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Hubei Province: Calcite Country with Bronze Age Roots
Hubei's Fengjiashan mine produces China's best calcite and world-class inesite, beside copper workings 3,000 years old. The collector's guide to Daye.
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Jiangxi Province: Giants of Copper, Tungsten and Stibnite
Jiangxi hosts Asia's biggest copper and tungsten mines — and collector treasures: De'an green fluorite, giant Wuling stibnite, Xihuashan classics.
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Fujian Province: The Orange Garnets of Tongbei
Tongbei's orange spessartine garnet on smoky quartz put Fujian on the mineral map. History, geology and buying guide for China's garnet locality.
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Guangdong Province: Copper Blooms and Golden Mimetite
Guangdong's Shilu mine gave classic 1980s malachite and azurite; Pingtouling produced China's best mimetite. A collector's guide to the province.
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Guizhou Province: Dragon's Blood — The Cinnabar Capital
Guizhou's Wanshan district is China's mercury capital, producing gemmy red cinnabar twins on dolomite. History, geology and collecting guide.
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Anhui Province: Blue Velvet — The Azurite of Liufengshan
Anhui's Liufengshan mine produced China's finest azurite — deep blue rosettes with malachite. Locality history and buying guide.
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Shanxi Province: Silver from Coal Country
From coal country comes a surprise: the Hongda mine's crystallized native silver and acanthite, China's finest silver specimens. Collector's guide.
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Xinjiang: Minerals from China's Wild West
China's largest region produces its finest wulfenite (Jianshan), Altai Mountain aquamarines and even emerald. The frontier collector's guide.
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Yunnan Province: Tin, Sky-Blue Hemimorphite and Hidden Emeralds
Yunnan holds China's largest tin, lead, zinc and copper reserves — plus Ximeng cassiterite, Malipo hemimorphite, Dayakou emerald and 8-kg topaz.
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