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Specimen of fluorite from the Franciman mine in the Tarn in France.
It presents a crystallization of blue cubes caught in quartz, on both sides of the piece.
Its base is sawn, facilitating its arrangement.
This piece measures 5.7 cm wide by 4.6 cm high and 3.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 98 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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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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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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Old piece of fluorite violet with polysynthetic crystals.
This piece comes from the Rancennes mine in the Ardennes, a site classified since 1999.
It measures 8.4 cm long by 5.2 cm wide and 4.6 cm thick.
Its weight is 292 grams.

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Marcasite in twin of sperkise with brachidome terminations.

It comes from the cliffs of Cap Blanc-Nez in Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, France.

This sample measures 3.6 cm long by 3 cm wide.

It weighs 62 grams.

Old piece treated for better preservation.

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Nodule ofazurite finely crystallized on 360° with a dark color.

It comes from the Chessy mine, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

Weighing 43 grams, this specimen measures 4.1 cm long, 3.7 cm high and 2.5 cm at its thickest.

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Sample covered with crystals of dolomite shiny and millimetric crystals of gypsum transparent.

Very interesting under the magnifying glass.

It comes from Saillants du Gua, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

Specimen measuring 8 cm long by 4.7 cm wide and 3.5 cm thick.

Its weight is 65 grams.

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Beautiful gypsum crystal still on matrix.

This piece comes from the clays of Sinard in Isère, France.

It measures 9.4 cm high by 5.5 cm wide and 2.3 cm at its thickest.

Its weight is 138 grams.

Piece sensitive to changes in humidity.

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Piece of fluorite violet well crystallized on gangue, accompanied by a little quartz.

This piece comes from Buxières-les-Mines, Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

It weighs 45 grams.

This sample measures 5.5 cm long by 3.7 cm wide and 2.3 cm at its thickest.

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Group of crystals of pyrite on siderite.

This piece comes from the Mésage mine, Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage, Grenoble, Isère, France.

It measures 4.4 cm long by 3.6 cm wide and 2.2 cm at its thickest.

Its weight is 55 grams (weight with base).

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A piece combining pyrite and quartz crystals on siderite.
It comes from the Mésage mine, Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage, Grenoble, Isère, France.
This specimen measures 4.5 cm long, 3.8 cm wide, and 2.3 cm at its thickest.
It weighs 50 grams.

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Partial crystal of baryte honey color, transparent, with correct brightness.
It comes from the Olloix sector, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
This sample measures 8.4 cm high by 6 cm wide and 3.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 318 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 389 grams, this sample measures 10.3 cm long by 6.8 cm wide and 5 cm at its thickest.

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Piece of violet fluorite on richly crystallized gangue.
This piece comes from Buxières-les-Mines, Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
It weighs 168 grams.
This sample measures 7.9 cm long by 6.3 cm wide and 3 cm at its thickest.

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Perimorphosis of quartz on fluorite octahedrons, the largest crystal measured more than 3 cm edge.

This piece comes from the Voltennes mine, La Petite-Verrière, Saône-et-Loire, France.

It measures 12.8 cm wide by 7.6 cm high and 3.6 cm at its thickest.

Its weight is 276 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 6.7 cm long by 4.3 cm wide and 3 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 131 grams.

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Sample of fossil wood cut and polished, with pink-orange shades.
It comes from the Morvan massif, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
This sample measures 4.5 cm long by 2.6 cm wide and 4.7 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 94 grams.

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Fully crystallized nodule of marcasite with twinned crystallization sperkise.

It comes from the cliffs of Cap Blanc-Nez in Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, France.

This sample measures 3 cm long by 1.9 cm wide and 1.7 cm thick.

Its weight is 18 grams.

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Half lithophyse perfectly polished with a smiling quartz heart.

This aesthetic chalcedony comes from the Esterel massif, Var, France.

Piece measuring 9.5 cm in diameter and 4.2 cm thick.

Its weight is 540 grams.

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Quartz from Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves, Oisans, Alps, France.

This piece measures 9.1 cm long by 7.4 cm wide and 4.5 cm thick.

Its weight is 286 grams.

Some scattered touches to note.

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Fluorite blue green covered with small pyrite flies, resting on white quartz.

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

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

Its weight is 198 grams.

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Group of small helmets of prehnite, accompanied by some epidote crystals.

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

This sample measures 3.5 cm long by 2.6 cm wide and 1.5 cm thick.

Its weight is 14 grams.

Measurements without base.

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Pyrite crystallized on both sides with different crystal sizes.

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

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

Its weight is 418 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 6.3 cm long by 4.7 cm wide and 6.2 cm at its thickest.

Its weight is 233 grams.

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Old g coingoethite with geode crystals.
It comes from Chaillac, Indre, France.
This goethite measures 4.3 cm long by 4 cm wide and 2.8 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 61 grams.

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Pyrenean specimen bearing crystals ofaxinite gem
It measures 3.7 cm long by 3.1 cm wide and 2.5 cm at its thickest.
These axinites come from La Mongie, Hautes-Pyrénées, France.
Its weight is 38 grams.

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Marcasite with two different crystallizations including centimetric sperkise twins.
It comes from the cliffs of Cap Blanc-Nez in Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, France.
This sample measures from 3.7 to 4.1 cm in diameter for a weight of 62 grams.
Piece treated for better preservation.

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Group of crystals of quartz transparent
Piece from the 2 Alps, Oisans, Isère, France.
It measures 7.7 cm long by 3.7 cm wide and 6 cm high.
Its weight is 150 grams.

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Group of crystals from smoky quartz originating from the Talèfre needle, Chamonix, Mont-Blanc, Haute-Savoie, France.
Piece measuring 6.1 cm long by 4.4 cm wide and 2.8 cm high.
Its weight is 41 grams.

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