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Assorted lot of 6 Mexican minerals with:
- Smoky Quartz from Vera Cruz
- Adamite, Ojuela Mine
- Pyrite, Santa Eulalia
- Mimetite, Santa Eulalia
- Siderite, goethite, Santa Eulalia
- Calcite, goethite, Santa Eulalia

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Pretty crystallization of andradite garnet brown green with a partial covering of microcrystalline quartz.
This garnet comes from the Bor quarry, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia.
It measures 4.7 cm long by 4.2 cm wide and 3.3 cm thick.
Its weight is 95 grams.

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Crystals of gypsum var. selenite forming a richly crystallized piece, letting the gangue be seen through transparency.
This gypsum comes from the municipality of Tatatila, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico.
It measures 9.8 cm long by 7.2 cm wide and 5.8 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 308 grams.

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Lithophyse sawn and polished with a dominant red and a blue gray smile!
This aesthetic chalcedony comes from the Esterel massif, Var, France.
Piece measuring 8.4 cm at the longest for 7.7 cm wide and 3.6 cm thick.
Its weight is 299 grams.
This chalcedony comes from an old stock.

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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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Sample of romanéchite, a black manganese oxide containing barium, covered with a yellow ferric oxide (goethite?).
It comes from a discovery made in 2020 in Veszprém, Veszprém county, Hungary.
This specimen resembling coral measures 3 cm high, 1.7 cm wide and 1.1 cm thick.
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Lot of 5 fluorites, ideal start of collection or gift with:
- Cumberland Fluorite, England
- Langeac Fluorite, France
- Auvergne Fluorite, France
- Maine Fluorite, France
- Fluorite, complete cube of 2.5 cm edge

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Aesthetic piece all in height carrying on a brick red gangue rhombohedra of chocolate colored calcite and a little brown-yellow mimetite.
It comes from the Santa Eulalia mining district, municipality of Aquiles Serdán, State of Chihuahua, Mexico.
This sample measures 6.2 cm high by 2.6 cm wide and 2.3 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 22 grams.
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Elegant piece with a crystal of lazurite of 3.5 cm seeming suspended above a block of marble with pyrite and smaller crystals of lazurite.
It comes from the lapis lazuli mine of Ladjuar Medam, Koksha valley, Kuran wa Munjan, Badakhshan, Afghanistan.
This mineral measures 10.2 cm long by 9.6 cm high and 5.3 cm thick.
Its weight is 476 grams.

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Cute piece with centimetric crystals of hyaline quartz on a gangue rich in millimetric pyrite crystals.
It measures 8.1 cm long by 4.8 cm wide and 3.8 cm thick.
This sample comes from the municipality of Guanaceví, State of Durango, Mexico.
Its weight is 98 grams.

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Hematoid Quartz with a fine red-orange crystallization.
It comes from the L'Argentolle mine, Saint-Prix, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
Weighing 378 grams, this mineral measures 14.3 cm long, 6.1 cm wide and 3.1 cm thick.
The back of the piece is sawn.

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Rare centimetric crystal of labradorite, showing four crystallized faces including one with the labradorescence effect.
This sample of plagioclase feldspar comes from Madagascar.
It measures 1.7 cm long by 1.1 cm wide and 0.9 cm thick.
Its weight is 3.6 grams.

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Gem crystallization of rhodochrosite in a manganese-rich gangue.
This sample comes from the Jacobsi mine, Santa Eulalia mining district, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico.
It measures 4.6 cm long by 3.5 cm wide and 2.2 cm thick.
Its weight is 62 grams.

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Very nice piece presenting crystals of pyrrhotite undergoing pseudomorphosis into pyrite, covered with a fine crystallization of quartz. They are associated with crystals of quartz, from the rhodochrosite, sphalerite and galena.
This mineral comes from Trepča, Mitrovica, Mitrovica district, Kosovo.
It measures 10.1 cm wide by 6 cm high and 7.1 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 869 grams.

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Interesting piece presenting of hydrozincite white associated with smithsonite grey.
It comes from the Serpieri mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion, Attica, Greece.
This sample measures 4.7 cm long by 3.1 cm wide and 2.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 75 grams.

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Group of crystals of quartz with inclusion of fuchsite at the base of the crystals, giving a slight green color to the piece.
This sample comes from Ihovitra, Itremo massif, Ambatofinandrahana, Amoron'i Mania Madagascar.
It measures 5.5 cm long by 2.5 cm wide by 2.1 cm thick.
This quartz weighs 43 grams.
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Shiny piece of quartz coloured by chrysocolla underlying.
The back shows chrysocolla without covering.
It comes from the Luputo mine, Katanga, Republic of Congo.
This specimen measures 7.6 cm long by 5.2 cm wide and 2.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 211 grams.

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Crystallization of manganocalcite with a soft pink and a pearly appearance.
This pretty piece comes from Madan, province of Smolyan, Bulgaria.
This sample measures 8.5 cm long by 7 cm wide and 1.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 196 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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Piece presenting on gangue a first deposit of sulphur covered by a celestine partially crystallized brown.
It comes from the Maschów Mine, Tarnobrzeg County, Lower Carpathian Voivodeship, Poland.
This good size sample measures 17.4 cm long by 8.7 cm wide and 8.5 cm high.
Its weight is 815 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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Piece presenting a bed of quartz crystals with spheres of rhodochrosite pale pink, some pyrites and boulangerite.
It comes from Trepča, Trepča valley, Mitrovica, Mitrovica district, Kosovo.
This mineral measures 14.4 cm long by 7.3 cm wide and 5 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 382 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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Crystallization of galena on a matrix containing sphalerite and calcite.
This piece comes from the Santa Eulalia mining district, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Its weight is 379 grams.
It measures 6.7 cm long by 6.5 cm wide and 3.5 cm thick.

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Aesthetic sandy calcite, also called Bellecroix calcite, fully crystallized.
It comes from the place called Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France.
This piece measures 7.9 cm long by 7.1 cm wide and 4.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 250 grams.

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Tip of smoky quartz with beautiful transparency, fully re-crystallized on contact areas and the base.
It comes from the ridges of Rochassiers, Mont Blanc massif, Haute-Savoie, France.
This tip measures 10.2 cm long by 6.7 cm wide and 4.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 458 grams.
Inventor Jean-François Astier.

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Fluorite green with an Aztec pyramid crystallization and a partial pyrite coating.
Piece from the Fontsante mine, Tanneron, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
It measures 7.5 cm long by 3.6 cm wide and 3.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 128 grams.

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Nice presentation for this piece covered with fibers of rutile in epitaxy on crystals ofhematite, enhanced by a tip of smoky quartz.
It comes from Novo Horizonte in the state of Bahia in Brazil.
This specimen measures 7.3 cm long by 3.9 cm wide and 3.3 cm thick.
Its weight is 125 grams.
Measurements excluding base.