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Headphones prehnite, a classic for the species and alpine mineralogy.
It comes from La Combe de la Selle, St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
This sample is 2.9cm long for 2.3cm wide and 1.8cm thick.
Off-base measures.

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Sample manganocalcite polysynthetic with two main endings.
Specimen near-floating with a strong long UV reaction.
It comes from Dalnegorsk mining district, Dalnegorsk urban district, Primorsky Krai, Russia.
With a weight of 89 grams, this specimen is 8.6 cm long and 3.3 cm wide and 3.1 cm thick.

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Impose crystal of'amethyst light purple on matrix with slightly skeletal growth and reconsolidated fracture marks.
It comes from the Mexico, from the Las Vigas sector, State of Vera Cruz.
This specimen measures 9.5 cm long for 8 cm wide and 5.8 cm thickest.
It weighs 313 grams.

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Nice baryte with shiny blue crystals on a beige barite gangue.
It comes from the Cavnic mine, Maramures, Romania.
This specimen comes from 9.5 cm long for 7.1 cm wide and 5.1 cm thicker.
Its weight is 493 grams.

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Specimen smithsonite translucent with rhombohedral crystals on matrix
Specimens from the Tsumeb mine, Oshikoto region, Namibia.
It is 3.7 cm high for 3.7 cm wide and 3.1 cm thick.
Its weight is 52 grams.
(Measures out of basement)

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Pseudomorphosis copper after crystallized aragonite cluster.
Specimens from mines in Coro Coro, Pacajes Province, La Paz, Bolivia.
This sample of aragonite remains is 1.3 cm in diameter.

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Pseudomorphosis copper after hexagonal crystal of aragonite.
Specimens from mines in Coro Coro, Pacajes Province, La Paz, Bolivia.
This sample in good condition measures 0.9 cm in diameter for 0.5 cm in thickness.

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Sample in a matrix of siderite-ancerite and calcite of the zinkenite. Sulfosel is formed as prismatic crystals up to 10 mm free from calcite by chemical treatment.
It comes from the ravine of Saint Pons, Barcelonnette, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
This specimen measures 5.8 cm long for 5.3 cm wide and 3.3 cm thick.
Its weight is 113 grams.

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Specimen associated on matrix of the pyrite and grey and striated crystals of'andorite measuring up to 5 mm.
Specimens from the San José mine, Oruro, Cerdaco province, Bolivia.
It is 3.5 cm wide for 1.9 cm high and 1.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 15 grams.

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Sample bismuth native, chemical element of Bi symbol, appearing here as crystals molded after quartz crystals.
It was taken from Dayu Co. County, rich in tin and tungsten, in Ganzhou, Jiangxi China.
This bronze-coloured specimen is 1.9 cm long for 1.3 cm wide and 0.7 cm thick.

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Rarely proposed, sample native lead in the form of a partially tarnished leaf based on an epidotite matrix (rock formed almost entirely of crystallized epidote).
This specimen from Garpenberg Norra Mine (north), Garpenberg, Hedemora, Dalarna County, Sweden.
It measures 2.7 cm long for 1.6 cm wide and 1.5 cm thick.

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Tabular crystal d'andorite with several endings and typical streaks. One side has a slight beige, cervantite or stibiconite coating.
Specimens from the November 2004 discovery at the San José mine, Oruro, Cerdaco province, Bolivia.
It is 1.6 cm wide and 1.4 cm high and 0.5 cm thick.

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Specimen with a pink matrix of rhodochrosite overcome by calcite white finely crystallized, then crystals of tetrahedrites measuring up to 8 mm.
It comes from the mine of Boldut, Cavnic, Maramures, Romania.
Specimens measuring 7 cm long for 4.2 cm wide and 4.1 cm thick.
Its weight is 191 grams.

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Very nice group of two helix ramondi on gangue, epigenized lussatitis blue.
Specimen without restorations, UV-reactive short.
These rare fossil snails turned into opal come from Dallet, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France.
This specimen is 7.4 cm long for 6.9 cm wide and 4.8 cm thick, the snails 23 mm and 20 mm in diameter.
Weight 271 grams.

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Natural presentation for this quartz carried by sphaleritis var. leophane.
Specimen typical of the Madan mining sector, Smolyan province, Bulgaria.
It is 7.4 cm long for 4 cm high and 2.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 72 grams.

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Fluorite with crystals of a light purple and green heart, partially covered with quartz and pyrite spherical.
This aesthetic specimen comes from the El Hamman mine, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kenitra Region, Morocco.
It is 9.3cm wide for 6.1 cm high and 5.2 cm, for a weight of 383 grams.
Note a discrete lack on the left side of the sample.

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Fluorite lavender colour, crystallized on both sides. It has several crystals of fluorite called "briquet" and galena.
Specimen from Greenlaws Mine, Daddry Shield, Weardale, County Durham, England.
It is 12.2 cm long for 7.7 cm wide and 5.1 cm thicker.
Weight 515 grams.

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Specimen of garnet var. tsavorite with quartz, graphite, pyrite, and some traces of tanzanian violet.
This sample is from Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania.
It is 6.9 cm long for 6 cm wide and 3.7 cm thick.
Its weight is 216 grams.

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Crystals gypsum var. selenite, with a beautiful lustre, on porphyry gangue.
This specimen comes from the municipality of Tatatila, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico.
It is 7.1 cm long for 4.9 cm wide and 4.7 cm thick.
Its weight is 142 grams.

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Crystals'amethyst light purple, with a 5,8 cm main crystal.
This specimen comes from Las Vigas, State of Vera Cruz Mexico.
It is 5.8 cm long for 3.8 cm wide and 1.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 29 grams.

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Specimen of fine crystals of baritone gray on fluoritis slightly frosted, all sprinkled with pyrite.
It comes from the nightingale mine in Chaillac, Indre, France.
Specimens measuring 10.6 cm long for 5.9 cm wide and 4.1 cm thickest.
Its weight is 390 grams.

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Baryte with tabular crystals covered with orange ferric oxides.
It comes from the mine the Redoutières, Chaillac, Indre, France. The mine closed in 2006.
Sample measuring 6.6 cm long for 6.5 cm wide and 4.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 260 grams.

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Uncommon sample'austria with fine over-cristallization'semimorphite.
It comes from the Malines mine, Saint Laurent le Minier, Gard, France.
This specimen is 4.2 cm long for 2.8 cm wide and 1.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 20 grams.

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Very bright sample of crystals of baryte gem based on a fine crystallization of pyrite.
It comes from the Malines mine, Saint Laurent le Minier, Gard, France.
This specimen is 7.2 cm long for 4.7 cm wide and 3.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 125 grams.

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Sample tabular baritone with some minor shocks not spoiling the aesthetics of the specimen.
It comes from the Malines mine, Saint Laurent le Minier, Gard, France.
This barium is 10 cm long for 7.5 cm high and 5.2 cm thick.
Its weight is 478 grams.

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Partial Cube of green fluorite, covered with a fine crystallization of quartz, embedded in blades of baryte.
Specimen from the Fontsante mine, Tanneron, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
It is 6.7 cm long for 4.6 cm wide and 3.3 cm thick.
Its weight is 161 grams.

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Fluorite with cubes with blue-green stops and white heart, cubes resting on quartz.
Specimen from the Fontsante mine, Tanneron, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
It is 5.4 cm long for 3.7 cm wide and 3.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 85 grams.

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Fluorite green blue covered by small pyrite flies and baryte in the back.
Specimen from the Fontsante mine, Tanneron, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
It is 6.7 cm long for 5.2 cm high and 2.9 cm thick.
Its weight is 126 grams.

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Sample baryte honey-coloured crystals, some of which are gemstones.
Specimen despite a few slight scattered breaks.
It comes from Iglesias, Province of Southern Sardinia, Sardinia, Italy.
With a weight of 311 grams, it is 8.7 cm long for 7.2 cm wide and 4.7 cm thicker.

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Good sample of baryte honey-coloured gem crystals.
Specimen despite a few slight scattered breaks.
It comes from Iglesias, Province of Southern Sardinia, Sardinia, Italy.
With a weight of 154 grams, it is 6.7 cm long and 5.5 cm wide and 3.6 cm thick.

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