Tongbei
Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
Source of phenomenal gem quality spessartine garnet crystals.
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It is likely many of the specimens attributed to Tongbei actually come from the Wushan Spessartine Mine, but locale information is often spotty in Chinese mineral specimens.
The area produces some interesting mineral specimens including beryl, helvine, Opal-AN, various types of quartz, spessartine, and topaz.
I highly recommend having a look at the spessartine from the site – they are exceptionally gemmy, brightly coloured, and often with etching and growth lines.
Further reading
We do have some more information, and sometimes specimens from specific Chinese locales.
Chinese locales
We sometimes have some other specimens from Chinese – check the links below.
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