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Shangbao Pyrite mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China From a limited find on 2001, this 10cm X 6.5cm X 5cm specimen hosts elongated rhombic crystals tipped with a touch of iron oxides in which rest several twinned gemmy modified rhombohedron. |
| © Geoffrey Krasnov | Photo ID: 93209 View Count: 218 |
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Shangbao Pyrite mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China 150 x 135 x 35 mm. Crystal: 70 x 58 mm.On pink dolomite. Crystal-Odyssey specimen. gemcrystals@aol.com |
| © Joseph A. Freilich | Photo ID: 110541 View Count: 160 |
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Shangbao Pyrite mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China A lonely crystal of 5.2cm lies on the quartz matrix. size: 5.3x5.2x2.4cm |
| © Safaa Yu | Photo ID: 90900 View Count: 160 |
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Shangbao Pyrite mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China 14x6 cm |
| © Alfonso Rodriguez | Photo ID: 64631 View Count: 211 |
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Shangbao Pyrite mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China The famous small find at Shangbao will long be remembered for the honey barrel shaped calcites with the distant white centers so sought after by collectors. Only a very small number were found on fluorite, and i believe this is one of the most aesthetic. 5 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 4.0 inches. The calcite measures 3.0 inches long. Crystal-Odyssey specimen.to ... |
| © Joseph A. Freilich | Photo ID: 78077 View Count: 269 |
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Shangbao Pyrite mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China A superb, glowing 5-cm calcite crystal, starkly isolated and centered on the matrix. This large crystal is unusually gemmy for the locality. It is complete and undamaged all the way around, and exposed on all sides. 12 x 9 x 6.2 cm |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 51543 View Count: 260 |
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Shangbao Pyrite mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China 110 x 85 mm. Crystal-Odyssey specimen. gemcrystals@aol.com |
| © Joseph A. Freilich | Photo ID: 110866 View Count: 149 |
Calcite : CaCO3, Quartz : SiO2, Fluorite : CaF2 | |
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Shangbao Pyrite mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China Nestled in a nest of quartz crystals lie several purple cubic fluorites with neighboring barrel shaped calcites. 7cm X 4cm X 8cm |
| © Geoffrey Krasnov | Photo ID: 93234 View Count: 142 |
Calcite : CaCO3, Fluorite : CaF2 | |
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Shangbao Pyrite mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China 5.9 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm. A superb, sculptural and aesthetic specimen from the Shangbao Mine of China. A 3.3 cm, doubly terminated, glassy, translucent, golden-amber calcite crystal is perched atop an etched and contacted sliver of colorless to faintly, light purple fluorite. Ex. Brent Lockhart Collection. |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 207541 View Count: 38 |
Calcite : CaCO3, Fluorite : CaF2 | |
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Shangbao Pyrite mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China This is, to my knowledge, the largest and most significant specimen from a small find at the Shangbao that is now finished. Very few specimens ever came from this pocket. We had the bulk of them at Tucson and our source brought this one to Denver to finish the lot off with us. Calcites of this form had been seen before, but NOT on fluorite. Even ... |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 47220 View Count: 284 |
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