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Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper mine), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China

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A former government-owned copper mine that is now privately held and worked for wollastonite.
Note that this mine is, unlike stated in the title of Ottens (2007), located in Daye County (not: Daye District) and Huangshi Prefecture (not: Ezhou Prefecture).



References:
- Ottens, B. (2003): Inesit, Hubeit und Japanerzwillinge aus Hubei, China. LAPIS 28 (9), 41-47
- Ottens, B. (2007): The Fengjiashan mine, Daye District, Ezhou Prefecture, Hubei Province, China. The Mineralogical Record, 38, 33-42.





Mineral List:
  		•  Apophyllite-(KF)
    KCa
     
    4
    		[(F,OH)|Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    20
    		] · 8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Min Rec 33(2002), 465–471]
    Site Photo
    Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper mine), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
    © Russell G. Rizzo
  		•  Apophyllite-(NaF)
    NaCa
     
    4
    		[F|Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    20
    		] · 8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Min Rec 33(2002), 465–471]
  		•  Bornite
    Cu
     
    5
    		FeS
     
    4
    Reference: [Wang Binghua specimen]
    Site Photo
    Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper mine), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
    © Wang Minerals
  		•  Braunite
    Mn
    2+
     
    		Mn
    3+
    6
    		[O
     
    8
    		|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Ottens, B. (2003): Inesit, Hubeit und Japanerzwillinge aus Hubei, China. LAPIS 28 (9), 41-47]
    Site Photo
    Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper mine), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
    © Wang Minerals
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Description: Initial ore mineral when the mine was worked for copper.
    Reference: [Ottens, B. (2003): Inesit, Hubeit und Japanerzwillinge aus Hubei, China. LAPIS 28 (9), 41-47]
    Site Photo
    Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper mine), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
    © John Sobolewski
  		•  Copper
    Cu
    Reference: [Collection of NHM, Vienna]
    Site Photo
    Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper mine), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
    © Jiangbin
  		•  Cuprite
    Cu
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Collection of NHM, Vienna]
    Site Photo
    Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper mine), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Datolite
    CaB[OH|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Ottens, B. (2003): Inesit, Hubeit und Japanerzwillinge aus Hubei, China. LAPIS 28 (9), 41-47]
  		•  Delafossite
    CuFeO
     
    2
    Reference: [Collection of NHM, Vienna]
  		•  Epidote
    {Ca
     
    2
    		}{Al
     
    2
    		Fe
    3+
     
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [Moore, T.P. (2006): Mineralogical Record 37(5), 477-485.]
    Site Photo
    Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper mine), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
    © Steve Hardinger
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Reference: [http://www.smartminerals.com/cina2004/art_hubei.htm]
    Site Photo
    Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper mine), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Goethite
    α-Fe
    3+
     
    		O(OH)
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper mine), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
    © MinFans.com
  		•  Helvite
    Mn
    2+
    4
    		Be
     
    3
    		[S|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [http://www.smartminerals.com/cina2004/art_hubei.htm]
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [Ottens, B. (2003): Inesit, Hubeit und Japanerzwillinge aus Hubei, China. LAPIS 28 (9), 41-47]
  		•  Hubeite (TL)
    Ca
     
    2
    		Mn
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
     
    		[HSi
     
    4
    		O
     
    13
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper mine), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
    Description: Hubeite is a new mineral discovered in year 2001 by The Rocksmiths, US mineral dealers. It was previously called babingtonite and manganbabingtonite in error.
    Reference: [Hawthorne, F. C., M. A. Cooper, J. D. Grice, A. C. Roberts, W. R. Cook Jr., and R. J. Lauf (2002): Mineralogical Record 33, 465-471.]
    Site Photo
    Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper mine), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
    © Elmar Lackner
  		•  Ilvaite
    CaFe
    2+
    2
    		Fe
    3+
     
    		[O|OH|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [Ottens, B. (2003): Inesit, Hubeit und Japanerzwillinge aus Hubei, China. LAPIS 28 (9), 41-47]
  		•  Inesite
    Ca
     
    2
    		(Mn,Fe)
     
    7
    		Si
     
    10
    		O
     
    28
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		·5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Ottens, B. (2003): Inesit, Hubeit und Japanerzwillinge aus Hubei, China. LAPIS 28 (9), 41-47]
    Site Photo
    Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper mine), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
    © Elmar Lackner
  		•  Manganbabingtonite ?
    Ca
     
    2
    		(Mn,Fe)FeSi
     
    5
    		O
     
    14
    		(OH)
    Reference: [A Borrelli specimen]
    Site Photo
    Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper mine), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
    © Martins da Pedra
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Ottens, B. (2003): Inesit, Hubeit und Japanerzwillinge aus Hubei, China. LAPIS 28 (9), 41-47]
    Site Photo
    Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper mine), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
     
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [www.johnbetts-fineminerals.com]/ Ottens, B. (2003): Inesit, Hubeit und Japanerzwillinge aus Hubei, China. LAPIS 28 (9), 41-47]
    Site Photo
    Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper mine), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
    © 2001 John H. Betts
  		•  Quartz
    var: Amethyst
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Moore, T.P. (2006): Mineralogical Record 37(5), 477-485.]
    Site Photo
    Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper mine), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
    © fabreminerals.com
  		•  Stellerite
    Ca[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    7
    		O
     
    18
    		] · 7H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [http://www.smartminerals.com/cina2004/art_hubei.htm]
  		•  'Stilbite'
    Reference: [Moore, T.P. (2006): Mineralogical Record 37(5), 477-485.]
    Site Photo
    Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper mine), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Wollastonite
    Ca[SiO
     
    3
    		]
    Colour: Whitish
    Fluorescence: Bright golden-yellow (SW UV)
    Description: This mine, with its manganese-rich mineral suite, is the apparent heretofor unspecified locality for the few specimens of brightly fluorescent wollastonite from China that have appeared in recent years.
    Reference: [Chet Lemanski]


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