Microcline with Beryl, Muscovite

specimen number:
9892142

location:
Pingwu, Huya, Mount Little Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China

description:
Several large blocky semi lustrous opaque white crystals of microcline, the largest measuring 4.0 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm in size, standing straight up from a crystallized muscovite matrix with tiny blue tabular crystals of beryl. This is in terrific condition all around.

Located in the high alpine region of Sichuan Province, the Mount Little Xuebaoding deposit in Pingwu County features complex quartz-mica and quartz-feldspar-mica veins formed through granitic intrusions into metamorphic host rocks like marble and schist. Commercial mining and dedicated specimen collecting began accelerating around the mid-to-late 1990s, turning the area into a world-famous locality renowned for yielding exceptional, museum-quality mineral specimens such as large euhedral orange scheelite crystals, gemmy blue tabular beryl crystals, the rare mineral kesterite, etc.

Questions about this specimen?
Send an email or call us: 314-341-1811.