Sugar Quartz Cluster with Feather Calcite – Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia
Sugar Quartz Cluster with Feather Calcite – Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia
Description
A sculptural sugar quartz cluster with feather calcite from the renowned Huanggang Mine in Inner Mongolia, China. The quartz is coated in a fine druzy "sugar" of tiny sparkling crystals, washed with a distinctive maroon tint — a natural hematite dusting characteristic of this locality — while delicate, feather-like calcite blades add contrast and movement. Mounted on a custom acrylic stand with a metal claw, it presents as a finished object: part mineral specimen, part sculpture, ready to display.
The Huanggang Mine is a complex skarn deposit where mineral-rich fluids moving through carbonate rock produced some of the most intricate, multi-generational crystal formations of any modern locality. Here, a later generation of micro-quartz crystallized over the main cluster, creating the sugary texture, while iron-rich fluids stained the surface maroon and calcite grew in thin, plumose blades. Huanggang has been one of the most celebrated Chinese localities of the past two decades, prized for exactly this kind of layered complexity.
Quartz is associated with clarity, amplification, and balance, while calcite is linked to calm and emotional renewal. Together they make a piece suited to spaces meant to feel clear, energized, and creatively open.
You will receive the exact specimen and stand photographed.
Details
- Mineral: Quartz (druzy "sugar" coating) with feather calcite and natural hematite tinting
- Origin: Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China
- Size: approx. 5 × 4 × 3 in (7 × 4 × 3 in on stand)
- Weight: 316 g specimen (500 g / 1.1 lb with stand)
- Display: Custom acrylic stand with metal claw, included
- Condition: Natural, unpolished; features consistent with formation
Note
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