Affordable Chinese Mineral Specimens
Curated by Maggie Liu · 202 specimens available
This collection gathers available, individually photographed mineral specimens from documented Chinese localities at US$50 or less. Starter picks under US$25 appear first, followed by additional pieces up to US$50. Price is a merchandising filter, not a grade of authenticity, rarity, condition, or provenance.
Choose by the information recorded for the individual piece: mineral identity, stated locality level, dimensions, condition, associated minerals, and every available photograph. A lower-priced specimen may be smaller, more common, contacted, or simply presented without elaborate matrix; the product record should explain what you are comparing.
Locality evidence stays at the level documented on the product page. A specimen recorded only as China is not upgraded to a province or mine from color, crystal form, an image, or seller memory. Keep the invoice, page record, and any original label together after delivery.
Starter Picks Under $25

Blue Gibbsite with Creedite — Qinglong, Guizhou, China

Brown Specularite with Quartz — Jinlong, Guangdong, China

Brown Pyrite with Calcite — Longyan, Fujian, China

Botryoidal Blue Gibbsite with Crandallite — Qinglong, Guizhou, China

Phantom Fluorite with Mica and Siderite — Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China

Plum-Purple Fluorite with Botryoidal Dolomite, Inner Mongolia

Radiating Quartz Crystal Ball, Fujian, China

Mica Crystal Pair, Sichuan (Two-Piece Set)

Purple Fluorite Cluster – Geometric Growth Pattern, Guizhou

Botryoidal Blue Gibbsite with Crandallite — Qinglong, Guizhou, China — 4.0 × 2.3 × 2.4 cm

Aurora Calcite — Longyan, Fujian, China

20 g Blue Azurite with Malachite and Gibbsite — Qinglong, Guizhou, China

Blue Fluorite with Bismuthinite and Arsenopyrite — Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China

White Calcite — Longyan, Fujian, China

Honey Calcite — Wenshan, Yunnan, China

Colorless Calcite with Pyrite — Longyan, Fujian, China

Colorless Calcite with Quartz — Longyan, Fujian, China

White Celestite with Hydrozincite and Aragonite — Longyan, Fujian, China

Clustered Blue Aragonite (“Lanwen Stone”) — Yunnan, China

White Columnar Blue Aragonite (“Lanwen Stone”) — Yunnan, China

Mercedes-Head Calcite — Fujian, China

Red Native Copper — Jiangxi, China

Needle-like Radiating Malachite — Yangchun, Guangdong, China

Green Quartz with Fluorite — Longyan, Fujian, China

Brown Quartz with Fluorite — Longyan, Fujian, China

Brown Specular Hematite with Quartz — Jinlong, Guangdong, China

Blue Veszelyite — Dongchuan, Yunnan, China

Green Fluorite with Quartz – Xianghualing, Hunan, China

Calcite and Quartz Cluster – Daye, Hubei, China

Azurite with Malachite on Matrix, China

Garden Quartz Cluster – Epidote Inclusions – Sichuan, China

Purple Fluorite Cube – QR Code Pattern – Guizhou, China

Velvet Malachite Crust on Matrix, China

Pink Calcite with Quartz — Longyan, Fujian, China

Octahedral Fluorite — Sanming, Fujian, China

Drusy Quartz on Fluorite — Fujian, China

Gypsum Flower Cluster — Guizhou, China

Purple Fluorite – QR Code Pattern – Guizhou, China

Purple Fluorite Cube with Drusy Quartz, Fujian, China

Octahedral Fluorite with Dissolution Patterns, Fujian

Quartz Crystal Cluster with Pyrite, Yaogangxian

Green Fluorite with Sugary Surface, Fujian

Sugar-Coated Green Fluorite – Quartz Overgrowth – Fujian

Tanzanite-Blue Fluorite on Frosted Plate, Fujian, China

Hematite-Included Quartz — Longyan, Fujian, China

Phantom Fluorite — Yindu, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China

Aqua Blue-Green Fluorite — Yaogangxian Mine (YGX), Hunan, China

Gibbsite — Guizhou, China

Green Fluorite with Quartz & Calcite — Fujian, China

Stepped Fluorite with Quartz — Fujian, China

Calcite with Baryte — Daye Area, Hubei, China

Frosted Fluorite with Drusy Quartz — Fujian, China

Stibnite Crystal – Iridescent Metallic – Hunan, China
More Chinese Specimens Up to $50

Colorless Fluorite Cube, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan

Green Fluorite with Calcite, Fujian

Blue Fluorite Twin Formation, Yaogangxian

Pyromorphite Hexagonal Cluster, Guangxi

Green Fluorite with Quartz Crystals, Fujian

Pale Amethyst Fluorite Cube Cluster, Guizhou

Honey-Gold Stepped Fluorite Cube, Beijing

Green Fluorite on Matrix, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan

Purple Fluorite Cluster, Guizhou

Pale Purple Etched Fluorite, Hubei

Agate Geode Specimen, Hunan

Ice-Blue Fluorite on Quartz Druse, Fujian, China

Petal-form Calcite — Longyan, Fujian, China

Blue-core Fluorite with Quartz — Sanming, Fujian, China

Dogtooth Calcite with Chalcopyrite — Daye, Hubei, China

Silver Pyrite with Hematite and Quartz — Longyan, Fujian, China

White Quartz with Zeolite and Fluorite — Longyan, Fujian, China

Botryoidal Malachite Specimen, Yangchun, Guangdong

Stibnite Crystal – Columnar Form – Lengshuijiang Mine, Hunan

Native Copper Cluster – Yichun Mine, Jiangxi Province, China

Yellow Calcite – Stalactitic Form – Daye, Hubei, China

Water-Clear Fluorite with Inclusions, Xianghualing Mine, Hunan

Pyrite Crystals on Calcite Matrix, Tonglushan Mine, Daye

Green-Flecked White Calcite Group, Inner Mongolia, China

Green Quartz – Pseudocubic Habit – Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan

Gypsum Flower Mineral Specimen, Guizhou

Lilac Fluorite Cube Cluster, Yaogangxian, Hunan

Honey-Yellow Fluorite on Quartz Matrix, China

Etched Fluorite Crystals, Yaogangxian, Hunan

Iridescent Pyrite on Quartz with White Blades – Fujian, China

Pyrite on Dolomite Matrix – Hunan, China

Purple Fluorite Cubes on Matrix, Guizhou, China

Aqua-Green Fluorite Cluster, Xianghualing, Hunan

Pale Lilac Sugar-Coated Fluorite, Fujian, China

Quartz Druse with Calcite and Chalcopyrite, Hubei, China

Yellow Fluorite Specimen, Beijing Region

Purple Fluorite on Black Sphalerite – Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan

Honey Drusy Calcite on Matrix, Daye, Hubei

Yellow Calcite – Botryoidal Form – Daye, Hubei, China

Yellow Chabazite — Fujian, China

Azurite Specimen, China

Yellow Fluorite Cubic Cluster, Beijing

Yellow Barite on Quartz Matrix, Jiangxi

Green Fluorite with Quartz Druse and Calcite, Fujian

Purple Fluorite Specimen Set – Yaogangxian Mine, China

Green and Purple Fluorite Specimen Set – Yaogangxian

Purple Fluorite Cubic Crystal Cluster – Hunan, China

Green Fluorite Crystal Cluster – Fujian, China

Lilac and Green Sugar Fluorite, Fujian, China

Gemmy Honey Calcite Crystal, Hubei, China

Etched Lilac Fluorite with Druse Pockets, Xianghualing

Green Fluorite and Quartz Cluster – Fujian, China

Blue and White Fluorite – QR Code Pattern – Guizhou, China

Ice-Blue and Lilac Fluorite Cubes, Fujian, China

Fluorite Core with Quartz Crust – Frosted Effect – Fujian, China

Clear Fluorite on Dolomite Matrix – Transparent – China

Blue Fluorite – Sugar-Coated and Etched – Fujian, China

Botryoidal Columnar Blue Aragonite (“Lanwen Stone”) — Yunnan, China

Colorless Creedite — Qinglong, Guizhou, China

Octahedral Blue Fluorite with Quartz — Inner Mongolia, China

Phantom Fluorite with Mica — Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China

Purple Fluorite — Xinyang, Henan, China

Green Pyromorphite — Guangxi, China

Olive-Green Pyromorphite — Guangxi, China

White Quartz with Pyrite — Longyan, Fujian, China

Botryoidal Aragonite/Calcite — Yunnan, China

Quartz Cluster on Matrix — Inner Mongolia, China

Lilac Fluorite with Quartz on Green-Coated Matrix, Yaogangxian

Cream Calcite Cluster on Olive Matrix, Hunan, China

Phantom Fluorite on Quartz Cluster, Yaogangxian

Silver Stibnite Column with Pale Druse, Hunan, China

Lemon-Yellow Pyromorphite on Matrix, Guangxi, China

Pale Green Fluorite Cube Cluster on Matrix, Zhejiang

Smoky Fluorite with White Bladed Calcite, Hunan, China

Crossed Stibnite Blades on Barite, Hunan, China

Striated Stibnite Blades, Hunan, China

Rose Calcite with Hematite Phantom, Hunan, China

Quartz Crystal Cluster with Pyrite – Yaogangxian, Hunan

Purple Fluorite Cubic Crystal with Phantom Frame

Four-Piece Fluorite Thumbnail Set, Yaogangxian, Hunan

Phantom Fluorite on Cassiterite Matrix, Yaogangxian

Fibrous Blue Azurite with Malachite and Gibbsite — Qinglong, Guizhou, China

Red Chabazite — Fujian, China

Phantom Fluorite — Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China

Pale Yellow Ball Fluorite on Iron Matrix, Inner Mongolia

Blue-Purple Phantom Fluorite, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan

Clear Quartz Cluster with Smoky Crystals, Yaogangxian, Hunan

Velvet Purple Fluorite Cubes on Matrix, Guizhou

Natural Spherical Calcite, Baotou, Inner Mongolia

Lilac Fluorite Cubes with Violet Phantoms, Yaogangxian

Deep Purple Fluorite with Quartz – Yaogangxian, China

Ice-Blue Stepped Fluorite, Yaogangxian, Hunan

Ice-Blue and Lavender Fluorite with Quartz, Yaogangxian

Garnet with Feldspar and Smoky Quartz, Fujian

Red Calcite Crystal Cluster – Chenzhou, Hunan, China

Twin Calcite Crystal with Feather Inclusion – Anhui, China

Frosted Fluorite Octahedron with Violet Core, Guizhou

Cream Calcite — Longyan, Fujian, China

Brassy Calcite with Pyrolusite and iron mineral — Longyan, Fujian, China

Sky-Blue Hemimorphite — Yunnan, China

Green Fluorite Cluster with Purple Trim, Inner Mongolia

Peacock-Tarnished Chalcopyrite, Dexing, Jiangxi, China

Cubic Fluorite Specimen, Anshun, China

Purple Fluorite Cluster, Textured Surface, Guizhou

Green Fluorite, Xianghualing Mine, Hunan

Ice-Blue Fluorite Cluster with Lavender Zoning, Hunan

Milky Quartz Point with Olive Chlorite, Sichuan

Sugar-Coated Green Fluorite Plate, Fujian, China

Stacked Calcite Tower Formation – Daye, Hubei, China

Water-Clear Calcite Crystals on Chlorite Matrix

Deep Purple Fluorite Cluster – Cubic Crystals – Guizhou, China

Sage-Green Fluorite Cubes on White Matrix, Inner Mongolia

Emerald Crystal – Columnar Form – Dachang Mine, Nandan, Guangxi

Pyrite Crystal – Druzy Form – Daye Mine, Huangshi, Hubei

Yellow Dogtooth Calcite – Tonglushan Mine, Daye, Hubei

Purple Phantom Fluorite Cube – Zoned – Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan

Yellow Calcite Scepter Crystal – Daye, Hubei, China

Green Fluorite Crystal Cluster – Fujian Province, China

Lilac and Mint Fluorite Crust with Iron Nodules, Fujian

Etched Calcite Crystal – Rhombohedral Form – Fujian Province

Calcite Tower with Pyrite Inclusions – Daye, Hubei

Calcite with Green Fluorite and Quartz — Longyan, Fujian, China

Aragonite Crystal Spray — Yunnan, China

Colorless Calcite — Daye, Hubei, China

Mercedes-head Calcite — Fujian, China

Mirror-luster Pyrite — Shangbao Mine, Hunan, China

Purple Zoned Fluorite on Quartz — Zhejiang, China

Cream Quartz with Calcite — Inner Mongolia, China

Quartz with Pyrite — Daye, Hubei, China

Orange Spessartine Garnet — Yunxiao, Fujian, China

Gray Stibnite with Calcite — Lengshuijiang, Hunan, China

Lilac Tanzanite-blue Fluorite — Yongchun, Fujian, China

Calcite Cluster — Daye Area, Hubei, China

Colorless Fluorite on Quartz Matrix — Fujian, China

Quartz Crystals on Green Epidote, Sichuan, China

Quartz with Minor Chalcopyrite — Jiangxi, China

Golden Barite with Calcite Cluster, Jiangxi, China

Azurite and Malachite Specimen, China

Sphalerite and Quartz Flower Cluster, China

Green Fluorite Cubic Crystal, Xianghualing Mine

Lilac Fluorite Cubes with Epidote, Yaogangxian, China

Crossed Stibnite Blades, Hunan, China

Botryoidal Fluorite – Bayberry Form – Deep Purple – Jiangxi

Flower-Form Fluorite Crystal on Matrix – Guizhou, China

Glassy Fluorite Cube Group on Matrix, Xianghualing, Hunan

Purple Tanzanite-blue Fluorite — Yongchun, Fujian, China

Petal-form Calcite with Pyrite — Longyan, Fujian, China

Yellow Calcite Cluster, Fujian

Gypsum Flower – Acicular Needle Crystals – Guizhou, China
Frequently asked
What are affordable Chinese mineral specimens for beginners?
This collection shows available Chinese mineral specimens priced at US$50 or less, with starter picks under US$25 shown first. Each card represents one photographed piece. Compare mineral identity, locality level, dimensions, condition, and price before buying; lower price often reflects size, common material, contacts, or simpler presentation.
How should I choose my first Chinese mineral specimen?
Choose a specimen whose mineral identity and locality are clearly stated, then inspect every image for chips, repairs, and matrix stability. Favor a size you can store safely and a price you are comfortable paying. Keep the invoice, product-page record, and any original locality label together after delivery.
Are inexpensive Chinese mineral specimens authentic?
A low price does not prove that a mineral is fake, and a high price does not prove locality. Check whether the page names the mineral and Chinese locality, shows the exact piece from several angles, discloses damage or repair, and preserves any original label. Ask before purchase when provenance is incomplete.
Will I receive the exact specimen shown?
Each product card should link to an individually numbered specimen page whose photographs represent the supplied piece. Review the measurements, condition notes, locality level, and associated minerals there. When a claim is only country-level, treat it as China-level evidence rather than inferring a mine or province from appearance.