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Pictured below are a few of the 600 specimens of Chinese minerals in the collection. I hope that you enjoy viewing them and should you see any locality mistakes be sure to contact me. A number of the specimens have been photographed by Bert Ottens and appear in his book on the Minerals of China.
Pictured below are a few of the 600 specimens of Chinese minerals in the collection. I hope that you enjoy viewing them and should you see any locality mistakes be sure to contact me. A number of the specimens have been photographed by Bert Ottens and appear in his book on the Minerals of China.
Antlerite xls with Brochantite xls (Ottens book p. 166)
Chengmenshan Mine,Juijiang, Jiangxi Provence
Andalusite Xl Var. Chiastolite (Ottens book p. 469)
Taiyuan, Shanxi Province
Andradite var. Demantoid xls. (Ottens book)
Xinjiang Province
Andradite var. Demantoid xls. (closeup) (Ottens book p.469)
Xinjiang Province
Apophyllite xl on Quartz xl.
Daye,Fengjianshan wollastonite mine, Huangshi, Hubei Provinch
Apophyllite xls. on Quartz var Amethyst xl.
Daye, Fengjianshan wollastonite mine, Huangshi , Hubei Province
Arsenopyrite xls. (Ottens book p. 451)
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhan Co.,Hunan Province
Bertrandite xls. with Rhodochrosite xls. (Ottens book p.476)
Yaoganxian Mine, Hunan Province
Bertrandite xls. on Rhodochrosite xls. (Ottens book)
Yaoganxian Mine, Hunan Prov.
Brochantite xls. (closeup)
Chenmenshan Mine, Juijiang, Jiangxi Province
Brochantite xls. (Ottens book p. 166)
Chenmenshan Mine, Jiujiang , Jiangxi Province
Calcite xl. (Ottens book p. 313)
Dachang Mine,Nandan,Guangxi Prov.
Cassiterite xl.
Zinyang Mine, Pingwu, Sichuan Province
Cerussite xls. (Ottens book p.483)
Daoping, Yangshuo, Guizhou Province
Chalcopyrite twin xl on Quartz xls (Ottens book p. 450)
Yaogangxian, Hunan Province
Creedite xls.
Qinglong Co., Guizhou Province
Chalcopyrite Stalactitic (Ottens book p. 485)
Kangjianwan Mine,Shikoushan, Hunan Province
Cinnabar xls. on Dolomite xls.
Chetian,Hunan Province
Diamond xl.
Mengyin,Shandong Province
Diopside xl. (Ottens book P.53)
Baicheng, Kunlun Mts, Xinjiang Province
Diopside xls. with Chromite (Ottens book p.489)
Daye/Tieshan, Hubei Province
Fluorite xls. on Stibnite xls.(hexoctrahedon and tetrahexahedron)
Banpo Sb Mine, Dushan, Guizhou Province
Fluorite xls on Stibnite xls. (hexoctahedron and tetrahexahedron)
Banpo Sb Mine, Dushan, Guizhou Province
Helvite xls.on Quartz xls.
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province
Heulandite-Ca xls. with Stilbite xls (Ottens book p.501)
Daye/Fengjiashan, Hubei Province
Hubeite xls on Quartz xls.
Daye/Fengjiashan, Huangshi,Hubei Province
Paakonenite (botryoidal) with Kermesite xls (Ottens book p. 170)
Damingshan Mountain area,Dafeng, Shanglin Co.,Guangxi Province
Kermesite xls with Valentinite xls (Ottens book p.169)
Damingshan Mountain area, Dafeng, Shanglin Co.,Guangxi Province while there have been many controversies about the locality for this small finf of antimony minerals this appears to be the accepted one.
Malachite (velvet) (Ottens book p.351)
Shilu, Yangchun, Guangdong Province
Manganotantalite xls. (Ottens book p.507)
Kohtokay Mine, Altay Mts., Xinjiang Province
Manganotantalite xls. (Ottens book p. 507)
Kohtokay Mine, Altay Mts.,Xinjiang Province
Mimetite xls. (thumbnail)
Pingtouling Mine, Guangdong Province
Ottensite xled on Stibnite
Quinglong/Dachang, Guizhou Province
Prehnite xled balls Ottens book p. 510)
Qiaojia Mine, Yunnan Province
Pyrite xl.on Dolomite xls. (Ottens book p.345)
Shangbao Pyrite mine, Leiyang, Hunan Province
Pyrite xls. (Ottens book p.511)
Daye, Ffengjiashan wollastonite mine, Huangshi, Hubei Province
Cinnabar xls surrounded by Pyrite xls.
Tongren Mine,Guizhou Province
Pyromorphite xls.
Daoping/Yangshuo, Guangxi Province
Pyrrhotite xls. (Ottens book p.458)
Yaogangxian, Yizhang, Hunan Province
Senarmontite xls.with Paakkonenite, Kermesite( Ottens book p.509)
Damingshan Mountain area, Dafeng, Shanglin Co., Guangxi Province
Siderite ball on Arsenopyrite
Nandan Mine, Guangxi Province
Sphalerite xls.
Rucheng, Hunan Province
Sphalerite xls.
Nandan Mine, Guangxi Province
Stannite xls superb large (Ottens book p.453)
Yaogangxian. Yizhang, Hunan Province
Stibnite xls. on Calcite xl.
Xionhuang Kuang Mine, Wuyu, Nandan Co.,Guangxi Province
Turquoise carving (Ottens book p.456)
Yunxian Mine, Hubei Province
Valentinite xls on Kermesite xls
Damingshan Mt.area, Dafeng, Shanglin Co.,Guangxi Province
Valentinite xls. (Ottens book p.170)
Damingshan Mt. area, Dafeng, Shanglin Co.,Guangxi Province
Valentinite xls.
Damingshan Mt. area, Dafeng, Shanglin Co.,Guangxi Province
Valentinite xls. (Ottens book p.528)
Damingshan Mt.area, Dafeng, Shanglin Co.,Guangxi Province
Veszelyite xls. on Hemimorphite
Lochang Tin Mine, Gejiu, Yunnan Province
Veszelyite xls. on Hemimorphite (Ottens book p. 529)
Lochang Tin Mine, Gejiu, Yunnan Province
Ferberite xls. with Arsenopyrite xls.
Yaogangxian, Yizhang, Hunan Province
Wulfenite xls. with Galena,Cerussite (Ottens book p.531)
Wenxian, Gansu/Sichuan border zone
Wulfenite xls.
Wenxian, Ganzu/Sichuan border area
Wulfenite xls.
Jianshan Fe Deposit, Kuruktag Mts.,Shanshan Co.,N. of Lop Nur, Xinjiang Province
Zeunerite xls. on Creedite xls.
Quinglong Co., Guizhou Province
Tetradymite (x-rayed)
Leshan, Sichuan Province
Peridots (faceted gems about 4 carats each)
