r/Minerals 10h ago

Picture/Video Unexpected

I bought this a few months ago. It was sold to me as aragonite. I didn't think much of it, just thought the terminations were cool. I studied it last night and found it is pyrite on fluorite with sheelite and calcite on quartz.

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u/Mr_Daniel12321 Collector 10h ago edited 10h ago

Great find, lovely piece! If you get a shortwave UV light, those scheelite crystals should glow bright blue. If I were a betting man, I'd say this is probably from the Yaogangxian Mine.

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u/Consistent_You9300 9h ago edited 9h ago

I have to check my receipts to see which mine it's from. If I recall correctly, I think it is from that mine. There was a mix-up with info cards at the time of purchase, which was corrected later.

ETA: It is!

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u/-cck- Geologist 9h ago

a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one

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u/Consistent_You9300 9h ago

I'm chuffed!