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Fluorite with a beautiful carpet of cubic crystals forming "balls", of a very pronounced color.
This specimen characteristic comes from Buxières-les-Mines, Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
It weighs 534 grams.
This sample is 9 cm long for 7.2 cm wide and 7 cm thickest.

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Nodule gypsum polished with more or less dark orange nuances.
The crude comes from the mine of Dennevy in Burgundy, France.
This mine, now inaccessible, contains natural nodules of gypsum caught in marnes.
This 99 gram specimen measures 7.4 cm long for 4 cm wide and 2.6 cm thick.

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Ancient specimen de fluoritis polysynthetic crystal violet.
This specimen comes from the Rancennes mine in the Ardennes, a site classified since 1999.
It measures 8.4 cm long for 5.2 cm wide and 4.6 cm thick.
The weight is 292 grams.

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Sample pyrite on black marne, typical of the sector of Serre-Ponçon, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
With a weight of 40 grams, it measures 5.4 cm long for 4 cm wide and 2.5 cm thick.

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Sample of pyrite on black marl, typical of the Serre-Ponçon area, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
Weighing 40 grams, it measures 5.4 cm long, 4 cm wide and 2.5 cm thick.

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Marcasite en mâcle de sperkise with brachidôme endings.

It comes from cap Blanc-Nez cliffs in Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, France.

This sample 3.6 cm long for 3 cm wide.

It weighs 62 grams.

Ancient specimen treated for better conservation.

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Cristal "coffin baryte color honey, transparent, with good shine.
It comes from the deposit of Saint Saturnin (near Olloix), Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
This sample is 6.8 cm tall for 4.4 cm wide and 2.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 167 grams.

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Crystal "coffin" of honey-colored barite, transparent, with a good shine.
It comes from the Saint Saturnin deposit (near Olloix), Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
This sample measures 6.8 cm high, 4.4 cm wide and 2.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 167 grams.

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Sympathy small specimen covered with crystals dolomite brilliant and millimetric crystals of celestine transparent.
It comes from the Saillants du Gua, Auvergne-Rhônes-Alpes, France.
This sample is 5.8 cm long for 4 cm wide and 2.7 cm thick.
Its weight is 57 grams.

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Gypse sample "sand rose" from Gargas in the Vaucluse, France.
It was formed between a layer of gypsum ludient and a waterproof layer.
This specimen weighs 242 grams.
It measures 7 cm long for 4.7 cm wide and 4.3 cm thick.

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Bi-terminated crystal gypsum with grey clay inclusions.
It comes from the former clay quarry now missing from Leforest, Pas de Calais, Hauts de France, France.
Specimen measuring 5.4 cm high for 3.1 cm wide and 1.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 22 grams.

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Bi-terminated gypsum crystal with gray clay inclusions.
It comes from the old clay quarry, now defunct, of Leforest, Pas de Calais, Hauts de France, France.
Piece measuring 5.4 cm high by 3.1 cm wide and 1.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 22 grams.

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Sample talc white and glossy on calcite.

This specimen comes from the cback of Trimouns, Tabe massif, Ariège, France.

It measures 10.6 cm long for 6.5 cm wide and 3.8 cm thickest.

Its weight is 260 grams.

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Fluorite with a beautiful carpet of cubic crystals forming "balls", of a very pronounced color.
This specimen characteristic comes from Buxières-les-Mines, Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
It weighs 534 grams.
This sample is 9 cm long for 7.2 cm wide and 7 cm thickest.

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Specimen combining crystals pyrite and quartz on siderite.
It comes from the mine Mésage, Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage, Grenoble, Isère, France.
This sample measures 6.2 cm long for 2.8 cm wide and 1.8 cm thickest.
Its weight is 40 grams.

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Specimen combining crystals pyrite and quartz on siderite.
It comes from the mine Mésage, Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage, Grenoble, Isère, France.
This sample measures 6.2 cm long for 2.8 cm wide and 1.8 cm thickest.
Its weight is 40 grams.

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Cristal "coffin baryte color honey, transparent, with good shine.
It comes from the deposit of Saint Saturnin (near Olloix), Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
This sample is 6.8 cm tall for 4.4 cm wide and 2.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 167 grams.

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Crystal "coffin" of honey-colored barite, transparent, with a good shine.
It comes from the Saint Saturnin deposit (near Olloix), Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
This sample measures 6.8 cm high, 4.4 cm wide and 2.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 167 grams.

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Cristal "coffin baryte color honey, transparent, with good shine.
It comes from the deposit of Saint Saturnin (near Olloix), Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
This sample is 6.8 cm tall for 4.4 cm wide and 2.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 167 grams.

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Crystal "coffin" of honey-colored barite, transparent, with a good shine.
It comes from the Saint Saturnin deposit (near Olloix), Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
This sample measures 6.8 cm high, 4.4 cm wide and 2.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 167 grams.

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Rock sample containing quincite, an opal dyed in pink by quincyte inclusions (a sepiolite coloured by algae). Specimen very beautiful size and color!
It comes from Mehun on yèvre, Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
With a weight of 625 grams, this quincite measures 12.4 cm long for 9.4 cm wide and 4.7 cm thick.

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Roche containing'resinite opal chocolate color.
It comes from the deposit of the Roche Blanche, Gergovie, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France.
With a weight of 93 grams, this sample measures 6.3 cm long for 4.4 cm wide and 3.3 cm thickest.

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Fluorite with a beautiful carpet of cubic crystals forming "balls", of a very pronounced color.
This specimen characteristic comes from Buxières-les-Mines, Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
It weighs 534 grams.
This sample is 9 cm long for 7.2 cm wide and 7 cm thickest.

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Very good quality sample from the Peyreblanque mine in the Tarn.

The petals of siderite covered with oxides offering a beautiful variety of dark colors.

Specimen measuring 9.4 cm long for 4.9 cm wide and 4.3 cm thick.

Its weight is 190 grams.

Former collection of Alain Martaud

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Fluorite with a beautiful carpet of cubic crystals forming "balls", of a very pronounced color.
This specimen characteristic comes from Buxières-les-Mines, Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
It weighs 534 grams.
This sample is 9 cm long for 7.2 cm wide and 7 cm thickest.

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Polished hip green fluorite.
The crude comes from the mine of Voltennes, La Petite-Verrière, Saône-et-Loire, France.
It measures 7.2 cm wide for 10 cm high and 1.1 cm thickest.
Its weight is 141 grams.

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Sample fossil wood cut and polished.

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

This sample is 6.3 cm long for 4.7 cm wide and 6.2 cm thickest.

Its weight is 233 grams.

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Sample fossil wood cut and polished.

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

This sample is 6.3 cm long for 4.7 cm wide and 6.2 cm thickest.

Its weight is 233 grams.

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Marcasite with a two-stroke crystallization and sperkise mâcles on the whole contour.
It comes from the cliffs of Cap Blanc-Nez in Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, France.
,This sample is 4.2 cm long for 3.5 cm wide and 3.7 cm thick.
Its weight is 138 grams.
Specimen treated for better conservation.

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Lithophyse saw and polished with red dominance with crystallized geode in its centre.
This calcedoin aesthetic comes from the Esterel massif, Var, France.
Specimen measuring 8.2 cm long for 7.3 cm wide and 3.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 309 grams.
This calcedoin comes from an old stock.
Note a break on the periphery.

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Interesting group quartz almost floating with schist inclusions.
It comes from Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves, Oisans, Alpes, France.
This specimen 8.5 cm long for 7.2 cm wide and 4.1 cm thick.
His weight is 204 grams.

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Fluorite green blue covered by small pyrite flies, based on white quartz.

Specimen from the Fontsante mine, Tanneron, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

It measures 6.4 cm long for 4.8 cm wide and 4.6 cm thick.

Its weight is 198 grams.

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Small helmet group prehnite, accompanied by a few spider crystals.

It comes from La Combe de la Selle, St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

This sample is 3.5 cm long for 2.6 cm wide and 1.5 cm thick.

Its weight is 14 grams.

Outstanding measures.

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Pyrite crystallized on both sides with different crystal sizes.

This specimen comes from Saint Denis d'Orques, Sarthe, France.

Sample measuring 8.6 cm long for 5.9 cm wide and 3.8 cm thick.

Its weight is 418 grams.

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Not common, sample french de turquoise from the career of Beauvoir, commune of Echassières in the Allier.
It measures 4.4 cm long for 3.3 cm wide and 2.1 cm thickest.
Its weight is 18.8%

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