广西
Guangxi, China
地处中国南方亚热带的广西,是全球首要的草绿色磷氯铅矿产地(道平铅锌矿),也是以大厂矿田为中心的重要锡多金属与铅锌矿区。
Guangxi — pyromorphite, tin, and secondary lead minerals
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is best known to collectors for one mineral above all: the brilliant grass-green pyromorphite of the Daoping Mine near Yangshuo, the world’s foremost source for the species. Beyond it lies a varied mineralogy built on tin-polymetallic and lead-zinc deposits.
Geological setting
Guangxi sits at the south-western end of the Nanling metallogenic belt, where granitic intrusions cut Devonian–Carboniferous carbonates. This produced the Sn-polymetallic ore fields of the Dachang district in Nandan County — one of China’s great tin–zinc–antimony areas — alongside lead-zinc deposits whose oxidised zones yield the secondary lead minerals the region is known for.
What Guangxi is known for
- Pyromorphite — grass-green crystal druses from Daoping (a signature source)
- Cassiterite, sphalerite, and sulfosalts from the Dachang ore field
- Mimetite, cerussite, and other oxidised lead minerals
- Well-crystallised sulfides from the lead-zinc deposits
Collector value
Daoping pyromorphite is the province’s signature — colour saturation, crystal coverage, and undamaged druse faces drive value. Dachang specimens (cassiterite, sphalerite, and the rarer sulfosalts) are prized by systematic collectors. Browse the Daoping Mine page or the pyromorphite guide.
