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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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Piece associating a carpet of muscovite on an albite gangue with smoky quartz.
It comes from the region of Minas Gerais in Brazil.
Sample measuring 12.3 cm long by 8.7 cm wide and 3.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 415 grams.

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Aesthetics pyrite shiny Peruvian, with octahedral crystals.
It comes from the Huaron mines in the Pasco province Peru.
This piece measures 5 cm long by 3.9 cm wide and 2.6 cm thick.
It weighs 86 grams.
(Measurements excluding base)

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Shiny Pyrite with octahedral crystals, with a partial covering of sphalerite.
It comes from the Huaron mines in the Pasco province in Peru.
This piece measures 7.3 cm long by 4.4 cm wide and 4.6 cm thick.
It weighs 266 grams.

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Nice presentation for this piece associating spheres of rhodochrosite pale pink, small crystals of quartz and pyrite.
It comes from Trepča, Trepča valley, Mitrovica, Mitrovica district, Kosovo.
This mineral measures 5.3 cm high by 3.6 cm wide and 2.4 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 46 grams.
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Pyrite Peruvian with cubic crystallization on a fairly massive gangue.
It comes from the Huanzala mine, Huallanca, Ancash, Peru.
This pyrite measures 7.6 cm long by 6.5 cm wide and 4.6 cm thick.
Its weight is 428 grams.

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Sample of fluorite beige and purple from the Maine-Reclesne mine in Saône et Loire, France.
The crystallization is said to be in "column", with long crystals and an almost flat termination.
The piece measures 5.7 cm long by 4 cm wide and 2.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 145 grams.

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Sample of fluorite typical yellow from the deposit.
It comes from the L'Argentolle mine, Saint-Prix, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
This specimen measures 8.4 cm long by 4.7 cm wide and 3.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 269 grams.
The back is sawn.

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Rare piece of yellow fluorite covered by a chocolate-coloured coating, on a massive white quartz gangue.
It comes from the L'Argentolle mine, Saint-Prix, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
Weighing 429 grams, this sample measures 7.9 cm long, 8.4 cm wide and 5.4 cm thick.

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Crystallization of manganocalcite with a light pink and pearly appearance, covered with small pyrite crystals.
This piece comes from Madan, province of Smolyan, Bulgaria.
It measures 8.3 cm long by 6.5 cm wide and 3.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 201 grams.

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Piece presenting, on a bed of crystals of quartz, of the rhodochrosite pale pink with crystals of pyrite. The back is covered with calcite.
It comes from Trepča, Trepča valley, Mitrovica, Mitrovica district, Kosovo.
This mineral measures 16.1 cm long by 7.3 cm wide and 2.8 cm thick (4.5 cm at the thickest).
Its weight is 377 grams.

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Sample of goethite with a covering of calcite on one side.
It comes from Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.
It measures 9.4 cm long by 6.1 cm wide and 3.1 cm thick.
Its weight is 69 grams.

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Long piece showing some chrysocolla after malachite made shiny by a fine over-crystallization of quartz.
It comes from the Lupoto mine, Kakumba, Kipushi, Haut-Katanga, Republic of Congo.
This piece measures 12 cm long by 3.2 cm wide and 3.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 131 grams.

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Interesting group of quartz almost floating with shale inclusions.
It comes from Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves, Oisans, Alps, France.
This piece measures 8.5 cm long by 7.2 cm wide and 4.1 cm thick.
Its weight is 204 grams.

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