EJ93K6: One of the novelties of this year are these polychrome Elbaites that remind one of some classic Brazilian specimens. The Elbaite crystal, of very well defined faces and edges and perfectly terminated, has grown on a smoky Quartz crystal.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2020, page 61, and has been published in the book 'China II', by Berthold Ottens, on page 337
Altay Range, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  China (2006)

Specimen size: 9 × 5.8 × 5 cm = 3.54” × 2.28” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 5.4 × 0.8 cm = 2.13” × 0.31”

XM2230MFR: Druse of Calcite crystals (cobalt-rich variety) showing scalenohedral habits in some deeper toned crystals and globular forms of lighter color in others. Accompanied by fine acicular radiating crystals.
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (07/2022)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.6 × 1.6 cm = 1.46” × 1.02” × 0.63”

XM2230MAX: Druse of Calcite crystals (cobalt-rich variety) with mauve-pink tones, in a rock matrix, on a first generation of Calcite crystals which were not stained by cobalt ions.
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (07/2022)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.6 × 2.9 cm = 1.73” × 1.42” × 1.14”

XM2340MAB: Crystals of Calcite (cobalt-rich variety) as growths between coralloidal and arborescent, on a rock matrix, with a gradation of color, partially covering a first generation of lamellar Calcite crystals.
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (07/2022)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 2.1 × 2.7 cm = 2.01” × 0.83” × 1.06”

EXF92AP1: From important finds made in the Lanping area in early 2022. Coralloidal growths of Calcite on matrix, translucent, with good luster and intense pink-mauve color (cobalt variety)
This specimen has been photographed and published as a reference in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 02/2024, page 23
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (03/2022)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.7 × 3.7 cm = 2.40” × 1.85” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.4 cm = 0.75” × 0.55”

EXJ99AP5: Botryoidal growths of mauve-colored Calcite (cobalt-bearing variety), which coexist with similar growths of the same Calcite, but curiously with white and blue colorations. They sit on a matrix in which Talmessite aggregates appear too (analyzed)
This specimen has been photographed and published as a reference in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 02/2024, page 17
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (07/2022)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm = 2.48” × 1.50” × 1.26”

EMR68AP6: Botryoidal growths of Calcite of an intense mauve color (Co-bearing variety), in matrix, and with a second generation of botryoidal Calcite with bluish tones.
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (07/2022)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.1 × 3.8 cm = 2.56” × 2.01” × 1.50”

EFX99AP5: Botryoidal growths of Calcite of an intense mauve color (cobalt-bearing variety), in matrix, with fibrous aggregates of Talmessite covering small Calcite crystals.
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (07/2022)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 6.3 × 2.7 cm = 2.60” × 2.48” × 1.06”

EPT68AP6: Botryoidal growths of Calcite of intense blue color, with Calcite (Co-bearing variety) also botryoidal but of a very intense mauve color, all covered with Malachite.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a reference in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 02/2024, page 20
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (07/2022)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.2 × 4.4 cm = 2.83” × 2.44” × 1.73”

EXP51AP1: From important finds made in the Lanping area in early 2022. Coralloidal growths of Calcite on matrix with an intense pink-mauve color (cobalt-bearing variety)
This specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 168/2022, page 17
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (03/2022)

Specimen size: 12.5 × 10.3 × 5.6 cm = 4.92”

Main crystal size: 4.9 × 4 cm = 1.93” × 1.57”

ERF27AP1: A novelty from China. Calcite crystals coated by Talmessite with pinkish tones, more or less reddish depending on the area of the specimen.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (07/2022)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5.3 × 2.8 cm = 2.24” × 2.09” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”

EFF49AP6: Calcite crystals coated by Talmessite with shades that vary from mauve to pink on different spots on the specimen. They are on matrix and with coralloidal growths of Calcite (Co-bearing variety) of an intense mauve color.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (07/2022)

Specimen size: 6 × 3.8 × 3.8 cm = 2.36” × 1.50” × 1.50”

ERE69AP6: Growths of pink lenticular crystals of Talmessite, on botryoidal Calcite of bluish color, along with Calcite (Co-bearing variety) also botryoidal but of an intense mauve color.
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (07/2022)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.4 × 3.6 cm = 2.83” × 1.73” × 1.42”

SV3290MFR:

A recent new discovery from China. Calcite crystals coated by Talmessite with pinkish tones, more or less reddish depending on the area of the specimen. On matrix, with botryoidal growths of Calcite (cobalt-bearing variety) of a very intense color.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (07/2022)

Specimen size: 8 × 7 × 5.2 cm = 3.15” × 2.76” × 2.05”

ETP33AP1: A novelty from China. Calcite crystals coated by Talmessite with pinkish tones, more or less reddish depending on the area of the specimen. On matrix, with white, slightly bluish growths of Calcite and with Calcite (cobalt-bearing variety) with a very intense mauve color.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 168/2022, page 17
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (07/2022)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 8.1 × 4.1 cm = 3.35” × 3.19” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.20” × 0.08”

ERM73AP1: A novelty from China. Calcite crystal rosettes coated by Talmessite with pink tones, more or less reddish depending on the area of the specimen. On matrix, with slightly bluish botryoidal growths of Calcite.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a reference in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 02/2024, page 22
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (07/2022)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 8 × 4.4 cm = 3.39” × 3.15” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.20” × 0.08”

EFX90AP1: A novelty from China. Calcite crystals coated by Talmessite with pinkish tones, more or less reddish depending on the area of the specimen. On matrix, with coralloidal growths of Calcite (cobalt-bearing variety) of a very intense mauve color.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (06/2022)

Specimen size: 9 × 5.2 × 1.9 cm = 3.54” × 2.05” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”

EAX33AP1: A novelty from China. Calcite crystals coated by Talmessite with pinkish tones, more or less reddish depending on the area of the specimen. On matrix, with botryoidal growths of Calcite (cobalt-bearing variety) of a very intense mauve color.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (07/2022)

Specimen size: 9.1 × 8.2 × 5 cm = 3.58” × 3.23” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

SV740EBB: Druse of Calcite crystals partially covered by pinkish Talmessite, deeper pink in some areas of the specimen, showing coralloidal forms, with darker banded areas caused by manganese oxide stains.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (07/2022)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 10 × 5.8 cm = 4.02” × 3.94” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

EPT99AP1: A novelty from China. Calcite crystals coated by Talmessite with pinkish tones, more or less reddish depending on the area of the specimen.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (07/2022)

Specimen size: 11.8 × 11.6 × 9.2 cm = 4.65” × 4.57” × 3.62”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.20” × 0.12”

TT37K3: A curious crystalline growth that looks like a cup. The translucent crystal progressively increases its width from its base and at its termination it formed a very pronounced and deep hollow.
The specimen has been published in the book 'China', by Berthold Ottens, on page 386.

Wenshan, Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2006)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.3 × 3.8 cm = 2.36” × 1.69” × 1.50”

MR86E0: An unusual Calcite whose form reminds one of a stalactite but whose crystals are transparent, not cloudy, well defined, richly endowed with multiple faces, and quite large. It is very pleasant and decorative at the same time.
The specimen has been published in the book 'China', by Berthold Ottens, on page 479.
Wenshan, Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2003)

Specimen size: 7 × 5 × 5 cm = 2.76” × 1.97” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.4 cm = 0.75” × 0.55”

TR49W8: Curious parallel growth of packed crystals of Calcite on a first generation of yellowish crystals of the same mineral. The crystals are geometrically very well defined and have deeply hollowed. Those late crystals are very bright, colorless and between transparent and translucent.
Wenshan, Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (28/11/2010)

Specimen size: 15.5 × 13 × 9.5 cm = 6.10” × 5.12” × 3.74”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.38” × 0.87”

MLD67AO2: New on the market in 2022. Botryoidal growths of Aragonite, very aerial, translucent and with an intense blue color due to inclusions of copper salts. Curiously, its duller green matrix is Calcite instead of Aragonite, as analysis surprisingly showed the presence of both polymorphs in the same piece.
Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 6.9 × 3 cm = 2.80” × 2.72” × 1.18”

MLD77AO2: New on the market in 2022. Botryoidal growths of Aragonite, very aerial, translucent and with an intense blue color due to inclusions of copper salts. Curiously, its duller green matrix is Calcite instead of Aragonite, as analysis surprisingly showed the presence of both polymorphs in the same piece.
Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 12.3 × 5.9 × 3.6 cm = 4.84” × 2.32” × 1.42”

TVM36AO3: Translucent, lustrous pale bluish green spheroidal aggregates of Cuprodongchuanite, a rare phosphate of lead, copper and zinc, discovered very recently and approved by the IMA as a new species in 2021. On matrix, with white aggregates of Hemimorphite and small blue crystals of Veszelyite.
The specimen is from the type locality for the species.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.5 × 2.4 cm = 1.26” × 0.98” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”

MJR99AO3: Translucent and lustrous spheroidal aggregates with a pale bluish green color of Cuprodongchuanite, a rare phosphate of lead, copper and zinc, discovered very recently and approved by the IMA as a new species in 2021. On matrix, accompanied by numerous Veszelyite crystals, very sharp and deep blue.
The specimen is from the type locality for the species.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.1 × 1.6 cm = 1.38” × 1.22” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”

TVX46AO3: Translucent, lustrous pale bluish green spheroidal aggregates of Cuprodongchuanite, a rare phosphate of lead, copper and zinc, discovered very recently and approved by the IMA as a new species in 2021. On matrix, with white aggregates of Hemimorphite and small blue crystals of Veszelyite.
The specimen is from the type locality for the species.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.6 × 1.8 cm = 1.42” × 1.02” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”

TVV37AO3: Translucent, lustrous pale bluish green spheroidal aggregates of Cuprodongchuanite, a rare phosphate of lead, copper and zinc, discovered very recently and approved by the IMA as a new species in 2021. On matrix, with white aggregates of Hemimorphite and small blue crystals of Veszelyite.
The specimen is from the type locality for the species.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 2.9 × 2.6 cm = 1.77” × 1.14” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”

TVA86AO3: Translucent, lustrous pale bluish green spheroidal aggregates of Cuprodongchuanite, a rare phosphate of lead, copper and zinc, discovered very recently and approved by the IMA as a new species in 2021. On matrix, with white aggregates of Hemimorphite and small blue crystals of Veszelyite.
The specimen is from the type locality for the species.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4 × 2.9 cm = 2.24” × 1.57” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”

SV180MBR: Groups of crystals in radial fibrous aggregates composed of Tyrolite crystals, with bluish green tones, arranged on a matrix partially covered by a thin crystalline crust of Theisite. From a Chinese locality, Sanguozhuang, where lead and zinc are extracted, and which is the type locality for 5 new mineral species.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3 × 1.8 cm = 1.34” × 1.18” × 0.71”

TJA98AO7: Group, on matrix, of elongated and extraordinarily sharp Veszelyite crystals, with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with great luster and an intense, deep and uniform color. Of optimum quality for the species, with its very unique-looking sheaf of crystals.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 1.2 × 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.47” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.35” × 0.28”

SV320MTR: Elegant miniature, very airy in appearance, composed of Veszelyite crystals grouped into spheroidal shapes and arranged in a fan-like structure. The crystals are sharp, well-formed, and display an intense, uniform color with excellent luster.
From Sanguozhuang, China, a lead and zinc mining locality that is also the type locality for five new mineral species.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 1.6 × 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.63” × 0.47” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.24” × 0.24”

TJB49AO7: Group, on matrix, of elongated and extraordinarily sharp Veszelyite crystals, with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with great luster and an intense, deep and uniform color. Of optimum quality for the species.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.67” × 0.59” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.20” × 0.08”

SV280MBX: Distinct groups of Veszelyite crystals on matrix, aggregated in sheaf-like habits, each with preferred and parallel orientations, elongated and very sharp, with well defined crystal forms and an intense and uniform color, standing out on a thin crystalline layer of very pale blue Theisite coating the rock matrix, which gives a beautiful color contrast with the Veszelyite crystals. From a Chinese locality, Sanguozhuang, where lead and zinc are extracted, and which is the type locality for 5 new mineral species.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (11/2022)

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.71” × 0.59” × 0.51”

MAR88AO0: Group of elongated and very sharp Veszelyite crystals, with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with great luster and an extraordinarily intense and uniform color. Of the highest quality for the species.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm = 0.79” × 0.43” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.4 cm = 0.43” × 0.16”

TLR89ASN2: A delightful and delicate miniature formed by Veszelyite crystals on a matrix, with two clearly dominant, elongated, and very well-defined crystals. They are translucent, very bright, and display an intense, deep, and uniform color.
This is a high-quality example of this copper-zinc phosphate species.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.87” × 0.59” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.28” × 0.20”

TMB98AN7: Druse on matrix of aggregates of very sharp Veszelyite crystals, with sharp crystal forms, translucent, with good luster and an extraordinarily intense and uniform color. High quality for the species.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2 × 2.3 cm = 0.98” × 0.79” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”

TTV50AN5: Veszelyite crystals isolated or in small groups, very sharp, of extraordinary quality for the species, translucent, with good luster and a deep blue color. On matrix, with Theisite, a rare copper and zinc arsenate, concretionary and greenish in color, partially covering the Veszelyite crystals.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 1.9 × 1.4 cm = 1.02” × 0.75” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”

TT89AN2: Tabular Veszelyite crystals with very sharp polycrystalline growths, translucent, with good luster and an intense and uniform color. On matrix, with pale green botryoidal Hemimorphite.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.5 × 1.7 cm = 1.10” × 0.98” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.24” × 0.12”

TPE77AN3: Spheroidal group of tabular crystals of the rare species Veszelyite, with very sharp polycrystalline growths. Translucent, lustrous and deep blue. On matrix, with very pale greenish blue botryoidal Hemimorphite.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.3 × 1.9 cm = 1.18” × 0.91” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.24” × 0.24”

ERE50AN6: Druse, on matrix, with aggregates of Veszelyite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with very bright luster and an extraordinarily intense and uniform color. High quality for the species.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.4 × 1.2 cm = 1.18” × 0.94” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”

MFR16AO4: Small Veszelyite crystal, but peculiar for being isolated on the tip of a Quartz crystal. It has very sharp crystal forms, is translucent, and has good luster and an intense color.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.5 × 3.4 cm = 1.42” × 1.38” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”

TFE3AN3: Groups of fine tabular crystals of the rare species Veszelyite, with very sharp polycrystalline growths, translucent, lustrous and deep blue. On matrix, with greenish botryoidal Hemimorphite.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.6 × 2.2 cm = 1.42” × 1.42” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”

ELM94AP3: Group, on matrix, of elongated Veszelyite crystals, with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with very good luster and an intense, deep and uniform color. Optimum quality for the species.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.1 × 2.3 cm = 1.46” × 1.22” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.24” × 0.12”

MXM99AO1: Group of very sharp Veszelyite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with very bright luster and an extraordinarily intense and uniform color. On matrix with white globular Hemimorphite growths that partially cover small Quartz crystals. High quality for the species.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.7 × 3.2 cm = 1.57” × 1.06” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”

MV97M5: A novelty in Munich 2008. Crystals and groups of crystals of this rare phosphate. They are very well defined, very deep blue in color and on botryoidal growths of light blue Hemimorphite. The locality had been well specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a novelty from Munich 2008 in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on identified, which is not very common with Chinese specimens.
The page 46, volume 33, number 12, December 2008 as well as the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 33 in number 2009/1 and ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ on page 138 in number 2009/2.
Laochang ore field, Gejiu, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan  China (08/2008)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.6 × 2.5 cm = 1.69” × 1.02” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”

TML93AO4: Druse with aggregates of very sharp Veszelyite crystals, translucent, with good luster and an extraordinarily intense and uniform color. On matrix, with numerous spheroidal growths of translucent green Cuprodongchuanite.
It is from the type locality for Cuprodongchuanite.

Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 4.1 × 3 cm = 1.69” × 1.61” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”

TV49AN2: Fan-shaped aggregates of tabular Veszelyite crystals with polycrystalline growths, translucent, with good luster and an intense and uniform color. On matrix, with green Cuprodongchuanite and white botryoidal Hemimorphite.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.5 × 1.6 cm = 1.73” × 0.98” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”

TMA96AN5: Veszelyite crystals isolated or in small groups, very sharp, of extraordinary quality for the species and very similar to the famous ones from the Black Pine mine but even more intense in color. They are translucent, lustrous and deep blue, and on a matrix with green Cuprodongchuanite and white Hemimorphite. Only a few specimens of this type were uncovered during the finds of the year 2021.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.3 × 2.7 cm = 1.73” × 1.30” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.4 cm = 0.35” × 0.16”

TPD70AN5: Veszelyite crystals isolated or in small groups, very sharp, of extraordinary quality for the species and very similar to the famous ones from the Black Pine mine but even more intense in color. They are translucent, lustrous and deep blue, and on a matrix with white Hemimorphite. Only a few specimens of this type were uncovered during the finds of the year 2021.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.7 × 4.1 cm = 1.73” × 1.46” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”

EFF92AP5: Group of elongated crystals of Veszelyite, a rare phosphate of zinc and copper, of good size for the species, extraordinarily sharp and defined, in matrix, and associated with sharp Quartz crystals. An excellent miniature from a classic locality for the species.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4 × 3.2 cm = 1.85” × 1.57” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”

TTA46AN4: Aggregates on matrix of Veszelyite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with bright luster and an extraordinarily intense and uniform color. High quality for the species.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4 × 2.7 cm = 1.89” × 1.57” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.20” × 0.12”

TNC46AN5: Veszelyite crystals isolated or in small groups, very sharp, of extraordinary quality for the species and very similar to the famous ones from the Black Pine mine but even more intense in color. They are translucent, lustrous and deep blue, and on a matrix with white Hemimorphite. Only a few specimens of this type were uncovered during the finds of the year 2021.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.7 × 4.7 cm = 1.89” × 1.85” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”

MXE70AO2: Drusy aggregate of very sharp Veszelyite crystals, with well defined crystal forms, translucent, with great luster and an extraordinarily intense and uniform color. On matrix, with globular growths of light blue Hemimorphite. High quality for the species.
The Hemimorphite has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (10/2021)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.4 × 2.4 cm = 1.93” × 1.34” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”

TNB66AN5: Veszelyite crystals isolated or in small groups, very sharp, of extraordinary quality for the species and very similar to the famous ones from the Black Pine mine but even more intense in color. They are translucent, lustrous and deep blue, and on a matrix with white Hemimorphite. Only a few specimens of this type were uncovered during the finds of the year 2021.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.5 × 4.1 cm = 2.05” × 1.77” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16”

TVX46CD1: Very abundant Veszelyite crystals, with the quality and intense color expected from those of this locality. But also when the crystals appear filling a vug, this makes them very visible, clearly giving the image of being a 'matrix piece'.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2021)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.3 × 3.4 cm = 2.64” × 1.69” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”

TC92AL5: Groups of crystals of Veszelyite with fairly well defined crystalline forms, intense color, randomly distributed in a matrix with white botryoidal coatings of Hemimorphite.
The specimen comes from the Rock Currier collection (no. 8979), whose label we will send to the buyer. It has a sawn matrix on the rear.
Laochang ore field, Gejiu, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan  China

Specimen size: 7.5 × 7.4 × 2.6 cm = 2.95” × 2.91” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”

MJB27AO2: Groups of very sharp Veszelyite crystals, with well defined crystal forms, translucent, with great luster and an extraordinarily intense and uniform color. On matrix, with colorless Quartz crystals, an uncommon paragenesis at this locality.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (10/2021)

Specimen size: 8 × 4.9 × 4.7 cm = 3.15” × 1.93” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

TBR66AO4: Rosette aggregates of very sharp Veszelyite crystals on matrix, with well-defined crystal forms, translucent, with good luster, and an intense and uniform color.

The Sanguozhuang area lies within the Dongchuan copper–polymetallic district, one of the most significant in southwestern China. Mineralization is mainly hosted in Proterozoic volcano-sedimentary sequences, with stratiform and vein-type sulfide bodies that have undergone strong supergene alteration. This environment favors the formation of secondary Copper and Zinc minerals, including Veszelyite, related to oxidation processes in the upper parts of the ore bodies.
Sanguozhuang mining area, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 9 × 6.8 × 3.4 cm = 3.54” × 2.68” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”

EFM67AP2: Botryoidal and spheroidal growths of light bluish green Aurichalcite, on matrix, associated with trapezohedral Chalcopyrite crystals with an external patina of oxides.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (06/2022)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.9 × 2.7 cm = 1.89” × 1.54” × 1.06”

EPR87AP2: Botryoidal and spheroidal growths of light green Aurichalcite, on matrix, associated with trapezohedral Chalcopyrite crystals with an external patina of oxides, Baryte and small Quartz crystals. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (06/2022)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 4.1 × 3.8 cm = 3.46” × 1.61” × 1.50”

MLB46AO2: New on the market in 2022. Botryoidal growths of Aragonite, very aerial, translucent and with an intense blue color due to inclusions of copper salts. Curiously, its duller green matrix is Calcite instead of Aragonite, as analysis surprisingly showed the presence of both polymorphs in the same piece.
Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.1 × 3.4 cm = 1.89” × 1.22” × 1.34”

MLC96AO2: New on the market in 2022. Botryoidal growths of Aragonite, very aerial, translucent and with an intense blue color due to inclusions of copper salts. Curiously, its duller green matrix is Calcite instead of Aragonite, as analysis surprisingly showed the presence of both polymorphs in the same piece.
Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 6.3 × 3.9 cm = 3.66” × 2.48” × 1.54”

MLE68AO2: New on the market in 2022. Botryoidal growths of Aragonite, very aerial, translucent and with an intense blue color due to inclusions of copper salts. Curiously, its duller green matrix is Calcite instead of Aragonite, as analysis surprisingly showed the presence of both polymorphs in the same piece.
Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (12/2021)

Specimen size: 13.7 × 8.4 × 5.1 cm = 5.39” × 3.31” × 2.01”

TRX97CD5: Group of tabular Baryte crystals showing very marked rhombic morphology, with the faces and edges of the crystals perfectly defined, transparent, with extraordinarily bright luster and with very marked geometric color zoning, darker towards the center of the crystal and an intense uniform yellow color towards the edges.
This very elegant specimen comes from the collection of Bill Dameron.
Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China

Specimen size: 7.8 × 4 × 4.2 cm = 3.07” × 1.57” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.63”

MT99M5: A novelty in Munich 2008. Crystals and groups of crystals of this rare phosphate. They are very well defined, very deep in blue color and in botryoidal growths of light blue Hemimorphite. The locality had been well identified, which is not very common with Chinese specimens.
Laochang ore field, Gejiu, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan  China (08/2008)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 8.4 × 5.5 cm = 3.43” × 3.31” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”

EB68AE8: Double elongated cluster of cubic Fluorite crystals beveled by the faces of the dodecahedron. They are translucent, with lilac color on their faces and strongly saturated violet color on the edges. They are partially coated by Baryte and they growth around a Stibnite crystal that is partially visible by transparence.
The specimen has been published in the book 'China II', by Berthold Ottens, on page 370
Weishan, Dali Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2016)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.5 × 2.7 cm = 1.85” × 1.77” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39”

EC66AE8: Elongated cluster of cubic Fluorite crystals that have clear lilac color on their faces and dark purple on their edges. They are partially coated on the back by Baryte with hoppered surfaces and they have grown around a Stibnite crystal that is partially visible through the transparent Fluorite.
Weishan, Dali Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2016)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 2.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.09” × 0.87” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.43”

EH47AE8: Elongated cluster of cubic Fluorite crystals that have translucent, with intense violet color, even more saturated on the edges, and are partially coated by Baryte. They growth around a Stibnite crystal that is partially visible by transparence.
Weishan, Dali Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2016)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 2 × 2 cm = 2.17” × 0.79” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”

TC240AM: Aesthetics and mineralogy come together in this curious specimen of Fluorite that forms a stalactitic growth of cubic crystals, translucent, with an intense violet color, more saturated on the edges, partially covered by Baryte on the back. The stalactite's guide or “faden” could have been a thin elongated Stibnite crystal. The specimen is from the Bob Byers collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Weishan, Dali Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2014)

Specimen size: 9 × 2 × 2 cm = 3.54” × 0.79” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.35” × 0.28”

EA98AE8: Elongated cluster of cubic Fluorite crystals that are translucent, with lilac color on their faces and strongly saturated violet color on the edges, and are partially coated by Baryte and small scalenohedral Calcite crystals. They growth around a Stibnite crystal that is partially visible by transparence.
Weishan, Dali Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2016)

Specimen size: 11.6 × 2.1 × 1.7 cm = 4.57” × 0.83” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39”

EFL69AP3: Stalactitic growth of translucent Fluorite crystals with an intense violet color, with geometric color zoning, more saturated on the edges, and with white coatings of Baryte.
Weishan, Dali Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (06/2022)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 3.4 × 3 cm = 4.61” × 1.34” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.43”

MA86I5: Esthetic specimen of this rare hydroxide, a polymorph of Gibbsite. Both species are present on this nice miniature of botryoidal forms and excellent color, with nice changes of shade from green to brown, with white strips and spectacular greasy luster present on very few specimen. We’ll send the analysis to the buyer.
Baoshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (07/2006)

Specimen size: 1.3 × 9 × 6 cm = 0.51” × 3.54” × 2.36”

MG64I1: An excellent specimen of this rare hydroxide, a polymorph of Gibbsite. Both species are present on this beautiful miniature of botryoidal forms and esthetic green color.
We’ll give the results of the analysis to the buyer.
Baoshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (07/2006)

Specimen size: 3 × 3.5 × 2.3 cm = 1.18” × 1.38” × 0.91”

MH64I1: An excellent specimen of this rare hydroxide, a polymorph of Gibbsite. Both species are present on this beautiful miniature of botryoidal forms. We’ll give the results of the analysis to the buyer.
The specimen has been published in the book 'China', by Berthold Ottens, on page 489 and in the book 'China II', by Berthold Ottens, on page 357

Baoshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (07/2007)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.4 × 3.7 cm = 1.89” × 1.73” × 1.46”

MK96I1: An excellent specimen of this rare hydroxide, a polymorph of Gibbsite. Both species are present on this beautiful miniature of botryoidal forms and esthetic greenish color with attractive clearer, almost white, stripes.
We’ll give the results of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2006 Munich Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 72, page 15.
Baoshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (07/2006)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 9.3 × 4.5 cm = 4.21” × 3.66” × 1.77”

TY9X0: Botryoidal and microbotryoidal growths with a very intense turquoise color, with vivid vitreous and resinous reflections, and on a rocky matrix. As is usual with Chinese localities we regret we cannot provide a more precise locality. We are waiting for more detailed data.
The specimen has been published in the book 'China II', by Berthold Ottens, on page 358
Baoshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2011)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 2 × 1.2 cm = 0.87” × 0.79” × 0.47”

TQ76X0: Botryoidal and microbotryoidal growths with a very intense turquoise color, with vivid vitreous and resinous reflections, and on a rocky matrix. As is usual with Chinese localities we regret we cannot provide a more precise locality. We are waiting for more detailed data.
Baoshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2011)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 6.5 × 2.5 cm = 3.66” × 2.56” × 0.98”

EEB92AP5: Twinned Cassiterite crystal with very sharp crystal forms, transparent dark brown, with an extraordinarily bright luster, in a very aerial position on a matrix of Quartz crystals with leafy Mica aggregates.
Yalian Township, Yongde, Lincang, Yunnan Province  China (2022)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.8 × 4.6 cm = 2.91” × 2.28” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.8 cm = 0.79” × 0.71”

EA86I0: The crystal is very rich of faces, neat, transparent and bright, on an esthetic matrix with Muscovite, slightly smoky Quartz and rosettes of laminar crystals of Albite. From a Chinese locality recently discovered.
Gaoligong Mountains, Nujiang Valley, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2006)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 5.2 × 2.9 cm = 2.09” × 2.05” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.71” × 0.47”

EB38I0: The crystal is very rich of faces, neat, transparent and with a slight smoky color. It is implanted on a doubly-terminated crystal of Quartz, with inclusions, and a Feldspar crystal. It comes from a Chinese locality recently discovered.
Gaoligong Mountains, Nujiang Valley, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2006)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.3 × 3.2 cm = 3.03” × 2.48” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.5 cm = 1.02” × 0.59”

EC86I1: Prismatic crystal of very well-defined faces and edges, of uniform color and esthetically situated on the Quartz matrix. It is from an uncommon locality.
Dayakou Mine, Mengdong township, Malipo, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2005)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm = 1.77” × 1.50” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1 cm = 1.06” × 0.39”

MJK53AP5: Groups, on matrix, of Beryl crystals (emerald variety) with an elongated prismatic habit, translucent and lustrous, with a vivid and uniform color.
Dayakou Mine, Mengdong township, Malipo, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (08/2022)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 7.6 × 5.3 cm = 4.09” × 2.99” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 0.7 cm = 1.46” × 0.28”

XM2360MHM: A very curious specimen that shows two generations of Calcite: the first, constituting the matrix, formed by a druse of small lustrous scalenohedral crystals stained by iron oxides, and a second generation of globular to oolitic habit with fine concentric growth lamellae. A mineralogical curiosity.
Wenshan, Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (09/2022)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 3.3 × 6.6 cm = 2.64” × 1.30” × 2.60”

TRM67AN6: Group of Calcite crystals, one of them very aerial and clearly dominant, with the dominant forms of a rhombohedron and a scalenohedron, but rich in accessory faces too, between transparent and translucent and with very good luster.
Wenshan, Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China

Specimen size: 10.3 × 9.9 × 4.6 cm = 4.06” × 3.90” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 6.4 × 4 cm = 2.52” × 1.57”

TR94R9: Group of acute scalenohedral crystals of Calcite that formed on a stalactitic growth with a very neat central cannel.
Wenshan, Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (09/2008)

Specimen size: 16.2 × 10.4 × 10.4 cm = 6.38” × 4.09” × 4.09”

Main crystal size: 7.2 × 2.7 cm = 2.83” × 1.06”

EF89AM3: Extraordinarily elongated scalenohedral-prismatic crystal, with parallel growths, transparent, lustrous, and with a second generation of crystals of the same Calcite. We highlight the first generation of Calcite ‘faden’ that can be seen perfectly thanks to the transparency of the crystal.
Wenshan, Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2020)

Specimen size: 19 × 2.5 × 2.3 cm = 7.48” × 0.98” × 0.91”

EFR97AP3: Twinned Cassiterite crystal, very aerial on matrix, with very sharp crystal forms, between transparent and translucent, with very bright luster and with color zoning, denser in the center of the crystal.
Amo deposit, Ximeng, Pu'er Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.4 × 2.2 cm = 1.42” × 0.94” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 0.71” × 0.59”

MV68AL3: Multiple twin of Cassiterite with elongated habit, very rich in crystal forms, partially doubly terminated, translucent, shiny and of uniform dark brown color. From a locality that has given just few specimens.
Amo deposit, Ximeng, Pu'er Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.1 × 2.8 cm = 1.46” × 1.22” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2.4 cm = 1.34” × 0.94”

TR87V4: Transparent crystal of Cassiterite with a very transparent brown color. It is very bright and shows an uncommon morphology due to its extraordinary flatness. It is on Quartz matrix.
Amo deposit, Ximeng, Pu'er Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (08/2011)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.7 × 1.7 cm = 2.05” × 1.85” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.3 cm = 1.22” × 0.91”

TP70AA0: Transparent cyclic twinned crystals with very well defined faces and edges, transparent, with a brown color and toasted honey reflections and on a Quartz matrix. Good Cassiterite samples from this locality are currently very scarce, especially, as in this case, for crystals free of damage.
Amo deposit, Ximeng, Pu'er Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China (2013)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.8 × 4.4 cm = 2.13” × 1.89” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 2 × 2 cm = 0.79” × 0.79”

PH87C9: Pretty red and sharp Tantalite-(Mn) from China, the crystal is a floater with some minor associated feldspar.
Ximeng, Pu'er Prefecture, Yunnan Province  China

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.3 × 1.8 cm = 1.10” × 0.91” × 0.71”