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Sample of fossil wood cut and polished.

It comes from the Morvan massif, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.

This sample measures 6.3 cm long by 4.7 cm wide and 6.2 cm at its thickest.

Its weight is 233 grams.

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Crystals ofhemimorphite white and shiny, with a main spray of 2.5 cm.

This mineral comes from the Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.

It measures 6.3 cm high by 4.4 cm wide and 2.9 cm at its thickest.

Its weight is 57 grams.

Note that the gangue is powdery (without influence on the aesthetics of the piece)

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Calcite with chocolate-coloured dog tooth crystals.

It comes from the El Potosi mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua in Mexico.

This specimen measures 11.1 cm long by 9.2 cm wide and 3.6 cm thick.

Its weight is 402 grams.

Note touches on the periphery of the piece.

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Shiny Pyrite with well yellow octahedral crystals, with a partial covering of sphalerite.
It comes from the Huaron mines in the Pasco province at Peru.
This piece measures 9.2 cm long by 7.6 cm wide and 2.6 cm thick.
It weighs 403 grams.

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Sample ofshiny epidote, with dark green coloured crystals.
This piece comes from Mount Khorram, Tafresh county in Iran.
It measures 4 cm long by 3.9 cm wide and 3.9 cm thick.
Its weight is 104 grams.

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Piece presenting on matrix a rich carpet of fibrous crystals of millerite densely compacted golden-green.
It comes from the open-pit Thompson Mine, Manitoba., Canada.
This sample measures 3 cm long by 2.7 cm wide and 2.4 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 36 grams.
(Measurements excluding base)

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Shiny crystals of baryte blue with a yellow edging.
Floating piece from Oumjrane, Tinghir, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco.
It measures 6.2 cm high by 4.4 cm wide and 2.3 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 108 grams.

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Rare association ofapophyllite green on mordenite cream color.
This piece comes from the Nasik district, Maharashtra, India.
It measures 13.4 cm long by 7.4 cm wide and 4.6 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 367 grams.

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Nice presentation for this baryte blue and shiny.
This floating piece comes from Oumjrane, Province of Tinghir, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.
Specimen measuring 5.8 cm high, 4.5 cm wide and 3.5 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 60 grams.
(Measurements excluding base)

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Beautiful plate of quartz with crystals partially covered with dolomite white and millimetric calcite in dog teeth.
This quartz comes from the Cavnic mine, Maramures, Romania.
It measures 13.6 cm long by 9.2 cm wide and 4.2 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 475 grams.

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Old g coingoethite with geode crystals.
It comes from Chaillac, Indre, France.
This goethite measures 4.3 cm long by 4 cm wide and 2.8 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 61 grams.

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Marcasite with a two-step crystallization and sperkise twins all around.
It comes from the cliffs of Cap Blanc-Nez in Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, France.
,This sample measures 4.2 cm long by 3.5 cm wide and 3.7 cm thick.
Its weight is 138 grams.
Piece treated for better preservation.

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Interpenetration of two crystals of pyrite shiny with curved edges.
Piece from Ambas Aguas, Muro de Aguas, La Rioja, Spain.
This sample measures 4.2 cm long by 3.5 cm wide and 3.7 cm thick.
Its weight is 138 grams.

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Specimen showing two crystals in pseudo hexagonal twin ofaragonite on a gangue of gypsum salmon color.
It comes from Minglanilla, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.
This sample measures 5.5 cm long by 5.3 cm wide and 3.9 cm thick.
It weighs 93 grams.

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Pyrenean specimen bearing crystals ofaxinite gem
It measures 3.7 cm long by 3.1 cm wide and 2.5 cm at its thickest.
These axinites come from La Mongie, Hautes-Pyrénées, France.
Its weight is 38 grams.

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Marcasite with two different crystallizations including centimetric sperkise twins.
It comes from the cliffs of Cap Blanc-Nez in Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, France.
This sample measures from 3.7 to 4.1 cm in diameter for a weight of 62 grams.
Piece treated for better preservation.

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Sample of brochantite with a well-marked green color on gangue.
It comes from Bou Beker, Touissit-Bou Beker, Jerada, Oriental Region, Morocco.
This piece measures 4.1 cm long by 4.1 cm wide and 2.6 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 40 grams.
(Measurements excluding base)

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Solid cluster of fine acicular crystals of zinkenite black metallic.
It measures 3.3 cm long by 1.4 cm wide and 0.8 cm at its thickest.
This sample comes from the San José mine, Oruro, Bolivia.

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Skeletal crystallization of galena accompanied by calcite, sphalerite and chalcopyrite.
Piece from the Madan mining sector, Smolyan province, Bulgaria.
It measures 4.5 cm long by 3.4 cm high and 3.2 cm thick.
Its weight is 97 grams.

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Group of crystals of quartz transparent
Piece from the 2 Alps, Oisans, Isère, France.
It measures 7.7 cm long by 3.7 cm wide and 6 cm high.
Its weight is 150 grams.

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Sample of celestite transparent and shiny on sulfur.
It comes from the Machów Mine, Tarnobrzeg City Co., Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland.
This piece measures 10.2 cm long by 7.8 cm wide and 5.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 577 grams.

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Association of sphalerite bright and chalcopyrite, with calcite on the back.
This piece comes from the classic deposit of Baia Sprie, Maramureș, Romania.
It measures 7.2 cm long by 4.4 cm wide and 2.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 103 grams.

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Group of crystals from smoky quartz originating from the Talèfre needle, Chamonix, Mont-Blanc, Haute-Savoie, France.
Piece measuring 6.1 cm long by 4.4 cm wide and 2.8 cm high.
Its weight is 41 grams.

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Aesthetic piece of goethite with shiny crystals in geode.
It comes from Chaillac, Indre, France.
This goethite measures 4.1 cm long by 4 cm wide and 2.1 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 47 grams.

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Sample of fossil wood cut and polished.
It comes from the Morvan massif, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
This sample measures 6.2 cm long by 6.2 cm wide and 3.1 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 176 grams.

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Carpet of tabular crystals of baryte brown yellow, of good quality for the deposit.
Piece from Igornay in Saône-et-Loire, France.
It measures 12.5 cm long by 4.6 cm wide and 4.4 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 288 grams.
The base is sawn.

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Metallic grey galena with a slightly melted appearance, topped with white calcite.
This galena comes from the Borieva mine, municipality of Madan, province of Smolyan, Bulgaria.
It measures 8.2 cm long by 5.6 cm wide and 4.9 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 554 grams.

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Piece rich in shiny crystals cleophane, variety of green sphalerite, with galena crystals.
It comes from the Madan mining sector, Smolyan province, Bulgaria.
This sample measures 14.2 cm wide by 7.1 cm high and 4.1 cm thick.
Its weight is 324 grams.

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Piece presenting crystals ofénargite metallic and black in appearance.
It comes from Leonard mine, Butte mining district, Silver Bow County, Montana, United States.
This sample measures 3.7 cm long by 3 cm wide and 2 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 32 grams.

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Lithophyse sawn and polished with a dominant red with a crystallized geode in its center.
This aesthetic chalcedony comes from the Esterel massif, Var, France.
Piece measuring 8.2 cm at the longest for 7.3 cm wide and 3.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 309 grams.
This chalcedony comes from an old stock.
Note a break on the periphery.

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