Chinese Fluorite for Sale — 8
Curated by Maggie Liu · 1308 specimens available
China is the most important fluorite source of the modern collector market, and the reason is variety rather than volume: the Yaogangxian Mine in Hunan gives glassy purple and green cubes on quartz; Xianghualing, also in Hunan, produces pale green and colorless octahedra and cube-octahedra; Fujian and Zhejiang yield saturated green and blue-green cubes, often in stepped clusters; Guizhou pockets carry lilac and blue tones; and Inner Mongolia’s Huanggang district adds pink and purple fluorite with quartz and arsenopyrite. A collector can build an entire habit-and-color study from Chinese material alone.
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Frequently asked
Which Chinese localities produce the best fluorite?
For collectors the classic names are Yaogangxian (Hunan) for gemmy purple and green cubes, Xianghualing (Hunan) for pale green octahedra, Fujian and Zhejiang for saturated green and blue-green cubes, Guizhou for lilac and blue tones, and the Huanggang district of Inner Mongolia for pink and purple fluorite. Each has a recognizable look, so the locality line matters as much as the color.
How do I tell where a Chinese fluorite specimen is from?
Rely on the locality recorded on the listing rather than on appearance: color and crystal habit overlap between districts. Our listings state the most specific locality we can document — mine, county or province — and keep a country-level attribution as “China” when that is all the evidence supports.
Is Chinese fluorite fragile?
Fluorite has perfect octahedral cleavage and a Mohs hardness of 4, so cube edges and corners chip easily and pieces should not be dropped or exposed to sudden temperature change. Purple and green fluorite can also fade with prolonged direct sunlight. Every specimen we ship is immobilized and cushioned individually.