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Sample of goethite that has crystallized in a geode.
It comes from Le Kaymar, Lunel, Aveyron, Occitanie, France.
This piece measures 6.7 cm long by 5 cm wide and 2.4 cm thick.
It weighs 136 grams.

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Pleasant fluorite with a shiny crystallization pulling on the gray on the front and green crystals on the back.
Fluorite from the province of Hunan in China.
It measures 15 cm wide by 9.2 cm high and 4.9 cm thick.
Its weight is 1017 grams.
Some very minor touches to report.

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Opal of hyalite variety, from Valec (Waltsch), Bohemia, Czech Republic.
This specimen is a perfect example of transparent globular opal from this renowned deposit.
It measures 5 cm wide by 5.3 cm high and 4.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 115 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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A pleasant presentation for this bicolor gypsum with two large main crystals framing increasingly smaller crystals, forming an almost cylindrical specimen.
It comes from Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia.
This piece measures 7.9 cm long by 5.9 cm wide and 5.9 cm thick.
Its weight is 208 grams.

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A pleasant presentation for this two-tone gypsum with two large main crystals framing smaller and smaller crystals, forming an almost cylindrical specimen.
It comes from Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia.
This piece measures 7.9 cm long by 5.9 cm wide and 5.9 cm thick.
Its weight is 208 grams.

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Andradite garnet brown green topping quartz crystals, crystals with a strange colored pattern.
This sample comes from the Bor quarry, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia.
It measures 4.1 cm high by 4.8 cm wide and 2.6 cm thick.
Its weight is 63 grams.
(Measurements excluding base)
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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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Sample of goethite with a covering of calcite on one side.
It comes from Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.
It measures 9.4 cm long by 6.1 cm wide and 3.1 cm thick.
Its weight is 69 grams.

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Gypsum orange with a nice presentation.
It comes from Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia.
This piece measures 7.8 cm long by 7.2 cm wide and 5.6 cm high.
Its weight is 213 grams.

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Orange gypsum with a nice presentation.
It comes from Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia.
This piece measures 7.8 cm long by 7.2 cm wide and 5.6 cm high.
Its weight is 213 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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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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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 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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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 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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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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Fluorite lavender in color, crystallized on both sides. It features several fluorite crystals known as "lighter" and galena.
Piece from the Greenlaws mine, Daddry Shield, Weardale, County Durham, England.
It measures 12.2 cm long by 7.7 cm wide and 5.1 cm at its thickest.
Weight of 515 grams.

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Crystals of gypsum var. selenite, with a beautiful shine, on a porphyry gangue.
This piece comes from the municipality of Tatatila, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico.
It measures 7.1 cm long by 4.9 cm wide and 4.7 cm thick.
Its weight is 142 grams.

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Fluorite blue green covered with small pyrite flies and with barite at the back.
Piece from the Fontsante mine, Tanneron, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
It measures 6.7 cm long by 5.2 cm high and 2.9 cm thick.
Its weight is 126 grams.

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A classic of French mineralogy, with this hematite in sheets on red jasper.
This specimen comes from Saphoz, Esmoulières, Lure, Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
It measures 10 cm long by 4.7 cm wide and 2.5 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 197 grams.

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Sample ofepidote with fan-shaped crystals of a sustained color and good shine.
Called "pistachite", these pieces come from the Los Serranos Quarry, Albatera, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain.
This specimen measures 11.6 cm long by 5.7 cm wide and 4 cm thick.
Its weight is 263 grams.

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