Xianghualing Mine

Xianghualing — world-class green and "mushroom-form" fluorite

The Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field in Hunan Province is among the world's most distinguished fluorite localities. The mine is internationally recognized for green octahedral fluorite, color-zoned cubic crystals, and the distinctive "mushroom-form" stepped fluorite growths that have become a Xianghualing signature.

Geological setting

Xianghualing is a Sn-W-polymetallic skarn-greisen deposit at the contact between Late Mesozoic granitic intrusions and Paleozoic carbonate host rocks. The fluorite formed during late-stage hydrothermal activity, with multiple temperature regimes producing both sharp octahedral and stepped cubic habits in the same vein system.

What Xianghualing is known for

• Green octahedral fluorite (the classic locality style)
• "Mushroom-form" stepped cubic fluorite
• Transparent colorless and sky-blue fluorite cubes
• Color-zoned and leopard-pattern fluorite
• Fluorite + cassiterite + quartz combinations

Typical specimen style

Octahedral crystals are usually saturated green; cubic crystals can range from colorless through sky-blue and purple. "Mushroom-form" specimens show characteristic stair-stepped overgrowth on a central cube — visually unmistakable once you've seen one.

Collector value

Production peaked from the late 1990s through the 2010s. Mushroom-form specimens and large transparent cubes are now considerably more difficult to source at original-pocket quality. Color saturation, crystal sharpness, and freedom from cleavage damage drive value.

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