Provenite

Shangbao Pyrite Mine (Leiyang)

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26.2233° N, 112.9817° E · ± 10 km

Dolomite from Hunan, China, with photos of specimens from this locality.

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Minerals found here

Dolomite

On the same specimen

Same specimen Pyrite with Dolomite

1 specimen photo(s) from this locality show dolomite with pyrite together. The pairing comes from the photographer's file name and label, so the relationship between the two minerals is not specified.

Same specimen Fluorite with Dolomite

1 specimen photo(s) from this locality show dolomite with fluorite together. The pairing comes from the photographer's file name and label, so the relationship between the two minerals is not specified.

Dolomite at Shangbao Pyrite Mine (Leiyang)

Lustrous pale pink dolomite as the matrix for zoned purple and green fluorite and brassy pyrite

Plate of lustrous flesh-pink dolomite rhombs edged with pyrite cubes and a little purple fluorite.
Plate of lustrous flesh-pink dolomite rhombs edged with pyrite cubes and a little purple fluorite.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Cluster of dolomite crystals about 8 cm across growing from pale lavender fluorite.
Cluster of dolomite crystals about 8 cm across growing from pale lavender fluorite.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Purple-zoned cuboctahedral fluorite crystals on a cluster of porcelain-like dolomite and quartz.
Purple-zoned cuboctahedral fluorite crystals on a cluster of porcelain-like dolomite and quartz.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Zoned multicoloured fluorite crystal perched on lustrous dolomite from the late-2008 pocket.
Zoned multicoloured fluorite crystal perched on lustrous dolomite from the late-2008 pocket.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Purple fluorite and quartz on a dolomite matrix.
Purple fluorite and quartz on a dolomite matrix.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Formula
CaMg(CO₃)₂
Morphology
Rhombohedra, often curved or saddle-shaped, in blocky clusters and rounded aggregates
Typical size
Crystals mostly under 1 cm, aggregates to about 2.5 cm
Color / luster
White, cream to pale flesh-pink; pearly to vitreous
Associated minerals
Fluoritequartzpyritecalcite
Availability
Commonly available
History
A pocket found at the end of 2008 produced many fluorite-on-dolomite specimens that reached the market in 2009

Sources: SRC-499 SRC-473 SRC-472

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Geology of the locality

Setting
Pyrite-fluorite deposit with an Early Permian stratabound pyrite stage overprinted by skarn-related fluids from the Late Cretaceous Shangbao granites
Type
Skarn
Host rock
Carboniferous-Permian limestone and marble
Region
Hunan
Country
China

Leiyang County, Hengyang Prefecture. Coordinates (26 deg 13' 24" N, 112 deg 58' 54" E) from a collector guide, not checked against an official source; treated as district-level. Host rock from the same low-reliability guide.

Sources: SRC-473 SRC-474

Sources

  1. SRC-473 · Website
    Dolomite from Shangbao Mine, Hunan, China: Collecting GuideEarthWonders · EarthWonders
  2. SRC-474 · Article
    Re-Os isotope geochronology of the Shangbao pyrite-fluorite deposit in southeastern Hunan, South China: Evidence for multiple mineralization events and the role of crust-mantle interaction in polymetallic depositsHuang, C.C.; Guo, H.F.; Li, J.; Wang, Q.; Zhang, C.; Wyman, D.; Tang, G.J. · 2017 · Solid Earth Sciences 2(4): 109-122 (doi:10.1016/j.sesci.2017.04.001)
  3. SRC-499 · Website
    File:Dolomite-Pyrite-Fluorite-255024.jpg (Wikimedia Commons)Robert M. Lavinsky · Wikimedia Commons
  4. SRC-472 · Website
    Dolomite - Gallery (Minerals.net)Minerals.net · Minerals.net

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.