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China Changsha Minerals Show Nov.2009

Last Updated: 20th Jan 2010


Changsha Minerals & Gem Market as second Professional minerals market in China, located in Changsha city, HuNan province, China, want to find them? I think just take a taxi and tell taxi drive find a rock market, LOL, normally they can send you to there, I did such things successfully before :-)they organized their first minerals show there in Nov 2009. Changsha dealers team as grand old man of China Minerals, I respect them and their effort very much. Best Wishes to them, Hope they will do more and more better.


The show curtain time, many peoples joined, though weather is not good. But minerals lover like me still rush in, anyway, I came from ShangHai to Changsha, really long distance, anyway, I normally do this, Hope can hunted some nice minerals.

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Second floor of Changsha minerals & gem market is as a show room, there show some interesting piece from some dealers there

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A large piece Rhodochrosite, crystals are fine, big piece from Guangxi province, I like this piece, but my pocket is limited :-)

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Calcite associated stibnite big piece, some small pieces is very interesting, transparent calcite twin and stibnite combo.

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Closed photo of calcite combo stibnite, nice calcite small crystals, some associated with stibnite

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A large piece of cute and clean hydrozincite, I think that will look much nice when put together with other color specimens

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The show is in the market, many minerals shops around the deal tent from other locality.

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Many silvers & acanthite specimens, really many dealers have some amazing inventory. Good for mineral eyes

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A Shop focus on Yaogangxian mine minerals, yaogangxian always show nice fluorite, and association minerals

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A dealer joined the show from Daye,HuBei province, typic minerals from this locality, you can see from this picture

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Daye,HuBei minerals Tent, this locality also has large possibility for nice pieces show up

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Many tents there, though bad weather, anyway this show is a good start in China and push the china minerals career developing

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Also a interesting tent deal with Turquoise, some peoples here like large pice turquoise specimen and GEM

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Another shop with nice minerals there, shops are around there, like a minerals street.

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Very familiar with this green :-) Nice green fluorite from a famous mine locality here.

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Huge piece stibnite from a dealer friend shop, they often join oversea shows.

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Also a piece of nice color fluorite, I like its color, also want to find such color pieces.

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Hope China Minerals career more and more better, and Treasure our resource and our earth. Best Wishes to every minerals hunter!






Chen Xiao Jun
Nickname: John or John Chen
From ShangHai city, China





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Comments

Really good mineral Rhodochrosite my favorite is the principle and I also liked the fact that despite the rain, people interested grouped by Turquoise, which due to the fact, must have been spectacular.

Compatible thank you very much for the photos and review of this great show.

(translated from spanish)
Realmente muy buenos minerales, mi favorita es la Rodocrosita del principio y también me gustó el hecho de que a pesar de la lluvia, la gente se agrupó interesadas por las Turquesas, que debido al hecho, debieron de ser espectaculares.

Muchas gracias por compatir las fotos y por la reseña de esta gran feria.

Steffan Giadach Axt
21st Jan 2010 5:33am

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