CCN1395 | |||||
Calcite | |||||
Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong County, Qianxinan Aut. Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Small Cabinet | 6.5x3x2cm | ||||
Light orange-brown calcite scalenohedrons with transparent tips. Older specimen, found before 2005. Good calcite is less common at this findplace than good fluorite. | |||||
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CCN0292 | |||||
Stibnite with Cervantite, Quartz | |||||
Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong County, Qianxinan Aut. Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Small Cabinet | 9.5x4x3cm | 60g | |||
Curved stibnite aggregate, slightly worn, with bright yellow overgrowth of secondary antimony minerals. | |||||
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CCN0964 | |||||
Stibnite | |||||
Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong Co, Qianxinan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Small Cabinet | 9.5x0.8x0.8cm | ||||
Two attached xls with strong luster and well developed termination faces. | |||||
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DCN0962 | |||||
Stibnite | |||||
Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong Co, Qianxinan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Cabinet | 15.7x0.8x0.5cm | 22g | |||
Single, long x, terminated, somewhat worn faces. | |||||
DCN0960 | |||||
Stibnite with Dolomite, Cervantite? | |||||
Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong Co, Qianxinan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Cabinet | 10x6.5x3.5cm | 180g | |||
Shiny stibnite xls, unilaterally covered by yellowish dolomite. | |||||
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CCN1371 | |||||
Stibnite with Stibiconite, Quartz | |||||
Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong County, Qianxinan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Small Cabinet | 6x2.5x1x5cm | 20g | |||
Cluster of undulating xls with some quartz matrix. Although primarily an antimony mining area, the findplace is not particularly famous for stibnite specimens. | |||||
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BCN0318 | |||||
Limonite, Turgite | |||||
Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong Co, Qianxinan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Miniature | 3.8x3.1x1.7cm | ||||
Globular limonite aggregate with highly iridescent turgite coating. Small but flashy specimen from a find of several years ago. | |||||
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CCN0431 | |||||
Quartz epimorph Stibnite | |||||
Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong Co, Qianxinan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Small Cabinet | 9x6x8cm | ||||
The only reminder of stibnite is the shape of the quartz columns. Antimony minerals are not present anymore. The quartz is greenish white on the interior with yellowish white exterior. The surface is fine crystalline. The tip of the largest column is reattached (last picture). The first two pictures show the specimen in unaltered state without the tip. | |||||
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DCN0963 | |||||
Stibnite, ?Sulfur native | |||||
Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong Co, Qianxinan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Cabinet | 12.5x1.5x0.8cm | ||||
Two intergrown, slightly bent xls, crude termination, contacts at the base. Note small, colorless xls (see picture). Most likely they are native sulfur or secondary antimony minerals such as valentinite. | |||||
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CCN1386 | |||||
Fluorite with Quartz | |||||
Houhuayuan Mine, Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong County, Qianxinan Aut. Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Small Cabinet | 7x6x4cm | 170g | |||
Light green fluorite with characteristic purple edges growing on a whitish quartz matrix. The fluorite is almost completely covered by a brown mineral that let it appear reddish. | |||||
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CCN1380 | |||||
Fluorite with Quartz | |||||
Houhuayuan Mine, Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong County, Qianxinan Aut. Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Small Cabinet | 7x4.5x2.5cm | 40g | |||
Light green fluorite with characteristic purple edges growing on a thin flake of quartz matrix. Floater specimen with very minor damages to the fluorite. | |||||
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DCN1394 | |||||
Calcite, Fluorite with Quartz | |||||
Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong County, Qianxinan Aut. Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Cabinet | 19x9x8cm | 1120g | |||
Grey, cavernous matrix covered with colorless transparent fluorite xls and light orange-brown calcite scalenohedrons with transparent tips. Older specimen, found before 2005. Good calcite is less common at this findplace than good fluorite. | |||||
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DCN0312 | |||||
Fluorite | |||||
Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong Co, Qianxinan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Cabinet | 11.5x9x7cm | 680g | |||
Dark purple fluorite xls to 1.5cm with excessive stacked growth towards all crystal faces, almost to the point where the appearance becomes cuboctahedral. On white quartz matrix. | |||||
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CCN0442 | |||||
Calcite with Selenite | |||||
Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong Co, Qianxinan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Small Cabinet | 7x7x6cm | 190g | |||
Light green, transparent calcite twin surrounded by small white gypsum and scalenohedral calcite xls. Untypical for this locality. | |||||
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DCN0905 | |||||
Barite, Stibiconite with Quartz | |||||
Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong Co, Qianxinan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Cabinet | 12.5x8x4cm | 351g | |||
Leafy, well crystallized creamy white barite together with small, stibiconite coated stibnite clusters growing on a matrix of druzy quartz. Small damages. | |||||
fluorescent SW and LW yellow and orange matrix areas | |||||
CCN1349 | |||||
Creedite with Fluorite | |||||
Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong County, Qianxinan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Small Cabinet | 8x5x3.5cm | 100g | |||
World-class creedite in completely transparent, colorless xls! Associated by light green fluorite. | |||||
fluorescent LW intensive blue fluorite | |||||
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CCN1348 | |||||
Creedite with Fluorite | |||||
Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong County, Qianxinan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Small Cabinet | 7.5x6x2cm | 95g | |||
World-class creedite in completely transparent, colorless xls! Associated by yellow stibiconite and some purple fluorite. | |||||
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CCN1358 | |||||
Creedite with Fluorite | |||||
Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong County, Qianxinan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Small Cabinet | 8x7x2.5cm | 120g | |||
World-class creedite in completely transparent, colorless xls! Associated by yellow stibiconite and some fluorite. | |||||
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DCN1347 | |||||
Creedite | |||||
Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong County, Qianxinan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Cabinet | 11x5.5x5cm | 200g | |||
World-class creedite in completely transparent, colorless xls, covering two faces of this specimen. Associated by yellow stibiconite and some gypsum. Note the freestanding xls! | |||||
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DCN1359 | |||||
Creedite with Fluorite | |||||
Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong County, Qianxinan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Cabinet | 10x7x2.5cm | 110g | |||
World-class creedite in completely transparent, colorless xls to 1.5cm! Associated by yellow stibiconite and fluorite. | |||||
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DCN1060 | |||||
Fluorite with Quartz | |||||
Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong Co, Qianxinan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Cabinet | 15.5x10x9cm | 966g | |||
Purple transparent xls with deep purple, multiply stepped edges that give the xls a rounded appearance. Note the purple texture when looking at the interior of the xls (see picture). The jagged appearance is from growth irregularities, not from damages! The rear sides of the specimen are covered with small purple fluorite xls. The fluorite appears at first glance like a specimen from De An, it is however NOT etched out from matrix. | |||||
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DCN1383 | |||||
Fluorite with Quartz | |||||
Houhuayuan Mine, Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong County, Qianxinan Aut. Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Cabinet | 16x9x4cm | 570g | |||
Light green fluorite with characteristic purple edges growing on a whitish quartz matrix. Peripheral xls have damages and could be trimmed away, however the central cluster is undamaged! | |||||
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DCN0445 | |||||
Fluorite, Quartz with Selenite | |||||
Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong Co, Qianxinan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Cabinet | 18x14x6.5cm | 1770g | |||
Bluish green fluorite xls to 5cm along edge completely covered by quartz. Almost a floater, contacts at the side and top (see photo) of the specimen. Some of the quartz is overgrown by transparent to white selenite, this causes the "bruised" appearance of some of the quartz surface. | |||||
fluorescent LW patchy blue and yellow | |||||
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CCN1524 | |||||
Carbonatecyanotrichite | |||||
Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong County, Qianxinan Aut. Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Small Cabinet | 7x7x3.3cm | 90g | |||
Rare copper mineral as hairlike xls to 3mm length. One of the rarest species from this findplace. | |||||
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CCN1385 | |||||
Fluorite with Quartz | |||||
Houhuayuan Mine, Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong County, Qianxinan Aut. Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Small Cabinet | 9x8x4.5cm | 170g | |||
Light green fluorite with characteristic purple edges growing on a whitish quartz background. The central x is slightly movable, however not detachable from the matrix. It represents an overgrowth on a quartz after fluorite perimorph. So to say fluorite on quartz on fluorite! Undamaged. | |||||
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DCN1378 | |||||
Fluorite with Turgite | |||||
Houhuayuan Mine, Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong County, Qianxinan Aut. Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Cabinet | 15.5x11x5cm | 710g | |||
Light green fluorite with characteristic purple edges. The faces are highly distorted due to multiple penetration twinning. Undamaged specimen, difficult to photograph, better in person! | |||||
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DCN1379 | |||||
Carbonatecyanotrichite, Fluorite with Quartz, Turgite | |||||
Houhuayuan Mine, Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong County, Qianxinan Aut. Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Cabinet | 11x8.5x4cm | 440g | |||
Globular clusters of light blue carbonatecyanotrichite (to several mm) represent the rarest species on this specimen. Most of the surface of this specimen is covered by quartz, either coated dark metallic purple or white, interspersed with pinkish purple fluorite. A rarely seen combination from a famous findplace! | |||||
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DCN0290 | |||||
Calcite, Fluorite | |||||
Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong Co, Qianxinan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Cabinet | 15x14x11cm | 2160g | |||
Calcite scalenohedrons to 4cm, cream colored with transparent or grey tips. The findplace is famous - among others - for fluorite, which is also present on this specimen. Complete all around, good display specimen. Comes with custom made "China-Style" wooden stand. | |||||
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DCN1377 | |||||
Barite, Creedite, Stibiconite with Fluorite | |||||
Houhuayuan Mine, Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong County, Qianxinan Aut. Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Cabinet | 18x10x4cm | 580g | |||
Cream colored to reddish sparkly barite clusters dominate this specimen, however there is much more to discover: colorless transparent creedite and yellow, earthy stibiconite. A unique combination on a quite esthetic specimen! | |||||
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ECN1373 | |||||
Fluorite, Calcite with Quartz | |||||
Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong County, Qianxinan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Large Cabinet | 27x17x13cm | 5950g | |||
Large specimen consisting of grey, cavernous matrix covered with colorless transparent fluorite xls to 1.5 cm and light orange-brown calcite scalenohedrons with transparent tips. Older specimen, found before 2005. Good calcite is less common at this findplace than good fluorite. | |||||
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ECN1381 | |||||
Creedite with Selenite, Quartz | |||||
Houhuayuan Mine, Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong County, Qianxinan Aut. Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Large Cabinet | 20x11x4cm | 400g | |||
Large, spectacular crystallization of completely transparent, colorless creedite. Individual, double terminated, xls reach 3x0.6cm, this is considered world-class for creedite! All sides of the specimen, completely undamaged, have creedite clusters. | |||||
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ECN0386 | |||||
Fluorite | |||||
Dachang (Qinglong) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong Co, Qianxinan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |||||
Large Cabinet | 23x18x7.5cm | 1982g | |||
Light green fluorite cubes to 3cm along edge with purple markings. Undamaged. The somewhat irregular appearance is caused by stepped corners and sections of unilateral crystal development. Notable is an iridescent coating and brown limonite stains. An outstanding specimen for its color combination and crystallization. | |||||
fluorescent LW strongly blue SW dimly multicolor! | |||||
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