China and Worldwide Minerals

Chinese minerals are personally sourced from local markets, Changsha mineral dealers and recently from the annual China Mineral and Gem Exhibitions in Chenzhou, Hunan province. A selection of older classic pieces and newly mined crystallised specimens includes the following - stibnite, cinnabar, fluorite, calcite, kesterite, hubeite, plumbogummite, pyromorphite, quartz, chalcopyrite, garnet, sphalerite, tourmaline, ilvaite, cassiterite, aquamarine, scheelite, pyrite and hemimorphite - with an emphasis on associations.

Also world wide minerals sourced mainly from old collections.