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Gem crystallization of rhodochrosite in a manganese-rich gangue.
This sample comes from the Jacobsi mine, Santa Eulalia mining district, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico.
It measures 4.6 cm long by 3.5 cm wide and 2.2 cm thick.
Its weight is 62 grams.

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Interesting piece presenting of hydrozincite white associated with smithsonite grey.
It comes from the Serpieri mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion, Attica, Greece.
This sample measures 4.7 cm long by 3.1 cm wide and 2.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 75 grams.

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Shiny piece of quartz coloured by chrysocolla underlying.
The back shows chrysocolla without covering.
It comes from the Luputo mine, Katanga, Republic of Congo.
This specimen measures 7.6 cm long by 5.2 cm wide and 2.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 211 grams.

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Crystallization of manganocalcite with a soft pink and a pearly appearance.
This pretty piece comes from Madan, province of Smolyan, Bulgaria.
This sample measures 8.5 cm long by 7 cm wide and 1.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 196 grams.

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Fluorite slightly blue green on quartz, with crystals measuring up to 7 mm.
An oxide coating covers the quartz from the uncut part.
This specimen comes from Langeac, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
It measures 10.7 cm long by 7.9 cm wide and 4.2 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 463 grams.

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Piece presenting on gangue a first deposit of sulphur covered by a celestine partially crystallized brown.
It comes from the Maschów Mine, Tarnobrzeg County, Lower Carpathian Voivodeship, Poland.
This good size sample measures 17.4 cm long by 8.7 cm wide and 8.5 cm high.
Its weight is 815 grams.

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Group of transparent quartz, with several flat crystals.
It comes from L'Alpe d'Huez, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
This sample measures 6.8 cm wide by 6.5 cm high and 6.2 cm thick.
Its weight is 232 grams.

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Group of cubes of fluorite with a blue heart and yellow envelope, resting on a gangue containing quartz.
It comes from the Beix mine, Saint-Germain-près-Herment, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, France.
This sample measures 5.5 cm long by 3.9 cm wide, the main cube measures more than 2 cm edge.
Its weight is 96 grams.

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Goethite mamillary with shiny black areas and a slightly iridescent area.
It comes from the old copper mine of Chizeuil, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
This sample measures 7.2 cm wide by 5 cm high and 2.5 cm thick.
It weighs 164 grams.

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Piece presenting a bed of quartz crystals with spheres of rhodochrosite pale pink, some pyrites and boulangerite.
It comes from Trepča, Trepča valley, Mitrovica, Mitrovica district, Kosovo.
This mineral measures 14.4 cm long by 7.3 cm wide and 5 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 382 grams.

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Fluorite yellow with a slight frost inside the cubes typical of the deposit.
It comes from the L'Argentolle mine, Saint-Prix, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy-Franche-Comté, France.
This specimen measures 13.4 cm long by 8.3 cm wide and 3.3 cm thick.
Its weight is 471 grams.
Note slight touches on the left.

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Crystallization of galena on a matrix containing sphalerite and calcite.
This piece comes from the Santa Eulalia mining district, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Its weight is 379 grams.
It measures 6.7 cm long by 6.5 cm wide and 3.5 cm thick.

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Aesthetic sandy calcite, also called Bellecroix calcite, fully crystallized.
It comes from the place called Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France.
This piece measures 7.9 cm long by 7.1 cm wide and 4.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 250 grams.

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Fluorite green with an Aztec pyramid crystallization and a partial pyrite coating.
Piece from the Fontsante mine, Tanneron, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
It measures 7.5 cm long by 3.6 cm wide and 3.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 128 grams.

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Manganocalcite pink with a pearly appearance, covered with small pyrite crystals, on a gangue rich in sphalerite.
It comes from the Madan mining sector, Smolyan province, Bulgaria.
This sample measures 8 cm wide by 5.5 cm high and 6.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 233 grams.

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Fluorite yellow with a slight frost inside the cubes typical of the deposit.
It comes from the L'Argentolle mine, Saint-Prix, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
Weighing 225 grams, this fluorite measures 7 cm long by 7 cm wide and 3.4 cm thick.
Note the slight touches.

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Old piece featuring white and spherical prehnite with a few pompoms ofokenite.
It comes from the Pune district, Maharashtra, India.
This sample measures 12.2 cm long by 9 cm wide and 4.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 398 grams.

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Piece presenting on gangue orange and spherical crystallizations of stellerite, as well as beige crystals oforthoclase.
This specimen comes from Tatatila in the state of Veracruz in Mexico.
It measures 9.3 cm wide by 6.7 cm high and 3.6 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 227 grams.

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Old piece featuring a cube of galena resting in a crystallization of dolomite beige. A second cleaved galena crystal is located at the bottom of the sample.
It comes from the lead deposits of Joplin in Missouri, United States.
This mineral measures 7 cm wide by 4.7 cm high and 1.9 cm thick.
Its weight is 74 grams.

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Sample of very good quality ofhedenbergite, with a dark green aesthetically contrasted by the gold of the pyrite.
This piece from an old collection comes from the island of Elba, Province of Livorno, Tuscany, Italy.
It measures 8.4 cm wide by 5.8 cm high and 4.6 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 234 grams.

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Small nice piece of quartz with inclusions (goethite?) and calcite crystals.
It comes from Aouli, Mibladen, Province of Midelt, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.
This quartz measures 6.6 cm high by 5.1 cm wide and 2.6 cm thick.
Its weight is 94 grams.

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Piece ofamethyst on gangue, with a first group of small pale purple crystals, and next to it two intertwined crystals of a more pronounced color.
It comes from the Las Vigas sector, State of Vera Cruz, in Mexico.
This specimen measures 5.3 cm long by 4.4 cm wide and 3.8 cm high.
Its weight is 68 grams.

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Pyromorphite with fine needle crystallization on all sides.
It comes from the St Nicolas mine, Steinbach, Thann-Guebwiller, Haut-Rhin, France.
This sample measures 8.9 cm long by 7.3 cm wide and 4 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 290 grams.

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Beautiful piece ofadamite on a limonite gangue, with a first crystallization on top and a more discreet second one in a geode on the side.
This specimen comes from the Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.
It measures 6.9 cm high by 6.3 cm wide and 3.2 cm thick.
Its weight is 266 grams.

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Brown calcite with a formation resembling stalactites, from a rarely offered American deposit for the species.
It comes from a discovery by Bud Ehrle in the 1970s, in Alzada, Carter County, Montana, USA.
This piece, featuring shell nacre remains, measures 9.1 cm long by 4.8 cm wide and 2.1 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 129 grams.

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Piece of prehnite soft colored on a carpet of micro-crystallized quartz.
It comes from the Pune district, Pune Division, Maharashtra, India.
This sample measures 10 cm long by 6.6 cm wide and 3.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 190 grams.

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Aesthetic presentation for this fuschite covered on top by a crystallization of hyaline quartz.
This muscovite is a green variety that contains chrome.
This Peruvian sample weighs 273 grams.
It comes from Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Pallasca P, Áncash
It measures 9.6 cm long by 7.3 cm wide and 6.3 cm at its thickest.

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Good sample of hematoid quartz shiny, orange-red in color, on a matrix with volumes.
It comes from the L'Argentolle mine, Saint-Prix, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
Weighing 516 grams, this mineral measures 9.5 cm long by 9 cm wide and 5.5 cm thick.
Despite a discreet touch depending on the presentation, this piece is very appreciable.

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Piece associating under an orange coating of the yellow fluorite (main crystal of 4 cm edge) and quartz tips.
Sample showing touches but remaining very appreciable for the deposit.
It comes from the L'Argentolle mine, Saint-Prix, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy-Franche-Comté, France.
Weighing 447 grams, this mineral measures 8.3 cm long by 6.5 cm wide and 5.7 cm thick.

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Sample containing numerous crystals in its gangue of blue tourmaline.
It comes from the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil.
This mineral measures 5.4 cm long by 5 cm wide and 3.7 cm thick.
Its weight is 102 grams.

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