface coating. The unilateral overgrowth on the fluorite column consists mainly of light brown, corroded calcite scalenohedrons, aragonite (bright white balls) and secondary antimony minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent LW yellow SW greenish white, also quite phosphorescent |
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| LCN1993 | _22 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite, Calcite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Miniature | 3-5 avg. 4cm | 250g |
| Lot of five specimens of dark purple fluorite with partial, copper colored to brown coating. The somewhat columnar structure of the specimen represents a fluorite perimorph after stibnite, with remnants sometimes still visible as a single white stibiconite pseudomorph in the center of the fluorite/calcite column. Unilateral overgrowth covers most of the fluorite, consisting of brown coated calcite xls in various stages of corrosion, partially recrystallized and often overgrown by other, yet unidentified and often fluorescent minerals. A colorful and quite unique combination! |
| fluorescent LW blue fluorite SW green and yellow spots |
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| CCN1905 | _24 € |
| Calcite, Fluorite, Stibiconite with Aragonite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 7.5x6.5x3.5cm | 115g |
| Light brown rounded scalenohedral calcite associated by purple, surface coated and heavily overgrown fluorite and other minerals. Columnar structures represent perimorphs after stibnite, which completely vanished into secondary antimony minerals that may also be present on this specimen. Green fluorescence is caused by whitish surface minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent fluorite SW greenish white phosphorescent |
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| CCN1480 | _25 € |
| ?Metastibnite, Stibnite, Stibiconite with Fluorite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 7x5x3cm | 110g |
| Standard specimen, typical for the location, comprising of a multitude of secondary antimony minerals growing around remnants of stibnite. The colorful appearance is completed by purple fluorite. Note the patchy intensive yellow-green shortwave fluorescence! |
| fluorescent SW patchy intensive yellow-green! |
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| BCN1808 | _25 € |
| Fluorite, Calcite, Stibiconite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Miniature | 4.5x2.5x2.5cm | 30g |
| Light purple fluorite with yellow coating of varying iridescence! The columnar structure of the aggregates represents a perimorph after stibnite that completely vanished into secondary antimony minerals which are also present on this specimen. Not analyzed and preliminarily named here "stibiconite", there are strong hints that rarer secondary Sb-minerals are present, such as coquandite. Opaque white areas, usually along the edges of the otherwise transparent fluorite xls may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of amorphous secondary Sb-minerals. The inclusions, (which often look like edge damages!) cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. Yellow effects are caused by whitish fluorescence shining through the yellow surface coating. The unilateral overgrowth on the fluorite column consists mainly of light brown, corroded calcite scalenohedrons, aragonite (bright white balls) and secondary antimony minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent LW yellow SW greenish white, also quite phosphorescent |
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| CCN1868 | _25 € |
| Fluorite, Aragonite, Stibiconite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 7x5x5cm | 175g |
| Light purple phosphorescent fluorite partially overgrown by white aragonite. Columnar structures represent perimorphs of fluorite after stibnite, which completely vanished into secondary antimony minerals that may also be present on this specimen. The white overgrowth moreover consists of gypsum, calcite and probably hyaline opal and secondary antimony minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent fluorite LW blue with greenish edges SW greenish white phosphorescent! |
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| DCN1908 | _25 € |
| Stibiconite, Calcite, Fluorite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Cabinet | 12x9x9cm | 870g |
| Light brown rounded scalenohedral calcite associated by purple, surface coated and heavily overgrown fluorite and other minerals. Elevations represent perimorphs after stibnite, which completely vanished into secondary antimony minerals that form extensive pure white pockets at the sides and the underside of this specimen. Note the green SW fluorescence, caused by whitish surface minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent SW bright green! |
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| LCN1996 | _25 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite, Calcite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Miniature | 3-5 avg. 4cm | 260g |
| 7 Pieces lot of purple fluorite with good color. Columnar structures represent perimorphs after stibnite, which completely vanished into bright white secondary antimony minerals that are present as accessories. Associated by light brown, corroded calcite scalenohedrons, aragonite (bright white balls) gypsum and secondary antimony minerals. |
| fluorescent SW green and blue |
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| CCN1867 | _26 € |
| Fluorite, Aragonite, Stibiconite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 8x6x5cm | 230g |
| Light purple phosphorescent fluorite partially overgrown by white aragonite. Columnar structures represent perimorphs of fluorite after stibnite, which completely vanished into secondary antimony minerals that may also be present on this specimen. The white overgrowth moreover consists of gypsum, calcite and probably hyaline opal and secondary antimony minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent fluorite LW blue with greenish edges SW greenish white phosphorescent! |
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| LCN1703 | _27 € |
| Lot 8: Fluorite, Stibiconite with Calcite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Thumbnail | 1.5-4.5 avg. 3cm | 145g |
| Lot of ten specimens of light purple fluorite, associated by calcite, aragonite, valentinite and possibly other minerals. Columnar structures represent perimorphs after stibnite, which completely vanished into secondary antimony minerals that may also be present on this specimen. Green fluorescence is caused by whitish surface minerals. |
| fluorescent fluorite SW zoned greenish LW zoned yellowish and blue |
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| DCN1842 | _27 € |
| Fluorite, Calcite, Stibiconite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Cabinet | 10x8x7cm | 680g |
| Light purple phosphorescent fluorite! Columnar structures represent perimorphs after stibnite, which completely vanished into secondary antimony minerals that are also present on this specimen. Not analyzed and preliminarily named here "stibiconite", there are strong hints that rarer secondary Sb-minerals, such as coquandite are present. Opaque cloudy to white areas, usually along the edges of the otherwise transparent fluorite xls may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of amorphous secondary Sb-minerals. The inclusions, (which often look like edge damages!) cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. The unilateral overgrowth on the fluorite column consists mainly of light brown, corroded calcite scalenohedrons, aragonite (bright white balls), gypsum and secondary antimony minerals. Found 2009. |
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| CCN1788 | _28 € |
| Fluorite, Calcite, Stibiconite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 5.5x3x2cm | 49g |
| Light purple fluorite with yellow coating of varying iridescence! The columnar structure of the aggregates represents a perimorph after stibnite that completely vanished into secondary antimony minerals which are also present on this specimen. Not analyzed and preliminarily named here "stibiconite", there are strong hints that rarer secondary Sb-minerals are present, such as coquandite. Opaque white areas, usually along the edges of the otherwise transparent fluorite xls may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of amorphous secondary Sb-minerals. The inclusions, (which often look like edge damages!) cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. Yellow effects are caused by whitish fluorescence shining through the yellow surface coating. The unilateral overgrowth on the fluorite column consists mainly of light brown, corroded calcite scalenohedrons, aragonite (bright white balls) and secondary antimony minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent LW yellow SW greenish white, also quite phosphorescent |
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| CCN1796 | _28 € |
| Fluorite, Calcite, Stibiconite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 5x4.5x3.5cm | 95g |
| Light purple fluorite with yellow coating of varying iridescence! The columnar structure of the aggregates represents a perimorph after stibnite that completely vanished into secondary antimony minerals which are also present on this specimen. Not analyzed and preliminarily named here "stibiconite", there are strong hints that rarer secondary Sb-minerals are present, such as coquandite. Opaque white areas, usually along the edges of the otherwise transparent fluorite xls may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of amorphous secondary Sb-minerals. The inclusions, (which often look like edge damages!) cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. Yellow effects are caused by whitish fluorescence shining through the yellow surface coating. The unilateral overgrowth on the fluorite column consists mainly of light brown, corroded calcite scalenohedrons, aragonite (bright white balls) and secondary antimony minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent LW yellow SW greenish white, also quite phosphorescent |
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| CCN1961 | _28 € |
| Fluorite, Calcite, Aragonite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 9x8x6cm | 370g |
| Light purple fluorite associated by light brown, corroded calcite scalenohedrons, aragonite (bright white balls) gypsum and secondary antimony minerals. The specimen basically consists of two columns that represent perimorphs after stibnite, which completely vanished into bright white secondary antimony minerals that are present as minor accessories. Has Damages to some fluorites. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent fluorite LW blue with greenish edges SW greenish blue fluorite, yellow surface minerals |
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| CCN1967 | _28 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite with Calcite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 8x4.5x3.5cm | 120g |
| Purple fluorite. Columnar structures represent perimorphs after stibnite, which completely vanished into bright white secondary antimony minerals that are present on this specimen as well. Not analyzed and preliminarily named here "stibiconite", there are strong hints that rarer secondary Sb-minerals, such as coquandite are present. Opaque white areas on the fluorite lining the stibiconite pockets may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of the Sb-minerals. Associated by light brown, corroded calcite scalenohedrons, aragonite (bright white balls) gypsum and secondary antimony minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent fluorite LW blue |
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| LCN1958 | _30 € |
| Fluorite, Stibiconite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Miniature | 3.5-4.5 avg.4cm | 200g |
| Lot of four specimens of light purple, strongly phosphorescent fluorite! Columnar structures represent perimorphs after stibnite, which completely vanished into bright white secondary antimony minerals that are present on this specimen as well. Not analyzed and preliminarily named here "stibiconite", there are strong hints that rarer secondary Sb-minerals, such as coquandite are present. Opaque white areas on the fluorite lining the stibiconite pockets may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of the Sb-minerals. Bubbly transparent surface structures on the fluorite xls, (which often look like edge damages!) cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. It is yet unclear if these are inclusions or surface coatings. The overgrowth on some fluorite consists mainly of light brown, corroded calcite scalenohedrons, aragonite (bright white balls) gypsum and secondary antimony minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent fluorite LW blue with greenish edges SW greenish blue phosphorescent! |
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| CCN1959 | _30 € |
| Fluorite with Aragonite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 8.5x4x3.5cm | 120g |
| Light purple, strongly phosphorescent fluorite! Columnar structures represent perimorphs after stibnite, which completely vanished into bright white secondary antimony minerals that are present as minor accessories. Bubbly transparent surface structures on the fluorite xls, (which often look like edge damages!) cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. It is yet unclear if these are inclusions or surface coatings. The overgrowth on some fluorite consists mainly of light brown, corroded calcite scalenohedrons, aragonite (bright white balls) gypsum and secondary antimony minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent fluorite LW blue with greenish edges SW greenish blue phosphorescent! |
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| CCN1797 | _33 € |
| Fluorite, Calcite, Stibiconite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 7x2.5x2.5cm | 50g |
| Light purple fluorite with yellow coating of varying iridescence! The columnar structure of the aggregates represents a perimorph after stibnite that completely vanished into secondary antimony minerals which are also present on this specimen. Not analyzed and preliminarily named here "stibiconite", there are strong hints that rarer secondary Sb-minerals are present, such as coquandite. Opaque white areas, usually along the edges of the otherwise transparent fluorite xls may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of amorphous secondary Sb-minerals. The inclusions, (which often look like edge damages!) cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. Yellow effects are caused by whitish fluorescence shining through the yellow surface coating. The unilateral overgrowth on the fluorite column consists mainly of light brown, corroded calcite scalenohedrons, aragonite (bright white balls) and secondary antimony minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent LW yellow SW greenish white, also quite phosphorescent |
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| CCN1809 | _33 € |
| Fluorite, Calcite, Stibiconite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 6.5x3.5x2.5cm | 80g |
| Light purple fluorite with yellow coating of varying iridescence! The columnar structure of the aggregates represents a perimorph after stibnite that completely vanished into secondary antimony minerals which are also present on this specimen. Not analyzed and preliminarily named here "stibiconite", there are strong hints that rarer secondary Sb-minerals are present, such as coquandite. Opaque white areas, usually along the edges of the otherwise transparent fluorite xls may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of amorphous secondary Sb-minerals. The inclusions, (which often look like edge damages!) cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. Yellow effects are caused by whitish fluorescence shining through the yellow surface coating. The unilateral overgrowth on the fluorite column consists mainly of light brown, corroded calcite scalenohedrons, aragonite (bright white balls) and secondary antimony minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent LW yellow SW greenish white, also quite phosphorescent |
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| CCN1841 | _33 € |
| Fluorite, Calcite, Stibiconite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Small Cabinet | 7x4.5x4.5cm | 180g |
| Light purple phosphorescent fluorite! Columnar structures represent perimorphs after stibnite, which completely vanished into secondary antimony minerals that are also present on this specimen. Not analyzed and preliminarily named here "stibiconite", there are strong hints that rarer secondary Sb-minerals, such as coquandite are present. Opaque cloudy to white areas, usually along the edges of the otherwise transparent fluorite xls may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of amorphous secondary Sb-minerals. The inclusions, (which often look like edge damages!) cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. The unilateral overgrowth on the fluorite column consists mainly of calcite xx, aragonite (bright white balls) and secondary antimony minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent fluorite LW blue with greenish edges SW greenish white phosphorescent! |
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| DCN1843 | _33 € |
| Fluorite, Calcite, Stibiconite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Cabinet | 12x8x6cm | 550g |
| Light purplish gray phosphorescent fluorite with iridescent coating! Columnar structures represent perimorphs after stibnite, which completely vanished into secondary antimony minerals that are also present on this specimen. Not analyzed and preliminarily named here "stibiconite", there are strong hints that rarer secondary Sb-minerals, such as coquandite are present. Opaque cloudy to white areas, usually along the edges of the otherwise transparent fluorite xls may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of amorphous secondary Sb-minerals. The inclusions, (which often look like edge damages!) cause a green shortwave fluorescence with noticeable phosphorescence in the otherwise blue fluorescent fluorite. The unilateral overgrowth on the fluorite column consists mainly of light brown, corroded calcite scalenohedrons, aragonite (bright white balls) gypsum and secondary antimony minerals. Found 2009. |
| fluorescent fluorite LW blue with greenish edges SW greenish white phosphorescent! |
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| BCN1882 | _33 € |
| Fluorite, Calcite, Stibiconite |
| Dugupi-Maanshan Sb deposit, Niujie, Weishan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Miniature | 3.5x3x2cm | 20g |
| Golden iridescent fluorite! The iridescence is caused by a thin layer of a surface mineral, the fluorite itself is light purple. The columnar structure of the aggregates represents a perimorph after stibnite that completely vanished into secondary, usually pure white to pink antimony minerals. Not analyzed and preliminarily named here "stibiconite", there are strong hints that rarer secondary Sb-minerals are present, such as coquandite. Opaque white areas at the inside of the columns may in fact be inclusions related to antimony content, as the "whitest" fluorite xls occur in immediate vicinity of amorphous secondary Sb-minerals. The unilateral overgrowth on the fluorite column consists mainly of light brown, corroded calcite scalenohedrons, aragonite and secondary antimony minerals. New find of 2009. |
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