Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China

Picture width is 6mm. Nice brown Hubeite (TL) with pink Inesite. Depth of field is achieved with CombineZM.

© Elmar Lackner 2007

Picture-Width = 5mm

© Elmar Lackner 2005

Image is 3.8 mm wide.

© 2005 by Dominik Schläfli. All rights reserved.

Field of view : 3 mm, Photo & Collection : JM. Johannet.

© Jean-Marc Johannet

The crystal spray is 25 mm across

© Dan Weinrich Minerals

5.5 x 4.0 x 3.1 cm. This piece has an unusually 3-dimensional spray and superb color. These specimens came out a few years ago at their best, and most seem to have gone to Steve Smale. From him, this fine miniature went to Francis Benjamin in exchanges. It is illustrated and is important because it has distinct, isolated crystals that fan out ...

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Attractive triangular calcite crystal, with shape somewhat reminiscent of benitoite. Overall size 3.3 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm. RFC T1324. Specimen featured on page 481 in textbook China: Mineralien—Fundstellen—Lagerstätten (in German) by Berthold Ottens. (Christian Weise Verlag and Bergakademie Freiberg, Munich, Germany. Available at ...

© 2007 Michael C. Roarke

2.9 cm twinned calcite crystal, on matrix. Fine striations produce colorful diffraction of reflected incident light from twinned face. Overall specimen size 4.5 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm. RFC M1379.

© 2007 Michael C. Roarke

Tabular, triclinic, reddish brown hubeite crystals. Collection and photo by Gianfranco Ciccolini. Nikon D750, bellows, Luminar 45 mm.

One of several crystal-filled vugs on this specimen.

© Tony Peterson

A small but very nice 3.0 by 2.6 cms specimen if brown Hubeite crystals among pink Inesite crystals. Sobolewski specimen and photograph.

© 2006 John Sobolewski

FOV 3.3mm. Olympus E-5 / tube / Luminar 25mm

© Yaiba Sakaguchi

A single, biterminated crystal, of hubeite, typical brown color, grew to the left on white crystals of quartz, to the right on white crystals of 'fluorapophyllite' and with small blacks, shiny crystals, pseudo octahedral, in reality orthorhombic, of 'ilvaite' all around the hubeite crystal and one grown in the center of this crystal. Collection ...

9.8 x 8.5 x 7.2 cm. This is one of the most intense red Inesites I have seen from this mine since they first came out in the 1990s. The color shows none of the pale pink hue that is commonly associated with this material, and in fact has more of an orange overtone. This piece hosts a gorgeous, 2.0 cm, very well-formed, complete, radiating ...

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Group of hubeite crystals on inesite. Brent Thorne specimen and photograph.

© Brent Thorne

Field of view: 7*7mm

© Safaa Yu

8.6 x 7.0 x 4.2 cm. A beautiful 2-inch "bowtie" of inesite is nicely centered on matrix and accented by a quartz that spears through it. This is of a very high quality for the find both in terms of the size of the inesite cluster itself and the aesthetics. Also, the color is very good. In time we will look back and see that this find was very ...

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8 x 7 x 4.5 cm. Inesite from this mine in China, starting after about 2005, set a new standard for the species. This is a specimen from the early finds here. It features a 4-cm-tall bowtie-shaped rosette of crystals that is perched freestanding up and off of a contrasting matrix. The matrix is coated by the rare species hubeite, for which this is ...

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Choice glassy transparent colorless calcite crystal measuring 3.6 cm across is set perfectly upon a 4.3 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm matrix. No damage - the clarity and luster of the crystal is excellent. Shows perfectly all around 360 degrees. A very fine miniature. Ex Lloyd Tate collection.

© Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals

A gorgeous spray of highly lustrous and translucent pink inesite crystals that looks just like a floral bouquet. Hubeite crystals are scattered about and one cluster "ties" the inesite bundle together. Beautiful and artistic! 2.7 x 1.8 x 1.0 cm

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Tabular crystals with pink inesite. Field of view: 8mm

© Sandro Rao

Chalcotrichite Daye Mine, Hubei Province, China 9x 7x 5.5 cm. A truly exceptional chalcotrichite from the earlier find at the Day Ye mine. There is a mass of chalcotrichite crystals partially filling a vug, and overflowing from it, measuring 1x 5/8 inches. These were first brought to the during Tucson 2004, and have since become more ...

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Dark brown Hubeite xx with Fluorapophyllite xx, specimen size 4,5 x 3,8 cm.

© specimen collection and photo Peter Kohorst

An esthetic double group of acicular crystals forming open fans, on a Quartz crystal.Fengjiashan Mine, Daye, Hubei ChinaFound in 2005Specimen size: 3.6 x 3.2 x 2.4 cmMain crystal size: 4 x 2.2 cm

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Acicular inesite crystals forming beautiful bundles in bow-tie groupings，with brown lamellar hubeite crystals forming balls on matrix. Size of view: 4cm

© Amo

size: 3.5*3.7*2.1cm

© Safaa Yu

Shinnig needles of chalcotrichite hiding in the cave which is quite safe. field of view: 2.4*2.8cm

© Safaa Yu

8.3 x 6.8 x 5.4 cm. A sliver of matrix is the host for four, intergrown crystals of calcite, to 4.5 cm across, splaying out from the core. This aesthetic arrangement features lustrous, translucent, colorless crystals, all with the characteristic overgrowths near the terminal hexagonal faces, contrasting with gemmy and glassy, short prismatic faces ...

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Dimensions: 13.5 cm hDate: 29-10-09Image Method: digitalJeff Scovil Photo Reference: 2009-11-0009Recorded locality: Daye, Hubei, China

© Jeffrey A. Scovil

13 cm. Found circa 2000; ex. Steve Smale Collection. Rob Lavinsky Collection. Joe Budd photo.

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Aggregates of reddish brown hubeite crystals on quartz. Collected: 2002.

© Carles Curto Milà

Manganbabingtonite - Quartz, size 20x18x16 mm., photo and collection José Carlos Mañuz.

© José Carlos Mañuz-Akhenaton

7.3 x 4.7 x 3.8 cm. This specimen features a nearly pristine, large calcite crystal, 7.3 cm across. The two basal faces have zones of ghostly white color in stark contrast to the short prismatic faces between them being glassy, gemmy and colorless. Unlike most of the others here, however, there are more gemmy clear areas to the side hexagonal ...

© Rob Lavinsky & irocks.com

These unusual copper species specimens are one of the more surprising finds of the last few years, in that blister copper itself is fairly rare worldwide and we had not seen anything like this from China before (presumably, because it is a rich and easy ore, and is simply smelted at economic mines). Superb chalcopyrite specimens are actually rarer ...

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Brown-orange hubeite blades cluster. Sony Alpha 7R IV A /Mitutoyo Plan Apo X 5 / Achromatic doublet retro/"Stone Master Stack Unit" linear-actor & Control/ Aperture. Photo & Collection Christophe Boutry /february 2024.

© Christophe Boutry

A spray of pink inesite crystals measuring 1.7 x 1.7 cm in size is perched on the side of a quartz crystal measuring 3.4 cm in height. The specimen is partly coated with micro crystals of apophyllite and brown micro hubeite crystals. Size: 5.7 x 5.0 x 5.0 cm. Ex Wolfgang E. Henkel collection. Ref: The Mineralogical Record, 38, 33-42.

© Weinrich Minerals, Inc.

This is the only specimen of this bright orange-yellow, gemmy calcite from Daye that we have seen around! Look at the luster, sharpness and most of all, the unique intense color of these fine crystals! 4.7 x 3.2 x 2.0 cm

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Brownish red sharp hubeite crystals cluster. Sony Alpha 7R ii /Mitutoyo Plan Apo X 5 /Raynox Dcr 150 Retro/Stack Unit Linear-actor & Control/ Aperture. Photo & Collection: Christophe Boutry.

© Christophe Boutry

6.3 x 5.7 x 9.4 cm > Calcite dual scalenohedral crystals with hematite inclusions. Base by Alec Madoff.

© Joseph A. Freilich, LLC

Inesite crystals partially-covered with apophyllite, both on a quartz matrix. Field of view is 12 mm. Processed with Helicon Focus. Collection and photo: Brian Ahola

© 2007 by Brian Ahola

The incredible gemminess of this calcite crystal, which just does not come out in the pics, makes it hardly seem like calcite at all! You sometimes see this remarkable quality in crystals from the Daye area. The crystal itself measures 3.5 cm in length. It actually throws off spectral colors! – and, some of the faces show very pretty striations. ...

© Rob Lavinsky & irocks.com

1.7cm x 2.2cm x 1.6cm I love this small fan of Inesite frosted with Apophyllite crystals. Purchased from DAN WEINRICH MINERALS in Tucson February 2006. Collection of Danny Jones.

© Danny Jones

12.1 x 9.0 x 6.4 cm. A shard of dark gray limestone is the host for a very large calcite crystal which is framed, aesthetically, near the base by a cluster of smaller calcite crystals. The large crystal, 8.75 cm across, is thick, colorless, translucent and lustrous. It has a gemmy and colorless core which was overgrown by a later generation of ...

© Rob Lavinsky & irocks.com

dimension area mm. 10 x 10 photo and collection Luigi Chiappino Luigi

Trigonal Calcite crystal cluster on matrix. Size: 4.3 x 3.8 x 1.5 cm

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4.9 cm. Vibrant pink crystal spray on matrix from the collection of David J. Eicher.

© David J. Eicher

Pink Inesite crystal cluster with Hubeite on Calcite. Size: 4.3 x 3.9 x 2.3 cm

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Dimensions: 13 cm wDate: 29-10-09Image Method: digitalJeff Scovil Photo Reference: 2009-11-0008Recorded locality: Daye, Hubei, China

© Jeffrey A. Scovil

Fine colorless transparent lustrous crystals of calcite to 3.8 cm in size are set nicely upon a 6.3 x 4.7 x 3.9 cm matrix. Shows nicely all around and very clean and free of damage. Ex Lloyd Tate collection.

© Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals

This is one of the few specimens of bright orange-yellow, gemmy Calcite from Daye County that I was able to procure at the Tucson show this year. There weren't many to be seen around. This Calcite has it all; the luster, sharpness and most of all, a unique and intense color.

© Russ Rizzo & Cal Neva Mineral Co.

Calcite from Daye County, Hubei Provinz, China - 61 mm x 58 mm x 37 mm, 105 g

© Geri Meier

This is one of the larger and more unusual pieces we purchased in 2019 from a small discovery of surprisingly rich and large examples of the botryoidal (rounded) form of chalcopyrite called by the old English miners "blister copper." This was found a few years ago now, but only recently got back from the lab after trimming and cleaning. The very ...

© Rob Lavinsky & MineralAuctions.com

Outstanding specimen of water-clear analcime crystals up to 1.5 cm, grown on colourless calcite (the pale reddish colour is caused by tiny hematite inclusions). The very small white, pseudocubic crystals scattered on the calcite are an uninvestigated member of the apophyllite group. NHM Vienna collection (cat. no. O 2679; acquired from Jürgen ...

© Chloe Potter / NHM Vienna

This is one of the larger and more unusual pieces we purchased in 2019 from a small discovery of surprisingly rich and large examples of the botryoidal (rounded) form of chalcopyrite called by the old English miners "blister copper." This was found a few years ago now, but only recently got back from the lab after trimming and cleaning. The very ...

© Rob Lavinsky & MineralAuctions.com

Hubeite crystals with a very good length for the species. They are very well defined and bright with a dark brown color and implanted on very fine Inesite crystals that are between translucent and transparent, bright and with an intense pink color. The Chinese Hubeites that even during their best times were scarce are currently very difficult to ...

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These unusual copper species specimens are one of the more surprising finds of the last few years, in that blister copper itself is fairly rare worldwide and we had not seen anything like this from China before (presumably, because it is a rich and easy ore, and is simply smelted at economic mines). Superb chalcopyrite specimens are actually rarer ...

© Rob Lavinsky & iRocks.com

Plate of inesite crystals, with a few brown hubeite crystals, 34 x 20 x 10 mm. From Dave Shannon c. 2003. K. Nash specimen and photo.

© Kelly Nash

The specimen consists of large reddish-brown lustrous translucent crystals of calcite with a minor matrix attached. A crystal grouping pressed closely against the main crystal shows two parallel combined crystals. A phantom crystal within the main crystal can be viewed clearly. Overall size of specimen: 5.5 x 4 x 4 cm; size of main crystal: 5 cm ...

© 2006, Wang Minerals

Cluster of Hubeite from Feng Jai Shan Mine, Da Ye, Hubei Province, China. The cluster is on a quartz cluster and it is 1 cm in width.

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Spheroidal groups very rich of small, black, very bright crystals on a clearer matrix with Calcite and small crystals of Pyrite.Daye mining area, Hubei, ChinaFound in 2002Specimen size: 5 x 4.5 x 4 cm

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A sparkly coating of hubeite, apophyllite, and secondary quartz microcrystals makes this large quartz point really spectacular! The photos do no accurately show how sparkly and just darned beautiful this specimen is. A few inesite clusters add an extra accent. NOT your average quartz crystal! The sparkles cover 4 faces of the 6-sided quartz point. ...

© Rob Lavinsky & irocks.com

Chalcotrichite Daye Mine, Hubei Province, China 9x 7x 5.5 cm. A truly exceptional chalcotrichite from the earlier find at the Day Ye mine. There is a mass of chalcotrichite crystals partially filling a vug, and overflowing from it, measuring 1x 5/8 inches. These were first brought to the during Tucson 2004, and have since become more ...

© KhyberMinerals.com

Beautiful floater specimen of inesite completely coated by sparkling, transparent apophyllite crystals on the display face (the back is plain ol inesite which is also not bad!). Small brown crystals of hubeite are also present. SUPERB large thumbnail or small miniature-sized specimen from 2001 finds 3.5 x 1.4 x 1

© Rob Lavinsky & irocks.com

Chalcotrichite Daye Mine, Hubei Province, China 3.5x 1.4x 1.2 cm. A choice thumbnail specimen of chalcotrichite from the same find as the above specimen, containing numerous chalcotrichite needles on a matrix of "limonite".

© KhyberMinerals.com

Tabular crystals. Field of view 5mm.

© Sandro Rao

The specimen, standing upright without additional support, is a very neat and aesthetic floater. It consists of pale pink lustrous glassy acicular inesite crystals forming beautiful bundles in bow-tie groupings, brown brilliant transparent lamellar hubeite crystals forming interesting balls arranged on bow-ties, some large colorless quartz ...

© 2006, Wang Minerals

Hubeite with Inesite from Fengjiashan Mine, Daye, HubeiLots of Hubeite accompanied by nicely colored Inesite, so overall it is an esthetic, floater.Size:5.3 x 3.7 x 1.1 cm

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Chalcotrichite Daye Mine, Hubei Province, China 9x 7x 5.5 cm. A truly exceptional chalcotrichite from the earlier find at the Day Ye mine. There is a mass of chalcotrichite crystals partially filling a vug, and overflowing from it, measuring 1x 5/8 inches. These were first brought to the during Tucson 2004, and have since become more ...

© KhyberMinerals.com

Chalcotrichite Daye Mine, Hubei Province, China 3.5x 1.4x 1.2 cm. A choice thumbnail specimen of chalcotrichite from the same find as the above specimen, containing numerous chalcotrichite needles on a matrix of "limonite".

© KhyberMinerals.com

The specimen is an excellent floater, consisting of pale pink lustrous transparent acicular inesite crystals forming beautiful clusters or bundles, accompanied with brown brilliant transparent lamellar hubeite crystals and a large colorless quartz crystal. Overall size of specimen: 5 x 4 x 3 cm; size of main crystal: 1.5 cm in length.

© 2006, Wang Minerals

Superb specimen of calcite~lustrous crystals with complete sharp termination.The iron-rich mine gives the color to the crystals. size: 12.8*11.3*7cm

© Safaa Yu

Field of view, 1.5 cm. One of several vugs on this specimen (see additional photo). This particular mat has been slightly disturbed and was probably better organized at one time. Created with CombineZ. Collection and photo, T. Peterson.

© Tony Peterson

Radial and fan-like aggregates of pink crystals, with hubeite, on quartz crystals. Collected: 2000.

© Carles Curto Milà, 2008

5.5 x 4.0 x 2.7 cm. An EXCELLENT and aesthetic combination specimen from the famous Daye Mine of China, which includes the ULTRA-RARE silicate hubeite. This showy specimen is highlighted by an angled bowtie of lustrous, salmon-colored inesite crystals in the front of the piece. The bowtie is 3.0 cm long. The glassy, quartz crystal matrix is richly ...

© Rob Lavinsky & irocks.com

Translucent crystal of hubeite, with pink inesite. 0.3 cm field of view. S346-20 Excalibur Mineral specimen.

© 2008, JGW