Espécimen mineral — 129

Stepped glassy green fluorite with inclusions on white quartz from Guangdong, China

Transparent Green Stepped Fluorite — Guangdong, China

9.1 cm (3.58 in) · Guangdong Province, China

Transparent calcite prism on grey quartz druse from Fujian, China, held in hand

Transparent Prismatic Calcite — Fujian, China

8.9 cm (3.50 in) · Fujian Province, China

Long fan of transparent gypsum prisms from Guizhou, China, held in hand

Transparent Prismatic Gypsum Cluster — Guizhou, China

13.6 cm (5.35 in) · Guizhou Province, China

Transparent purple-rimmed fluorite cubes on dark mica from Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China

Transparent Purple-Edged Fluorite — Yaogangxian Mine, China

6.1 cm (2.40 in) · Yaogangxian Mine, China

Purple-green transparent fluorite cube on white quartz from Inner Mongolia, China

Transparent Purple and Green Fluorite — Inner Mongolia

4.1 cm (1.61 in) · Inner Mongolia, China

Transparent quartz cluster with green epidote from Sichuan, China, held in hand

Transparent Quartz Cluster with Epidote — Sichuan, China

5.5 cm (2.17 in) · Sichuan Province, China

Clear quartz point standing in pearly muscovite from Xuebaoding, Sichuan, China, held in hand

Transparent Quartz with Mica — Xuebaoding, Sichuan, China

6.8 cm (2.68 in) · Xuebaoding, Pingwu, China

Transparent icicle calcite stalactites on tan base from Yunnan, China, held in hand

Transparent Stalactitic Calcite — Yunnan, China

8.4 cm (3.31 in) · Yunnan Province, China

Transparent stepped tower calcite with black marmatite from Hunan, China, held in hand

Transparent Tower-Shaped Calcite — Hunan, China

7.6 cm (2.99 in) · Hunan Province, China

Large pink and green two-tone apophyllite crystals from Fujian, China, held in hand

Two-Tone Apophyllite — Fujian, China

11.0 cm (4.33 in) · Fujian Province, China

Vivid violet aragonite with white tuft on dark rock from Yunnan, China, held in hand

Two-Tone Aragonite — Yunnan, China

5.3 cm (2.09 in) · Yunnan Province, China

Turquoise botryoidal aragonite over pale green aragonite from Yunnan, China, held in hand

Two-Tone Blue-Green Aragonite — Yunnan, China

9.1 cm (3.58 in) · Yunnan Province, China

Clear quartz crystal with green-tipped black tourmaline and feldspar from Pakistan, held in hand

Two-Tone Tourmaline with Quartz — Pakistan

4.0 cm (1.57 in) · Pakistan

Curling white and yellow aragonite stalactite from Guizhou, China, held in hand

Two-Tone White-Yellow Aragonite — Guizhou, China

7.1 cm (2.80 in) · Guizhou Province, China

Yellow and white aragonite with hooked spire from Guizhou, China, held in hand

Two-Tone Yellow-White Aragonite — Guizhou, China · 6.7 cm

6.7 cm (2.64 in) · Guizhou Province, China

Yellow and white aragonite branches like a coral garden from Guizhou, China, held in hand

Two-Tone Yellow-White Aragonite — Guizhou, China · 9.7 cm

9.7 cm (3.82 in) · Guizhou Province, China

Ultra-clear gypsum blades on ochre-yellow rock from Guizhou, China, held in hand

Ultra-Clear Gypsum Cluster — Guizhou, China

12.4 cm (4.88 in) · Guizhou Province, China

Ultra-clear quartz points among pearly muscovite from Xuebaoding, Sichuan, China, held in hand

Ultra-Clear Quartz with Mica — Xuebaoding, Sichuan, China

9.7 cm (3.82 in) · Xuebaoding, Pingwu, China

Slab covered in fine red vanadinite druse with aragonite from Morocco, held in hand

Vanadinite with White Aragonite — Morocco

15.3 cm (6.02 in) · Morocco

Single velvet-green malachite ball on sugary quartz from DR Congo, held in hand

Botryoidal Malachite with Quartz — DR Congo · 4.6 cm

4.6 cm (1.81 in) · DR Congo