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Inner part of a nodule of pyrite well crystallized, typical formation of this quarry.
This piece comes from Saint Denis d'Orques, Sarthe, France.
Sample measuring 8.9 cm long by 5.2 cm wide and 1.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 195 grams.

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Fluorite with rare curved octahedral crystals green and purple, the main one, incomplete, exceeds 4 cm wide.
It comes from the Barre mine (Martinèche vein) Saint Jacques d'Ambur, Auvergne, in the old Pontgibaud mining district, France.
This sample measures 13.4 cm high by 8.9 cm wide and 4.1 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 490 grams.

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Rare fluorite with curved octahedrons green, the main one exceeds 4 cm in edges.
It comes from the Barre mine (Martinèche vein) Saint Jacques d'Ambur, Auvergne, in the old Pontgibaud mining district, France.
This sample measures 10.7 cm high by 7 cm wide and 4.1 cm thick.
Its weight is 425 grams.
A small chip on the main octahedron.

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Quartz aesthetic from the 2 Alpes sector, Ecrins massif, France.
It is composed of a fairly flat main crystal embedded in a group of smaller crystals.
This pretty piece measures 6 cm by 3.2 cm wide and 2.7 cm thick.
Its weight is 54 grams.
(Measurements excluding base)

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Varied lot of 3 French minerals with:
- Goethite from Chizeuil
- Chalcopyrite, Isère
- Fluorite, Valzergue

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Piece covered with bitumen natural, with two fossil snails of helix ramondi.
Specimen from the old hydrocarbon exploitation of the mine of kings, Dallet, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France.
It measures 10.8 cm long by 9.1 cm wide and 6.8 cm thick, the snails measure 1.7 cm in diameter.
Its weight is 480 grams.

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Sample of fluorite beige and purple from the Maine-Reclesne mine in Saône et Loire, France.
The crystallization is said to be in "column", with long crystals and an almost flat termination.
The piece measures 5.7 cm long by 4 cm wide and 2.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 145 grams.

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Sample of fluorite typical yellow from the deposit.
It comes from the L'Argentolle mine, Saint-Prix, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
This specimen measures 8.4 cm long by 4.7 cm wide and 3.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 269 grams.
The back is sawn.

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Rare piece of yellow fluorite covered by a chocolate-coloured coating, on a massive white quartz gangue.
It comes from the L'Argentolle mine, Saint-Prix, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
Weighing 429 grams, this sample measures 7.9 cm long, 8.4 cm wide and 5.4 cm thick.

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Assorted lot of 5 minerals with:
- Soul Quartz, Savoie
- Pyromorphite, Steinbach
- Quartz, Vizille
- Quartz, Oisans
- Yellow Fluorite, Vensat

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Interesting group of quartz almost floating with shale inclusions.
It comes from Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves, Oisans, Alps, France.
This piece measures 8.5 cm long by 7.2 cm wide and 4.1 cm thick.
Its weight is 204 grams.

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Nice piece featuring quartz covered with a ferric red coating topped by a band calcite white.
It comes from the quarry of La Fare, Les Bondons, Florac, Lozère, Occitanie, France.
This piece measures 9.7 cm long by 5.3 cm wide and 3 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 141 grams.

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Fluorite yellow cubic with partially covered with micro-crystalline quartz crystals.
Presence of pyromorphite and galena.
It comes from the L'Argentolle mine, Saint-Prix, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
This piece measures 14.2 cm long by 7.6 cm wide and 7.1 cm high.
Its weight is 992 grams.

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Assorted lot of 7 minerals with:
- Fluorite, pyrite, Fontsante
- Quartz, Allos
- Orthoclase,
- Fluorite, Maine
- Fluorite, Argentolle
- Quartz, Col de la croix de Fer
- Goethite, Chizeuil

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Fluorite purple on gangue, on a sawn base for presentation
This piece comes from the Rossignol Mine, Chaillac, Indre, France.
It measures 11.2 cm long by 8.8 cm wide and 4.9 cm thick.
Its weight is 716 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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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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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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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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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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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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Piece of spherosiderite blonde on solid quartz, covered with a calcite crystallization.
Siderite from the aggregate quarry of Laguépie, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie, France.
It measures 10.7 cm long by 4.6 cm wide and 3 cm thick.
Its weight is 147 grams.
Light contact traces.

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Helmet of prehnite, a classic for the species and alpine mineralogy.
It comes from La Combe de la Selle, St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
This sample measures 2.9cm long by 2.3cm wide and 1.8cm thick.
Measurements without base.

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Very beautiful group of two helix ramondi on gangue, epigenized in lussatite blueish.
Piece without restorations, reactive to short UV.
These rare fossil snails transformed into opal come from Dallet, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France.
This specimen measures 7.4 cm long by 6.9 cm wide and 4.8 cm thick, the snails 23 mm and 20 mm in diameter.
Weight of 271 grams.

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Piece of fine crystals of baryte grey on fluorite slightly frosted, all sprinkled with pyrite.
It comes from the Rossignol mine in Chaillac, Indre, France.
Specimen measuring 10.6 cm long by 5.9 cm wide and 4.1 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 390 grams.

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Baryte with tabular crystals covered with orange ferric oxides.
It comes from the Redoutières mine, Chaillac, Indre, France. This mine closed in 2006.
Sample measuring 6.6 cm long by 6.5 cm wide and 4.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 260 grams.

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Sample carrying numerous crystals of tetrahedrites millimetric.
It comes from the Sanguinède Mine, the Malines, St-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, France.
This specimen measures 6.8 cm long by 3.5 cm wide and 1.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 48 grams.

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