Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China

Crystals, prismatic, bright and sharp, form an elegant open fan that shows light and interesting curvatures in some of them.Wuning Mine, Jiangxi ChinaFound in 03/2005Specimen size: 12.5 x 5.5 x 1.5 cmMain crystal size: 8.5 x 1.2 cm

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A 4 cm specimen of Stibnite crystals with Calcite from the Wuling mine, Jiangxi, China. Specimen and photo: Knut Eldjarn.

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Green - purple crystals of Fluorite from 20 to 10 mm. Photo & Collection Chinellato Matteo

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21.2 x 11.5 x 6.2 cm. An exquisite cluster from mining about 3-4 years ago that have by all acknowledgements produced the finest stibnites in the world since the ancient Japanese finds, now long gone. These brilliantly metallic crystals are so sharp and lustrous, they look machined. This particular specimen is one of the more robust clusters I ...

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9.7 x 5.9 x 3.2 cm. A unique and amazing "arch" of stibnite crystals! Though contacted at the ends, this is such a far cry from the usual specimen that you just have to love it.

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There are lots of stibnite specimens, especially those from China. However, when I saw this one, I knew I was looking at an uncommon specimen. There was a smaller, slightly damaged spray on side that I removed to fully explose this starburst of crystals. No repairs, no damage, each crystal has its own perfect termination. Crystals up to 9 cm long. ...

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Two main crystals, bright metallic luster with superb terminations, with smaller crystals growing across them and at the bottom. 11.6 x 4.5 x 2.4 cm

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A gorgeous cluster of beautifully translucent, sharp, fluorite octohedrons from the recent find at the De An Mine in China that was such a hit at Tucson this year. They are purple-cored with green interiors. The crystal faces have a matte finish. One corner of the large octohedron is chipped, but does not diminish the aesthetics of this fine ...

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Dramatic spraying crystals of Stibnite with Baryte on matrix! This is one of the more aesthetic and eye catching Stibnite specimens I've seen recently. The crystals are also in good shape which is definately not common since Stibnite bruises easily. From the Wuling Mine, Jiangxi Province of China. Measures 10.2 cm by 14 cm by 12 cm in ...

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Stibnite Wuling Mine, Jiujiang Prefacture, Jiangxi Prov., China 12.6x 6.2x 3.6 cm A few years back, the best stibnite being found was coming from the Xikuangshan mine, in neighboring Hunan Province. About a year and a half ago, amazing Ichinokawa-esque pieces started coming out of Jiangxi--and they lacked the striations and wear visible in ...

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11.8 x 5.8 x 4.7 cm. Under good light they light up an intense purple-red color. This is two tightly-intergrown crystals, the larger measuring 3.5 cm across and with wonderful transparency for this find.

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A fine, isolated, 3.5-cm fluorite crystal of deep purple. 6.8 x 7 x 4.7 cm

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A SUPERB, AESTHETIC and PRISTINE cluster of translucent, purple and green fluorite octohedrons to 3.5 cm on quartz matrix from the famed De An Mine of China. Common a couple of years ago, supplies have dried up and disappeared, with very little new material coming out. 7.2 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm

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Crystal Fluorite group. Collection and photograph by Salvador Mirete.

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A beautifil 4.0 by 3.2 cms plate of transparent octahedral crystals with an interesting combination of blue, green, and purple hues. John Sobolewski specimen and photograph.

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4 cm unusually twinned bicolor Fluorite octohedrons on matrix. Purchased at the 2006 MAGMA show.

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8.4 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm. All of the terminations on the display side of this fine stibnite specimen are complete, and the crystals have a superb bright metallic luster, in addition to a pleasingly aesthetic arrangement.

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Octahedrons Fluorite of different sizes and some interpenetrated, etched on Quartz matrix. Reinforce the purple color to the edges of green crystals are typical Fluorite appearance from this area of Jiangxi province. On the backside of the specimen are visible some light-green Fluorite, fixed on the Quartz, as well. Largest crystal of Fluorite ...

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Dimensions: 21 cm hDate: 25-09-09Image Method: digitalJeff Scovil Photo Reference: 2009-09-0229Recorded locality: Wuling Mine, Qinjiang, Wuning, Jiangxi, China

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Fluorite on Quartz (opal) from Wushan, De'an, JiangxiAn uncommon crystal form with a balance between the cube and the octahedron. The crystal has been made visible by dissolving some of the Quartz matrix (partially transformed into opal) with acid, which has been used carefully so that, unlike in so many other cases, this one looks quite ...

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A solid plate of HUGE crystals, to 4 cm along the edge (!) – sharp and damage-free! The piece has been backlit to show the fine deep purple-and-green color. This one is darker purple-green when in overhead fluorescents but goes a lighter green color with purple highlights when backlit as shown (using just a normal lightbulb, nothing fancy). 13 x ...

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Ccluster of crystals in the center measuring 6 cm (with individual crystals to 3 cm along the edge). It is darker matte-purple when in overhead fluorescent lights, but goes more towards a green color with purple highlights when backlit as shown (using just a normal light bulb). 17.5 x 14.5 x 4 cm

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These are two deep purple crystals are sitting side by side in the middle of stark white matrix. The crystals measure about 2.5 cm across. 10 x 7.5 x 4.5 cm

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Fluorite on Quartz from Wushan De'an, JiangxiCrystals of extraordinary color are composed of the cube and dodecahedron but neither form predominates. The contrast with Quartz matrix, partially dissolved by acid, is superb.Size:10.3 x 8 x 5cm

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7.4 x 7.1 x 3.8 cm. This fluorite has good sharpness and size of these octahedrons. The big crystal measures 4 cm tip-to-tip, and is surrounded by little crystals on the contrasting white quartz matrix.

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A gorgeous highly translucent lustrous cubo-octahedral crystal of rosy purple fluorite measuring 3.9 x 3.7 x 1.6 cm in size is set in the center of a white crystalline quartz matrix. No damage. Size: 9.7 x 6.9 x 4.5 cm. Ex Lloyd Tate collection. Ref: Liu (2006), Fine Minerals of China, pp 240-243.

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An aethetic cluster of shiny-metallic stibnite crystals, thick and striated on the faces. Most of the terminations on the large crystals are not complete, but overall this specimen has a sculptural quality that makes it stand out. 11.9 x 8.7 x 3.6cm

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A very large, super-fine cluster of stibnite crystals, the largest measuring 19 cm top-to-bottom (!). All of the crystals are terminated, and have a mirror-metallic luster. Also, the overall aesthetics are really wonderful. If you do not have Chinese stibnite yet, this is a big and fine one! 19.7 x 4.7 x 2.6 cm

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Stibnite from Wuning Mine, JiangxiA thick, prismatic, extraordinarily brilliant, and very well defined crystal. The fine striations on the faces of the prism contrast with the perfect flatness of the faces of the termination. A few more minor crystals add balance to the specimen.Size:10.3 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm

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Purple to greenish octahedrical fluorite crystals on quartz. The specimen seems to have been etched with hydrofluoric acid to expose the fluorite that had iniatilly been completely covered by the quartz matrix. Overall size: 150 mm x 80 mm. Main crystal size: 30 mm on edge. Weight: 292 g.

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90 x 75 x 70 cm. This massively large, important specimen is one of the few giants removed from the famous Wuning (Wuling) Mine by a team working exclusively for specimen recovery, in around 2003. It came to the US in its own shipping crate as a specimen perhaps 6 times the size and mass, from which this core of undamaged, pristine, remarkably ...

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A very aesthetic stibnite specimen! The crystals have top silver-metallic mirror luster, and are ALL terminated. The smaller crystals lean out attractively from the two central crystals. A very nice one, well above the average! 8.6 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm

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Rare octahedrons fluorite mix with quartz. No. FLU676 S : 18 x 15.5 x 5 cm W : 1547 g

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9.5 x 5.9 x 2.4 cm. Razor-sharp octahedra of purple fluorite, dramatically isolated on a starkly contrasting matrix of quartz, from the finds of around 3 years ago that got everyone so stirred up as perhaps the major find of that year, certainly in China and perhaps worldwide. The largest crystal here is around 2.7 cm tip-to-tip.

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12.1 x 6.4 x 1.6 cm. Splendent, beautifully striated, stainless steel-gray stibnite blades form a striking and aesthetic cabinet specimen from a new find at the Wuning (Wuling) Mine of China. The perpendicular crystal cluster really adds character to this excellent piece. This is a fine complete-all-around spray. Highly representative of the ...

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18.0 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm. A striking, large, splendent, beautifully striated, stainless steel-gray stibnite crystal from the recent 2009 find at the Wuning (Wuling) Mine of China. The sidecar crystal is a fine accent. The sharp termination is very nearly pristine and is actually slightly bent.

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Nice and elegant specimen of lucent, terminated, striped, steel gray crystals of stibnite difficult to find on matrix, associated with tabular baryte. Finding: about 2011 Overall piece size: 18.0 x 9.5 x 15.0 cm Length of the bigger stibnite crystal: 8.0 cm Mauro Rapazzini private collection.

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Numerous sharp octahedral crystals of translucent fluorite, pale green interiors with dark violet edges and tips, frosty luster, 1mm to 9mm on edge, on a bed of white quartz, in turn on green massive fluorite. Donated to Colorado Mesa University in September 2022.

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A long sharp shiny specimen of prismatic terminated stibnite. Bought the specimen in Changsha along with another several hundred similar but smaller specimens. The scale under the specimen is an inch with a rule at one cm.

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From the find that produced the largest crystals of stibnite seen in the modern era of mineral collecting. This cabinet size piece features a large, bright, intense metallic silver color, prismatic crystal of stibnite with a secondary accenting crystal on the side. If you turn the piece sideways, you can see the large crystal has a unique "bend" ...

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A group of several sharp octahedral crystals of translucent fluorite, pale green interiors with dark violet edges, with frosty luster, on a small amount of white quartz. Donated to Colorado Mesa University in September 2022.

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Crossing “V” of sharp metallic stibnite crystals to 7.5cm with a thin slice of matrix hosting many sharp colorless baryte crystals to 4mm.

Fluorite crystals etched from quartz matrix. 12 x 6.6 x 6.5 cm. Photo and specimen in personal collection.

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11.0 x 9.4 x 3.0 cm. Gorgeous, gemmy, intensely purple, grape-like fluorite cuboctahedrons to 2.3 cm are richly and aesthetically scattered on the etched, cabinet quartz plate matrix on this specimen from recent finds at the Wushan Mine, De’an, China. The fluorite crystal faces appear to be step-faced, but in fact, are very lightly etched. A ...

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Fluorite XLS on quartz; overall size 10cm X 8.75cm

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A BIG, wonderful stibnite "nail" crystal, with TOP METALLIC MIRROR-LUSTER and a pristine chisel termination. A contact next to the small crystal at the bottom can be easily forgiven. 17.9 x 2.4 x 1.5cm

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9.0 x 8.3 x 3.9 cm. These sharp octahedrons of fluorite embedded in stark white quartz caused a big stir when they came out. The ones you see still coming onto the market are from old stocks, some of which are still being prepped (and painstaking task involving HF acid) - the mining is long over now. This plate has crystals measuring to over 3 cm ...

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Specimen obtained for collection in October 2010. Label supplied with specimen listed mine as Qingjian Stibnite Mine Jiangxi, China. This mine not listed in Mindat database. Specimen photographed being held by Mineral Dealer Evonne Kelty. Some damage to some terminations but size of specimen would expect some damage. Has a fitting place in ...

A beautiful, elegant stibnite specimen, a spray of shiny metallic, terminated crystals, in fine shape with only minor contact. 9.6 x 3.5 x 1.6 cm

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15.3 x 14.4 x 3.2 cm. This fluorite has purple and green tones, in contrasting stark white quartz. The crystals on this plate measure to 2.5 cm.

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This is a PRISTINE, 9-INCH, TERMINATED crystal of stibnite from China - superb mirror-metallic luster and beautiful striations along the sides. The termination is a perfect, classic chisel form. A STRIKING crystal specimen - people who don''t know minerals just cannot believe these are natural! 23.1 x 2.1 x 1.0cm

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8.5 x 7 x 2 cm. These De’an fluorites caused quite a stir when they came out due to their razor-sharp octahedral form and beautiful mix of purple and green hues. The crystals here measure to 1.5 cm across the middle.

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17.1 x 11.4 x 5.9 cm. From the now mined-out finds that caused such excitement a few years back - a LARGE cluster of deep purple octahedra of fluorite, including a couple of HUGE ones (for this find) one of which measures 4 cm along the edge! Just a bit of quartz matrix holds this large, impressive showpiece together - it is almost all crystal! A ...

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Dark purple fluorite on quartz matrix. Specimen size: 19 x 16 cm

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15cm x 11cm x 7cm and 800 gram Nice octahedral fluorite biggest crystal: 2.3cm

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Plate of fluorite octahedrons on quartz matrix. Specimen size: 15 x 13 cm

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34.5 x 2.6 x 0.8 cm. An impressive, giant stibnite "sword" from China. The large cabinet crystal has splendent, metallic-gray lustre, is beautifully and sharply striated, and has a nice, tapered termination. From recent finds at the Wuning Mine of China. Very highly representative for the species, locality and large size.

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8.0 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm. A striking, splendent, beautifully striated, stainless steel-gray stibnite blade aesthetically surrounded by smaller crystals forms a showy and excellent specimen from a new find at the famous Wuning (Wuling) Mine of China. The sharp termination and the large crystal, itself, are very nearly pristine. A classic stibnite from ...

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10.5 x 8.8 x 5.8 cm. A stunning, cabinet cluster of splendent, beautifully striated, stainless steel-gray stibnite blades from a new find at the Wuning (Wuling) Mine of China. This is a fabulous, two-sided piece with the plate of limestone matrix attached on one side. Part of the piece is this incredible bridge girder arrangement of the blades and ...

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Group of three prismatic crystals, one of them being dominant, of very well defined faces and edges and with magnificent terminations. The luster is excellent.Wuning Mine, Jiangxi, China.Found in 2004Specimen size: 15 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm

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26.0 x 17.5 x 10.0 cm. This is one of the largest such specimen I have seen of this now-classic material, called "raspberry fluorite" by many in the direct market. It is a pristine large plate with many sharp fluorites to about 3 cm in size. In good lighting, it glows with color. The shot here shows it in pretty moderate normal room lighting...in ...

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21.2 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm. From the find that produced the largest crystals of Stibnite seen in the modern era of mineral collecting!! This large cabinet size piece features an incredibly large, bright, intense metallic silver color, prismatic crystal of Stibnite. It looks like a glorious Stibnite "sword".

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Group of octahedral crystals of fluorite with slightly curved edges, on Quartz matrix. The crystal are translucent green and are zoned deep violet on the edges.Wushan, De'an, Jiangxi, China.Found in ±2004Specimen size: 14.4 × 11.8 × 4.5 cm = 5.7” × 4.6” × 1.8”Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2 cm = 0.9” × 0.8”Minor fluorescence long & ...

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8.5 x 6.7 x 4.4 cm. This is a well-balanced specimen with a 3.4-cm "raspberry" fluorite crystal perched in the middle. It is highly lustrous, translucent, and has rich purple color. The starkly contrasting matrix shows it off nicely.

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7.9 x 2.9 x 1.4 cm. Splendent, beautifully striated, stainless steel-gray stibnite blades form a fine diverging specimen from a new find at the Wuning (Wuling) Mine of China. This striking piece has unusual and striking peacock-blue and golden iridescence, the crystals are so lustrous. Complete-all-around, this fine cluster does have some ...

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24.4 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm. A superb, splendent, beautifully striated, stainless steel-gray, large cabinet stibnite blade from a new find at the Wuning (Wuling) Mine of China. The sharp termination is pristine on this striking, tapered crystal. Complete-all-around and essentially pristine. The contacting near the base has no damage, per se. Even the ...

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5.8 x 4.8 x 2.3 cm. A very aesthetic matrix stibnite specimen. Splendent, beautifully striated, stainless steel-gray stibnite blades form a superb specimen from a new find at the Wuning (Wuling) Mine of China. The sharp terminations are pristine. Complete-all-around and nearly pristine. Matrix stibnites of this quality are pretty rare from the ...

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21.9 x 18.6 x 4.0 cm. A beautiful large specimen with multihued purple-green octahedra to 3.5 cm on edge perched in a quartz matrix plate. These practically "glow" when backlit with even the most minimal light.

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20.4 x 3.0 x 2.3 cm. A striking, splendent, beautifully striated, stainless steel-gray, large cabinet stibnite "sword" from a new find at the Wuning (Wuling) Mine of China. This crystal is slightly bent and the sidecar at the base is 10.0 cm long. The sharp termination is partially contacted on back (not front), either. Complete-all-around, this ...

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Good group of crystals with a growth modification of termination, formation typical of this locality. Size : 17 x 4 cm. Acquired 2004. Collection JF LANOE / Inv.3289-15.

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Antimonite from China. 30*20*15 cm. Terra Mineralia Museum collection.

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11.6 x 7.0 x 4.0 cm. Iconic in every way, this wonderful, cabinet-sized stibnite is from the famous 2003 find at Wuning Mine. Each and every bladed crystal is splendent, beautifully striated, well terminated, and they all have a brilliant, metallic luster. There is even some subtle bending in some of the crystals, which harkens back to the great ...

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Aggregate of steel gray, bright, striped and finished crystals of stibnite, some of which are curved. Finding: about 2003 Overall piece size: 19.0 x 7.0 x 8.5 cm Length of the bigger stibnite crystal: 12.5 x 1.5 cm Mauro Rapazzini private collection.

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8.8 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm. Splendent, beautifully striated, stainless steel-gray stibnite blades form a fine spray from a new find at the Wuning (Wuling) Mine of China. The naturally bent crystal is interesting. The sharp terminations have just a bit of contacting. Complete-all-around. Highly representative of the species and find.

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