Leiping Mine (Guiyang County, Chenzhou)
25.9784° N, 112.7460° E · ± 10 km
Calcite from Hunan, China, with photos of specimens from this locality.
Minerals found here
Calcite at Leiping Mine (Guiyang County, Chenzhou)
Phantom-zoned crystals with brick-red iron-oxide zones and butterfly twins.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
- Formula
- CaCO₃
- Morphology
- Large pyramidal crystals and scalenohedra with phantoms
- Typical size
- Photographed specimen about 12.7 cm
- Color / luster
- Colorless to golden and iron-stained, with red hematite phantoms
- Surface features
- Phantoms coated with a mineral that glows red under UV
- Twins
- V-shaped butterfly (fishtail) twins reported
- Availability
- Unknown
Geology of the locality
- Setting
- Mine in the Leiping area of Guiyang County, within the Nanling and Qin-Hang metallogenic belts known for W-Sn-Cu-Pb-Zn mineralization; the host rock and ore type of the calcite pockets were not documented in the sources opened.
- Region
- Hunan
- Country
- China
COORDINATES NOT FILLED: no coordinate source could be opened. Second source for calcite at this mine is a dealer guide only. Coordinates: Centre of Leiping township (NGA GeoNames, ADM4) in Guiyang County; the mine itself is in the Leiping area but its exact position was not found. Coordinates: Centre of Leiping township (NGA GeoNames, ADM4) in Guiyang County; the mine itself is in the Leiping area but its exact position was not found. Coordinates: Centre of Leiping township (NGA GeoNames, ADM4) in Guiyang County; the mine itself is in the Leiping area but its exact position was not found.
Sources
- SRC-203 · Website
File:Calcite-47645.jpg (Wikimedia Commons file page)Lavinsky, R.M. (photographer) · 2010 · Wikimedia Commons - SRC-204 · Website
Calcite from Leiping Mine, China (seller guide)Earthwonders (seller) · Earthwonders - SRC-289 · Website
NGA GeoNames: Leiping (feature 9805325)
Draft data from the Provenite workbook. Check entries against the cited sources before relying on them. Photos are open-licence images from Wikimedia Commons; the author and licence are given with each photo.