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Interesting transparent quartz from Madagascar.
This quartz crystal has five terminations, separated by black tourmaline crystals.
The largest tourmaline measures 26 mm long.
The quartz measures 5.4 cm high, 4.1 cm wide and 3.5 cm thick.
This quartz weighs 80 grams.

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A piece with a rare association, with a crystallization ofepidote dark green covered with numerous andradite garnets.
This sample comes from Diakon, Bafoulabé Circle, Kayes, Mali.
This mineral measures 7 cm long by 4.8 cm high and 3 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 134 grams.
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Cute little piece featuring crystals of chalcopyrite caught in a calcite crystallization. It comes from Kambove in Haut-Katanga, Republic of Congo.
Specimen measuring 3.8 cm high, 2.3 cm wide and 2.6 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 31 grams.
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Échantillon en longueur avec des cristaux brillants de calcite sur gangue portant des sphères de mottramite vert foncé.
Spécimen provenant de la mine de Tsumeb, Région d'Oshikoto, Namibie.
Elle mesure 13 cm de long pour 5,1 cm de large et 5 cm d'épaisseur.
Son poids est de 383 grammes.

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Piece from a classic deposit of American mineralogy, the Sweetwater mine in Missouri to the United States.
It highlights prismatic crystals of calcite on a gangue carrying chalcopyrite iridescent.
This specimen measures 11.1 cm long by 9.4 cm wide and 4.5 cm at its thickest.
It weighs 354 grams.

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Specimen of fluorite from the Pratclaux mine, Haute Loire, France.
It presents a series of green cubes that rest on white quartz crystals.
This piece measures 7.5 cm wide by 6.1 cm high and 3.1 cm thick.
Its weight is 197 grams.

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Sample of dioptase partially covered with black heterogenite crystals.
It measures 5cm at the longest for 3cm wide.
This specimen comes from Renéville, from the Republic of Congo.
Its weight is 35 grams.

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Richly crystallized piece of quartz and siderite.
This mineral comes from Isère, France.
It measures 8 cm long by 3.6 cm high.
The largest crystals measure 1.5 cm long.
The weight of this typical specimen from the area is 99 grams.

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Sample of gypsum fibrous in the shape of a crosse.
It comes from Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua in Mexico.
The gypsum measures 7 cm high for 1.1 cm wide and a thickness of 7 mm.
Its weight is 12.6 grams.
Measurements excluding base.

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Nice sample ofhematite nipple, typical of the Florence mine, Cumberland, England.
This specimen measures 10 cm long by 5 cm thick and 4.9 cm high.
Its weight is 485 grams.

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Mineral with a flaky appearance, presenting crystals ofhemimorphite shiny caught in limonite lamellae.
This piece comes from the Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.
It measures 8.1 cm at the longest for 6.2 cm wide and 4 cm at the thickest.
Its weight is 129 grams.
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Coming from the Mâlain mine in Burgundy, France, this piece highlights a nodule of gypsum orange. The nodule is freed from its gangue and polished.
This mine, inaccessible today, contains rare formations of nodule gypsum and white radial gypsum trapped in clay marls.
This 409 gram specimen measures 10.6 cm wide by 6.5 cm high and 6 cm thick.

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Raw sample with bright colors oforpiment yellow and realgar red.
This piece comes from the Getchell mine, Adam Peak, Nevada, United States.
It measures 8.5 cm long by 5 cm wide and 2.7 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 188 grams.

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Plate of landscape stone also called Guohua stone from Guangxi in China.
It measures 11 cm wide by 4.9 cm high and 0.3 cm thick.
Its weight is 45 grams.

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Landscape stone plaque also called Guohua stone from Guangxi in China.
It measures 9.6 cm wide by 5 cm high and 0.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 58 grams.

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Polished slice of fluorite green and purple striped with good transparency.
The raw material comes from the Voltennes mine, La Petite-Verrière, Saône-et-Loire, France.
It measures 9.5 cm long by 4.3 cm wide and 1.1 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 117 grams.

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Goethite with a partial covering of calcite white.
It comes from Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.
This slender piece measures 14.7 cm long by 5.3 cm wide and 3.5 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 138 grams.

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Amazing manganocalcite with several terminations.
Slightly pink specimen of 165 grams from Dalnegorsk, Russia.
Old piece measuring 7.6 cm long by 4.5 cm wide by 3.4 cm thick.
This calcite is UV reactive.

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Rare association ofepidote with andradite garnets and crystals of stilbite.
This piece comes from Diakon, Bafoulabé Circle, Kayes, Mali.
This mineral measures 6.3 cm high by 4.2 cm wide and 2.5 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 87 grams.
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Stack of terminated crystals ofazurite with a beautiful midnight blue color and a beautiful shine.
This piece comes from Kerrouchene, Khénifra, Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region, Morocco.
It measures 4.2 cm high by 2.5 cm wide and 1.9 cm thick.
Its weight is 29 grams.
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Large crystal ofazurite with a bright color and a beautiful luster.
It comes from Kerrouchene, Khénifra, Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region, Morocco.
Specimen measuring 4.8 cm high, 1.9 cm wide and 0.6 cm thick.
Its weight is 9.2 grams.
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Large terminated crystal ofapatite lemon yellow with a re-crystallized fracture in the middle of the crystal.
This sample comes from the municipality of Imilchil, Midelt, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.
It measures 5.5 cm high by 1.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 33 grams.
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Finished lemon yellow apatite crystal with ideal transparency for showcase lighting.
It comes from the municipality of Imilchil, Midelt, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.
This piece measures 2.2 cm high by 2.2 cm wide and 2 cm thick.
Its weight is 19 grams.
Note a discreet touch at the back under the termination.
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Nice presentation for this piece showing a tangle of crystals ofepidote and balls of prehnite.
It comes from Diakon, Bafoulabé Circle, Kayes, Mali.
This mineral measures 5 cm high by 4.6 cm wide (size of the largest biterminated epidote crystal) and 3.5 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 42 grams.
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Nice presentation for this piece with two crystals ofapatite finished atop a cluster of pyrite shiny.
This old piece comes from the Julcani mine, Province of Angaraes, Huancavelica, Peru.
It measures 3.3 cm high by 2.4 cm wide and 2.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 25 grams.
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Sample of nickeline (a nickel arsenide) accompanied by green annabergite.
This rare nickel ore comes from Aït Ahmane, Bou Azzer, Drâa-Tafilalet in Morocco.
It measures 5.4 cm long by 3.3 cm wide and 4.5 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 130 grams.

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Piece presenting on gangue a carpet of chrysocolla crystallized topped by crystals of gypsum.
It comes from the Chilean copper mines, without further details on the deposit (old piece).
It measures 10.1 cm long by 6.1 cm wide and 3.7 cm thick.
Its weight is 124 grams.

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Amazing manganocalcite with multiple terminations.

Slightly pink specimen of 150 grams from Dalnegorsk, Russia.

Slender piece measuring 8.8 cm in length by 6.4 cm wide and 3.4 cm thick.

This calcite, which has a shock, is UV reactive.

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Piece presenting crystals of diopside green in a quartz gangue.

This sample comes from Badakhshan in Afghanistan.

It measures 5.2 cm long by 4.3 cm wide and 2.8 cm at its thickest.

Its weight is 71 grams.

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Polished slice of banded fluorite in yellow, purple and green color.

It comes from Namibia.

This fluorite measures 9.8 cm long, 4.5 cm high and 1.4 cm at its thickest.

Its weight is 160 grams.

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