The Core of Expo Mineral Show (2)

SV2680TGA

Novelty on the market in 2022.
Arborescent Silver, very aerial and aesthetic, with very marked spinel-law twinning. It is on matrix, surrounding a rocky core decorated by Calcite crystals that differentiate it from the classic Hongda silvers.
These pieces come from a find made in a small gold working, currently closed, and from which until now there was no evidence that such good silvers had been found there.

Jizishan deposit, Linqu, Weifang Prefecture, Shandong Province, China China (±2014)

Specimen size: 6.3 x 3.2 x 2 cm

Main crystal size: 3.1 x 0.15 cm

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV

SV2290TXA

From a 2022 discovery in the Daye area, parallel growths of lenticular and very aerial Calcite crystals forming stacks, on matrix. They are translucent, lustrous, yellow with red Hematite inclusions and geometric color zoning that gives a very aesthetic result.

Daye mining area, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China China (03/2022)

Specimen size: 5.7 x 5.1 x 3.9 cm

Main crystal size: 1 x 1 cm