Mimetite - Pingtouling Mine, Liannan Co., Qingyuan, Guangdong, China

 Outstanding collection grade imported in 2004 by the China specialist and Lapis author Berthold Ottens.
 Flawless, high-gloss, and exceptionally intense orange mimetitesite on matrix. This large, high-contrast collector's item from China impresses with its superb quality mimetitesite.
 The site is now underwater and no more pieces are being recovered.