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The XIANGHUAPU MINES
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Chenzhou Prefecture, Nunan Province, China
Thousands of beautiful clusters of lustrous, transparent, cubic to cubo-dodecahedral crystals of green fluorite have come from the Xianghuapu deposit in Hunan province. The mines continue in operation, and even more specimens will probably be forthcoming.
INTRODUCTION
Countless green fluorite specimens from China reached the worldwide mineral market in the mid-19901'. The first offerings were predominantly flat crystal plates, ra...
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The XIANGHUAPU MINES
Mineralogical Record
; Chenzhou Prefecture, Nunan Province, China Thousands of beautiful clusters of lustrous, transparent, cubic to cubo-dodecahedral crystals of green fluorite have come from the Xianghuapu deposit in Hunan province. The mines continue in operation, and even more specimens will probably be forthcoming.
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The Xianghuapu mines: Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China.
The Mineralogical Record
; Thousands of beautiful clusters of lustrous, transparent, cubic to cubo-dodecahedral crystals of green fluorite have come from the Xianghuapu deposit in Hunan province. The mines continue in operation, and even more specimens will probably be forthcoming. INTRODUCTION Countless green fluorite
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Chinese fluorite.(mining industry)
The Mineralogical Record
; Of all the minerals which have come from China in fine specimens since about 1990, fluorite has thus far been the most abundant and most varied in habit, color and associations. Many specimens are oiled or otherwise objectionably enhanced by Chinese middlemen, but the fact remains that some Chinese
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Springfield Show 1997
Mineralogical Record
; ... twice to see that they're there-you see the matrix through them, a la "icecube" fluorite from Dalnegorsk. The major New England news is of a long-known locality which seems to be in an upbeat mood nowadays. I refer to the Wise mine, Westmoreland, New Hampshire ...
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Franklin Show 1997.(What's New in Minerals)
The Mineralogical Record
; [September 26-28] The temperature was 48 degrees Fahrenheit when we arrived in Franklin, New Jersey, at 7:30 on Saturday morning. The cloudless blue sky glowed like the fine, st Persian turquoise. The leaves were starting to change and I could see scattered blotches of red, orange and yellow as I
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What's new in minerals: Franklin Show 1997
Mineralogical Record
; [September 26-28] The temperature was 48 degrees Fahrenheit when we arrived in Franklin, New Jersey, at 7:30 on Saturday morning. The cloudless blue sky glowed like the finest Persian turquoise. The leaves were starting to change and I could see scattered blotches of red, orange and yellow as I
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What's New in Minerals: Ste.-Marie-aux-Mines Show 2006
Mineralogical Record
; [June 22-June 25] At the end of June 2006 in central Europe. World Cup frenzy ruled (with cheering and beering natives, bare skins and Mohawk hairdos painted in various national colors, filling the streets of towns); the weather was hot and sunny; and from a surprising number of shop windows the
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Chumar Bakhoor fluorite.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
The Mineralogical Record
; In August 1999, at the Seven Brothers House, Askordas, Nagar, Pakistan, I had the opportunity to see and buy pink fluorite specimens from Chumar Bakhoor of similar quality to those in the recent article by Roberto Appiani (vol. 38, no. 2, p. 95-100). One of the brothers showed me two specimens of
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Ste.-Marie-aux-Mines Show 2006.(What's New in Minerals)
The Mineralogical Record
; [June 22-June 25] At the end of June 2006 in central Europe, World Cup frenzy ruled (with cheering and beering natives, bare skins and Mohawk hairdos painted in various national colors, filling the streets of towns); the weather was hot and sunny; and from a surprising number of shop windows the
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PINK FLUORITE from an EXCEPTIONAL NEW FIND AT CHUMAR BAKHOOR, PAKISTAN
Mineralogical Record
; At the 2006 Munich Show, Italian dealer Riccardo Prato exhibited in his Pregi Gemme stand five extraordinary fluorite specimens from Pakistan collected in September 2006. Fluorite from Pakistan is not new, and pink octahedral crystals, sometimes associated with aquamarine and fluorapatite on
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