Chlorite Coated Quartz with Manganoan Calcite from Huanggang Mine

Dimension: 9cm x 4.6cm x 3.5cm
Weight: 116g
Locality: Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit (Huanggang Mine), Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China
 
Stunning showy specimen from the famous Huanggang Mine of Inner Mongolia featuring a large milky Quartz wand partially coated with a layer of light pastel green Chlorite microcrystals.  Translucent Manganoan Calcite aesthetically stacked together and attached to the Quartz.  The Calcite fluoresces a bright pink under UV lighting (365 nm).  The exposed Quartz surfaces exhibit the transparent nature of the inner core.  A fine quality specimen with extremely rare composition.