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Well presented piece with a main crystal of calcite in the middle of pompoms of baryte cream color.
It comes from the Cuzac quarry in Lot, France.
This baryte measures 10 cm long by 5.2 cm and 4.1 cm thick.
Its weight is 316 grams.

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Typical association of the mine of Peyrebrune, Castres, Tarn, France.
This piece presents a crystallization of siderite covered by calcite and a micro-crystallization of pyrite.
Weighing 596 grams, it measures 13 cm long by 9.2 cm wide and 4.4 cm at the highest.

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Piece with an aesthetic presentation, typical of the Malines mine, Saint Laurent the miner, Gard, France.
It features two groups of white crested barite pompoms on a carpet of red sphalerite.
This 739 gram specimen measures 15.1 cm long by 8.2 cm wide and 4.4 cm thick.

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Typical association of the mine from Peyrebrune, Castres, Tarn, France.
This piece presents a crystallization of siderite, a few cubes of yellow fluorite covered with calcite, and a little barite and sphalerite.
Weighing 588 grams, it measures 15.7 cm long by 5.2 cm wide and 5.3 cm at the highest.

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Sample of gypsum "sand rose" which comes from Gargas in Vaucluse, France.
It was formed between a layer of gypsum of the Ludient and an impermeable layer.
This specimen weighs 242 grams.
It measures 7 cm long by 4.7 cm wide and 4.3 cm thick.

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Piece from the Mâlain mine in Burgundy, France, highlighting a salmon-colored gypsum nodule.
This mine, now forbidden to access, contains rare nodule formations trapped in a clayey marl.
These nodules can be patiently freed from their gangue, polished and varnished.
This 572 gram specimen measures 10.2 cm wide by 15 cm high and 4.5 cm thick.

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Interesting calcite coming from a deposit mainly known for its lead minerals, Steinbach in Haut-Rhin in France.
The crystals transparent and in very good condition line the inside of a geode.
This specimen measures 6.8 cm long by 6.2 cm wide and 3.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 123 grams.

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Sample from a classic deposit of the French mineralogy, Lantignié in the Rhône.
It carries two fluorite crystals on crested baryte.
This specimen measures 4.9 cm long by 3.6 cm wide and 3.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 93 grams.

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Crystal partial of baryte coming from the mine of La Mure in Isère, France.
The blue-grey piece carries on an edge the white border characteristic of the barytes of this deposit.
It weighs 98 grams.
This crystal measures 7 cm long by 5.2 cm wide and 1 cm at its thickest.

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Aesthetic calcite with crystals known as plate stacking.
This mineral comes from an old deposit, from the Giraumont mine, iron mine closed in 1978.
The crystals are in very good condition.
This collection specimen weighs 395 grams.
Calcite measuring 7 cm in length by 7 cm in width and 4 cm in height.