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Pyrite Peruvian with a bright crystallization on a massive pyrite gangue.
It comes from the Huanzala mine, Huallanca, Ancash, Peru.
This sample measures 9.8 cm long by 6.7 cm wide and 4.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 471 grams.

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Sample of molybdenite, rare molybdenum sulfide, accompanied by probable brochantite.
It comes from the mines of Château-Lambert, Mélisey, Haute-Saône, France.
This 107 gram specimen measures 6.2 cm long by 4.3 cm high and 4.1 cm thick.

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Piece from the Panasquiera mine, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal.
Aesthetic, it presents a golden crystallization ofarsenopyrite housing a crystal of quartz transparent.
This mineral measures 5.4 cm long by 4.1 cm wide and 2.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 110 grams.
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Crystal of smoky quartz with clear transparency.
It comes from Mont-Blanc, Haute-Savoie, France.
Piece measuring 8 cm long by 4.2 cm wide and 3.3 cm thick.
Its weight is 130 grams.
Note a few very light touches on the edges.

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Nodule of marcasite of good quality with twins sperkise all around.
It comes from the cliffs of Cap Blanc-Nez in Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, France.
This sample measures 3.5 cm long by 2.7 cm high and 3.3 cm thick.
Its weight is 53 grams.
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Pretty crystals of celestine blue and shiny, with a nice presentation for display.
This sample comes from the Sakoany deposit, Mitsinjo, Boeny in Madagascar.
This specimen measures 6.4 cm high by 5.4 cm wide and 5.2 cm at its thickest.
This celestine weighs 210 grams.
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Interesting sample presenting an association of crystals of bournonite and quartz on a gangue of pyrite and galena.
It comes from the Huaron mines in the Pasco province in Peru.
This piece measures 5.6 cm long by 4.2 cm wide and 2.8 cm thick.
It weighs 105 grams.

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Vanadinite with an attractive color and shiny crystals mainly located on the top of the piece.
It comes from Mibladen, Aït Oufella Caïdat, Midelt, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco.
This pretty piece measures 6.7 cm long by 4.7 cm wide and 3 cm thick.
Its weight is 149 grams.

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Piece with several sizes of crystals fromendlichite brown in color, species close to vanadinite where vanadium is replaced by arsenic.
It comes from Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker District, Jerada Province, Oriental, Morocco.
This specimen measures 4.8 cm wide by 2.6 cm high and 3.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 68 grams.

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Native copper of aerial form contrasted by green remains of the gangue.
It comes from Michigan in the United States.
This sample measures 7.4 cm wide by 5.5 cm high and 1.9 cm thick.
This copper weighs 83 grams.
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Association of an amethyst crystal and gypsum var. selenite, with crystals of very good size for the deposit and a good shine.
This piece, on porphyry gangue, comes from the municipality of Tatatila, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico.
It measures 9.4 cm long by 7 cm wide and 2.9 cm thick.
Its weight is 165 grams.

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Beautiful octahedral crystals of pyrite accompanied by a few flies of sphalerite.
This piece comes from the Huaron mines in the Pasco province in Peru.
It measures 7.2 cm long by 5.1 cm wide and 4.2 cm thick.
It weighs 306 grams.

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Interesting small twin of Peruvian galena.
This specimen measures 2.2 cm long, 1.1 cm high and 1.3 cm at its thickest.
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Beautiful specimen from the Santa Eulalia district, municipality of Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico.
This is mimetite on an oxide matrix topped with crystals of wulfenite yellow.
This mineral measures 10 cm long by 9 cm wide and 3.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 351 grams.

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Piece from the mine of Panasquiera, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal.
It presents two green apatite crystals on mispickel.
The main crystal ofapatite has a smooth top face but its side faces are blunt.
This mineral measures 4.7 cm long by 3 cm wide and 2.3 cm thick.
Its weight is 55 grams.

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Terminated crystals ofepidote dark green in color on a massive epidote gangue.
This piece comes from Pampa Blanca, department of Ica, in Peru.
It measures 5.8 cm long by 3.5 cm high and 4.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 127 grams.
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Group of terminated crystals ofepidote dark green in color on a massive epidote gangue.
This piece comes from Pampa Blanca, department of Ica, in Peru.
It measures 5.6 cm long by 4.1 cm high and 3.9 cm thick.
Its weight is 94 grams.
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Malachite bright, with vivid colour fibre crystallisation on one side and a darker appearance on the other side.
This piece comes from Mindigi, in the Haut Katanga region of Congo.
It measures 6.4 cm high by 3.7 cm wide and 2.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 54 grams.
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Piece rich in centimetric terminated crystals of tourmaline black on a gangue of feldspar.
This sample comes from the Erongo region in Namibia.
It measures 10.9 cm long by 6.2 cm high and 4 cm thick.
Its weight is 306 grams.

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Sample of fluorite from Balochistan, Pakistan.
The crystals are cubic and partially covered with white calcite.
This piece measures 13 cm long by 6 cm wide and 3 cm thick.
It weighs 383 grams.

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Rock containing the'opal resin chocolate coloured.
It comes from the Roche Blanche deposit, Gergovie, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France.
Weighing 188 grams, this sample measures 9.6 cm long, 5.5 cm wide and 3.9 cm at its thickest.

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Piece presenting a tangle of crystals ofepidote covered with prehnite apple green.
It comes from Diakon, Bafoulabé Circle, Kayes, Mali.
This mineral measures 6.5 cm long by 5 cm wide and 3.3 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 118 grams.

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Pretty miniature of marcasite with twins sperkise all around.
It comes from the cliffs of Cap Blanc-Nez in Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, France.
This sample measures 2.8 cm long by 1.6 cm high and 1.3 cm thick.
Its weight is 8.5 grams.
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Pretty miniature of marcasite with twins sperkise all around.
It comes from the cliffs of Cap Blanc-Nez in Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, France.
This sample measures 2.6 cm long, 1.6 cm high and 1.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 7.7 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 7.5 cm long by 5.8 cm wide and 4 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 219 grams.

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Terminated crystals ofamethyst light colored, with transparent tips.
This piece comes from the Las Vigas area, State of Vera Cruz, in Mexico.
It measures 7.3 cm high by 7 cm wide and 3.4 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 102 grams.

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Romanéchite (manganese oxide containing barium) in the form of black coral, contrasted by spheres of a yellow ferric oxide, probably goethite.
It comes from a discovery made in 2020 in Veszprém, Veszprém county, Hungary.
This specimen measures 2.9 cm long, 1.7 cm wide and 1.4 cm thick.
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Romanéchite (barium-containing manganese oxide) black contrasted by spheres of a yellow ferric oxide, probably goethite.
It comes from a discovery made in 2020 in Veszprém, Veszprém county, Hungary.
This specimen measures 3.3 cm high, 2.3 cm wide and 1.2 cm thick.
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Interesting fluorite natural from China.
Piece that shows in the light a formation of cubic crystals well drawn, blue-green in color.
This mineral measures 8.7 cm in length by 6.8 cm in width and 2.3 cm in thickness.
Its weight is 200 grams.

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Mille-feuille of chrysocolla and of malachite on matrix.
This sample with beautiful colors comes from Lubumbashi, Republic of Congo.
It measures 10.6 cm long by 9.6 cm wide and 1.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 215 grams.

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