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Nice little piece covered with crystals of dolomite shiny and millimetric crystals of celestine transparent.
It comes from Saillants du Gua, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
This sample measures 5.8 cm long by 4 cm wide and 2.7 cm thick.
Its weight is 57 grams.

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Group of crystals of pyrite with slightly curved faces.
Piece from Ambas Aguas, Muro de Aguas, La Rioja, Spain.
This sample measures 5.6 cm long by 4.8 cm wide and 3.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 151 grams.

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Pleasant fluorite with a shiny crystallization pulling on the gray on the front and green crystals on the back.
Fluorite from the province of Hunan in China.
It measures 15 cm wide by 9.2 cm high and 4.9 cm thick.
Its weight is 1017 grams.
Some very minor touches to report.

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Crystallization of pyrite floating and shiny.
It comes from Cap Blanc-Nez, Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, France.
This piece measures 4.8 cm long by 4.5 cm wide and 3.3 cm high.
Its weight is 146 grams.
Treated piece.

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Nice presentation for this native copper oxidized contrasting with its brown gangue.
It comes from the mining area of Oumjrane, Tinghir, Drâa-Tafilalet region in Morocco.
This piece measures 7 cm wide by 5.7 cm high and 5.1 cm thick.
Its weight is 124 grams.

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Inner part of a nodule of pyrite well crystallized, typical formation of this quarry.
This piece comes from Saint Denis d'Orques, Sarthe, France.
Sample measuring 8.9 cm long by 5.2 cm wide and 1.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 195 grams.

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Vanadinite crystallized on all sides with a very attractive color and shiny crystals.
It comes from Mibladen, Aït Oufella Caïdat, Midelt, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco.
This pretty piece measures 7.1 cm long by 5.7 cm wide and 5.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 308 grams.

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Piece rich in crystals of cleophane, variety of green sphalerite, with a few crystals of calcite and galena.
It comes from the mining sector of Madan, province of Smolyan, Bulgaria.
This sample measures 10.1 cm wide by 5.1 cm high and 4.3 cm thick.
Its weight is 160 grams.

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Opal of hyalite variety, from Valec (Waltsch), Bohemia, Czech Republic.
This specimen is a perfect example of transparent globular opal from this renowned deposit.
It measures 5 cm wide by 5.3 cm high and 4.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 115 grams.

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Prehnite green with lamellar crystals carrying a group of quartz.
It comes from Djebel Melh, Figuig, Eastern Region in Morocco.
This mineral measures 5 cm long by 4.9 cm wide and 2.5 cm high.
Its weight is 37 grams.
(Measurements excluding base)

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Fluorite with rare curved octahedral crystals green and purple, the main one, incomplete, exceeds 4 cm wide.
It comes from the Barre mine (Martinèche vein) Saint Jacques d'Ambur, Auvergne, in the old Pontgibaud mining district, France.
This sample measures 13.4 cm high by 8.9 cm wide and 4.1 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 490 grams.

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Rare fluorite with curved octahedrons green, the main one exceeds 4 cm in edges.
It comes from the Barre mine (Martinèche vein) Saint Jacques d'Ambur, Auvergne, in the old Pontgibaud mining district, France.
This sample measures 10.7 cm high by 7 cm wide and 4.1 cm thick.
Its weight is 425 grams.
A small chip on the main octahedron.

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Piece with terminated crystals ofepidote dark carrying the prehnite green.
It comes from Diakon, Bafoulabé Circle, Kayes, Mali.
This mineral measures 9.3 cm long by 7 cm wide and 5.2 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 396 grams.

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Specimen of malachite in ball bearing some sprays of light yellow mimetite.
It comes from the Tsumeb mine, Oshikoto region in Namibia.
This piece measures 6.3 cm long by 3.3 cm wide and 4 cm thick.
Its weight is 113 grams.
Remains of an old fixing paste under the piece.

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Vanadinite with a very attractive color and shiny crystals.
It comes from Mibladen, Aït Oufella Caïdat, Midelt, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco.
This pretty piece measures 5.9 cm long by 4.1 cm wide and 2.3 cm thick.
Its weight is 67 grams.
Note the small touches that do not spoil the aesthetic interest of this vanadinite.

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Spheres of stellerite accompanied by stilbite on a gangue composed of prehnite andepidote.
This sample comes from Diaboukara, Kayes Region, Mali.
This mineral measures 9 cm long by 7.6 cm wide and 3.8 cm thick.
Weight of 236 grams.

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Good sample of vivianite from the Kerch mine, Crimea peninsula, currently under Russian.
occupation The crystals approaching 4 cm are embedded in the matrix on both sides.
This specimen measures 8.1 cm long by 5 cm wide and 3.2 cm thick.
Its weight is 99 grams.

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A pleasant presentation for this bicolor gypsum with two large main crystals framing increasingly smaller crystals, forming an almost cylindrical specimen.
It comes from Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia.
This piece measures 7.9 cm long by 5.9 cm wide and 5.9 cm thick.
Its weight is 208 grams.

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A pleasant presentation for this two-tone gypsum with two large main crystals framing smaller and smaller crystals, forming an almost cylindrical specimen.
It comes from Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia.
This piece measures 7.9 cm long by 5.9 cm wide and 5.9 cm thick.
Its weight is 208 grams.

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Quartz aesthetic from the 2 Alpes sector, Ecrins massif, France.
It is composed of a fairly flat main crystal embedded in a group of smaller crystals.
This pretty piece measures 6 cm by 3.2 cm wide and 2.7 cm thick.
Its weight is 54 grams.
(Measurements excluding base)

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Piece of bi-terminated quartz with the presence of malachite resulting from the transformation of tetrahedrites from the sector.
Almost floating specimen, only a discreet contact prevents it from being certified.
This quartz comes from Grand Mont, Arêches, Beaufortain, Savoie, France.
It measures 9.2 cm long by 4.3 cm wide and 3.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 181 grams.

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Bi-terminated quartz piece with the presence of malachite from the transformation of tetrahedrites in the sector.
Specimen almost floating, only a discreet contact prevents it from being certified.
This quartz comes from Grand Mont, Arêches, Beaufortain, Savoie, France.
It measures 9.2 cm long by 4.3 cm wide and 3.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 181 grams.

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Andradite garnet brown green topping quartz crystals, crystals with a strange colored pattern.
This sample comes from the Bor quarry, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia.
It measures 4.1 cm high by 4.8 cm wide and 2.6 cm thick.
Its weight is 63 grams.
(Measurements excluding base)
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Sample associating a veneer of cobaltocalcite pale pink with crystallization of malachite, white dolomite, as well as a covering of chrysocolla (probable).
It comes from the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, Congo.
Specimen measuring 7.2 cm long by 6.3 cm wide and 1.9 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 117 grams.

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Sample of cobaltocalcite and malachite covered by a micro-crystallization of quartz.
It comes from Kolwezi, Lualaba, Republic of Congo.
Its weight is 228 grams.
It measures 7.1 cm long by 6 cm wide and 4.5 cm thick.

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Piece associating on a bed of chrysocolla of the malachite shiny and a partial covering ofheterogenite.
This sample comes from the Star mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, Congo.
It measures 7.3 cm long by 4.7 cm wide and 4.2 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 166 grams (with base).

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Interesting piece, associating on a gangue of albite of the prehnite white cubic, crystals of diopside green and garnets hessonite.
It comes from the Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, in the Canada.
Specimen measuring 4.1 cm long by 2.9 cm wide and 2.4 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 37 grams.
(Measurements excluding bases)
This piece is not in perfect condition.

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Half geode ofpolished agate with a red periphery and a cavity presenting a crystallization of quartz. This quartz is accompanied by a second metallic mineral, perhaps hematite.
This piece comes from the Morocco.
It measures 7.5 cm long by 7 cm wide and 3.1 cm thick.
Its weight is 215 grams.

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Sample showing a vein with a geode containing prehnite green in "flakes" and quartz crystals.
It comes from the Mumbai district, Maharashtra, India.
Specimen measuring 10.3 cm long by 5.6 cm wide and 3 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 188 grams.
The back is sawn.

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Interesting piece composed of quartz crystals covered by scalenoedres of calcite, the back of the sample being partially reddened by a ferric coating.
It comes from Piedras verdes, Urique, Chihuahua in Mexico.
This piece measures 10.2 cm long by 6.7 cm wide and 4.1 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 193 grams.

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Piece covered with bitumen natural, with two fossil snails of helix ramondi.
Specimen from the old hydrocarbon exploitation of the mine of kings, Dallet, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France.
It measures 10.8 cm long by 9.1 cm wide and 6.8 cm thick, the snails measure 1.7 cm in diameter.
Its weight is 480 grams.

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Nice presentation for this piece combining pyrite and crystals of baryte shiny.
It comes from the Oumjrane mining district, Province of Tinghir, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.
This baryte measures 12 cm long by 6.3 cm wide and 4.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 211 grams.

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