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Manganocalcite pink with a pearly appearance, covered with small pyrite crystals, on a gangue rich in sphalerite.
It comes from the Madan mining sector, Smolyan province, Bulgaria.
This sample measures 8 cm wide by 5.5 cm high and 6.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 233 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, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
Weighing 225 grams, this fluorite measures 7 cm long by 7 cm wide and 3.4 cm thick.
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Very beautiful group of crystals of stibnite brilliant.
This piece comes from the Herja mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Mare, Maramures, Romania.
It measures 18.2 cm long by 8.5 cm wide and 3.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 649 grams.

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Old piece featuring white and spherical prehnite with a few pompoms ofokenite.
It comes from the Pune district, Maharashtra, India.
This sample measures 12.2 cm long by 9 cm wide and 4.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 398 grams.

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Piece presenting on gangue orange and spherical crystallizations of stellerite, as well as beige crystals oforthoclase.
This specimen comes from Tatatila in the state of Veracruz in Mexico.
It measures 9.3 cm wide by 6.7 cm high and 3.6 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 227 grams.

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Old piece featuring a cube of galena resting in a crystallization of dolomite beige. A second cleaved galena crystal is located at the bottom of the sample.
It comes from the lead deposits of Joplin in Missouri, United States.
This mineral measures 7 cm wide by 4.7 cm high and 1.9 cm thick.
Its weight is 74 grams.

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Sample of very good quality ofhedenbergite, with a dark green aesthetically contrasted by the gold of the pyrite.
This piece from an old collection comes from the island of Elba, Province of Livorno, Tuscany, Italy.
It measures 8.4 cm wide by 5.8 cm high and 4.6 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 234 grams.

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Piece featuring three main crystals ofemerald contrasted by a shiny biotite matrix.
It comes from the Carnaíba mining district, Pindobaçu, Bahia, in Brazil.
This specimen measures 6.7 cm wide by 9.4 cm high and 5.9 cm at its thickest (the main crystal is 2 cm thick).
Its weight is 303 grams.

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Small nice piece of quartz with inclusions (goethite?) and calcite crystals.
It comes from Aouli, Mibladen, Province of Midelt, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.
This quartz measures 6.6 cm high by 5.1 cm wide and 2.6 cm thick.
Its weight is 94 grams.

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Piece ofamethyst on gangue, with a first group of small pale purple crystals, and next to it two intertwined crystals of a more pronounced color.
It comes from the Las Vigas sector, State of Vera Cruz, in Mexico.
This specimen measures 5.3 cm long by 4.4 cm wide and 3.8 cm high.
Its weight is 68 grams.

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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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Beautiful piece ofadamite on a limonite gangue, with a first crystallization on top and a more discreet second one in a geode on the side.
This specimen comes from the Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.
It measures 6.9 cm high by 6.3 cm wide and 3.2 cm thick.
Its weight is 266 grams.

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Brown calcite with a formation resembling stalactites, from a rarely offered American deposit for the species.
It comes from a discovery by Bud Ehrle in the 1970s, in Alzada, Carter County, Montana, USA.
This piece, featuring shell nacre remains, measures 9.1 cm long by 4.8 cm wide and 2.1 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 129 grams.

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Piece of prehnite soft colored on a carpet of micro-crystallized quartz.
It comes from the Pune district, Pune Division, Maharashtra, India.
This sample measures 10 cm long by 6.6 cm wide and 3.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 190 grams.

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Aesthetic presentation for this fuschite covered on top by a crystallization of hyaline quartz.
This muscovite is a green variety that contains chrome.
This Peruvian sample weighs 273 grams.
It comes from Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Pallasca P, Áncash
It measures 9.6 cm long by 7.3 cm wide and 6.3 cm at its thickest.

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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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Sample containing numerous crystals in its gangue of blue tourmaline.
It comes from the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil.
This mineral measures 5.4 cm long by 5 cm wide and 3.7 cm thick.
Its weight is 102 grams.

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Sample with a natural presentation of vanadinite on goethite.
It comes from Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.
This piece measures 14.9 cm long by 5.3 cm high and 7.6 cm wide.
Its weight is 638 grams.

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Beautiful presentation for this classic of German mineralogy, a baryte beige crested on pink, sprinkled with chalcopyrite crystals.
It comes from a deposit inaccessible since 2004, the Dreislar mine, Medebach, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, Germany.
This specimen measures 7 cm long by 6.6 cm wide and 3.3 cm at the thickest.
Its weight is 196 grams.

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Beautiful presentation for this classic of German mineralogy, a beige-on-pink crested baryte, sprinkled with chalcopyrite crystals.
It comes from a deposit inaccessible since 2004, the Dreislar mine, Medebach, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, Germany.
This specimen measures 7 cm long by 6.6 cm wide and 3.3 cm at the thickest.
Its weight is 196 grams.

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Floating cluster of crystals of cerussite slightly yellow in color.
This good-sized piece comes from the M'Fouati mine, Bouenza department, Republic of Congo.
It measures 7 cm wide by 5.8 cm high and 5.1 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 349 grams.

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Fully crystallized stalactite of quartz shiny with crystals rich in inclusions, probably goethite.
Piece from Aouli, Mibladen, Province of Midelt, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.
It measures 10 cm high by 10 cm long at the base and 4.9 cm thick (2.3 cm for the stalactite).
Its weight is 351 grams.

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Hedgehog of quartz shiny with crystals rich in inclusions (probably goethite), topped with a baryte pompom.
Piece from Aouli, Mibladen, Province of Midelt, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.
It measures 8.9 cm wide by 7.6 cm thick and 6 cm wide.
Its weight is 503 grams.

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Sample of Fuschite, a variety of muscovite containing chrome, with transparent quartz crystals.
This piece comes from Peru, from Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Pallasca P, Áncash.
It measures 10.2 cm long by 7.2 cm high and 5.9 cm thick.
Its weight is 387 grams.

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Imposant et esthétique cristal d'héliodore jaune vert, avec la plupart de ses faces définies. Il est surmonté de cristallisations de muscovite et du quartz recouvre sa base.
Cet héliodore provient de la région d'Araçuai, Minas Gerais, Brésil.
Le cristal mesure 10,2 cm de large pour 4 cm d'épaisseur. La pièce au total mesure 11,3 cm de large pour 8,8 cm de haut et 6 cm d'épaisseur.
Son poids est de 699 grammes.

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Imposing and aesthetic green-yellow heliodor crystal, with most of its faces defined. It is surmounted by muscovite and quartz covers its base.
This heliodor comes from the Araçuai region, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
The piece in total measures 11.3 cm wide by 8.8 cm high and 6 cm thick.
Its weight is 699 grams.

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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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Sample of manganocalcite polysynthetic with two main terminations.
Almost floating piece with a strong reaction to long UV.
It comes from the Dalnegorsk mining district, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia.
Weighing 89 grams, this specimen measures 8.6 cm long by 3.3 cm wide and 3.1 cm thick.

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Imposing crystal ofamethyst light purple color on matrix with slightly skeletal growth and marks of reconsolidated fractures.
It comes from the Mexico, from the Las Vigas sector, State of Vera Cruz.
This piece measures 9.5 cm long by 8 cm wide and 5.8 cm at its thickest.
It weighs 313 grams.

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Beautiful crystals of calcite with honey-colored tips, well finished and with a good shine.
Presence of a little sphalerite.
Aesthetic piece from a classic American, the Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee.
This calcite measures 16 cm long by 6.8 cm wide and 8.7 cm thick.
Its weight is 794 grams.

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