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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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Excellent vanadinite with complex crystallization, two-tone, shiny and bright in color.
This piece comes from Mibladen, Aït Oufella Caïdat, Midelt, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco.
It measures 3.4 cm high by 2.9 cm wide and 2.6 cm thick.
Its weight is 37 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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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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Nice presentation for this piece, with a fossil snail ofhelix ramondi on the bitumen.
Specimen from the old hydrocarbon exploitation of the mine of kings, Dallet, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France.
This specimen measures 11.4 cm long by 9 cm wide and 4.6 cm thick, the snail measures 2.1 cm in diameter.
Weight of 394 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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Tangle of crystals of quartz with a thin coating of calcite and pyrite.
This quartz comes from the San Diego mine, Santa Barbara, Chihuahua, Mexico.
This piece measures 4.5 cm long by 4.4 cm wide and 4.2 cm high.
Its weight is 36 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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Group of crystals of quartz whose main one presents an over-crystallization on the body as well as a very slight inclusion of fuchsite.
This sample comes from Ihovitra, Itremo massif, Ambatofinandrahana, Amoron'i Mania Madagascar.
It measures 6.2 cm long by 4.3 cm wide by 3.6 cm thick.
This quartz weighs 92 grams.
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Small group of crystals of sphalerite with pyrite.
It comes from Naïca Mine, Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico.
This piece, interesting because of its origin, measures 4.1 cm long by 2.6 cm wide and 2.2 cm high.
Its weight is 47 grams.

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Gypsum orange with a nice presentation.
It comes from Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia.
This piece measures 7.8 cm long by 7.2 cm wide and 5.6 cm high.
Its weight is 213 grams.

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Orange gypsum with a nice presentation.
It comes from Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia.
This piece measures 7.8 cm long by 7.2 cm wide and 5.6 cm high.
Its weight is 213 grams.

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Sample carrying 3 crystals ofanatases measuring up to 8 mm, surrounded by quartz points.
It comes from the Lauzière massif, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
This piece measures 10 cm long by 3.5 cm wide and 3.6 cm thick.
Its weight is 134 grams.

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Fluorite yellow cubic with partially covered with micro-crystalline quartz crystals.
Presence of pyromorphite and galena.
It comes from the L'Argentolle mine, Saint-Prix, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
This piece measures 14.2 cm long by 7.6 cm wide and 7.1 cm high.
Its weight is 992 grams.

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Manganocalcite pink, finely crystallized, with a pearly appearance.
It comes from the Madan mining sector, Smolyan province, Bulgaria.
This sample measures 10.3 cm long by 10.2 cm wide and 4.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 482 grams.

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Nice presentation for this crystallization of sphalerite shiny more than 4 cm, surmounting a sheaf of quartz. Presence of a little pyrite and rhodochrosite at the back.
This specimen comes from Trepča, Trepča valley, Mitrovica, Mitrovica district, Kosovo.
It measures 9.4 cm wide by 6.7 cm high and 5 cm thick.
Its weight is 342 grams.
Note small breaks in the quartz not spoiling the interest of the piece.

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Crystallized cluster ofaragonite pseudomorphosed into copper.
Specimen from the Coro Coro mines, Pacajes Province, La Paz, Bolivia.
This sample, interesting mineralogically, measures 0.8 cm in diameter.

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Pseudomorphosis partial copper after hexagonal aragonite crystal, revealing a heart with still containing aragonite and a contour already all in copper.
Specimen from the Coro Coro mines, Pacajes Province, La Paz, Bolivia.
This sample in good condition measures 0.8 cm in diameter and 0.7 cm thick.

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Cubic crystal of boleite dark blue with a good shine.
It comes from the Amelia mine, El Boleo, Santa Rosalia, Baja California, Mexico.
This mineral measures 3 mm edge.

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