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Orange and spherical crystals of stellerite on gangue.
This specimen comes from Tatatila in the state of Veracruz in Mexico.
It measures 5.5 cm long by 5.1 cm high and 3 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 100 grams.

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Group of stalactites of quartz with a hematoid heart on matrix.
This piece comes from the Tichka massif, Al Haouz, Marrakech-Safi Region in Morocco.
It measures 13.4 cm long by 8 cm wide and 2.8 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 223 grams.

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Plate of crystals of quartz transparent and shiny, with a crystallization ofalbite.
This piece comes from the Beaufortain massif, Savoie, France.
It measures 14.6 cm long by 8.5 cm wide and 3.1 cm thick.
Its weight is 352 grams.

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Piece with a few small geodes of smithsonite blue.
This piece comes from the Kamareza mines, Lavrion district, Greece.
It measures 7 cm long by 2.5 cm wide and 3.5 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 83 grams.

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Miniature mounted on a base presenting an association of sharp and shiny crystals of tetrahedrite with quartz crystals.
It comes from Casapalca, province of Huarociri, department of Lima, Peru.
Specimen measuring 3.5 cm long by 3.1 cm wide and 1.4 cm at its thickest.
Piece from the 1980s.
(Measurements excluding base)

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Smithsonite brown associated with calcite.
It comes from the Soureza mines, Lavrion district, Greece.
Specimen measuring 7.8 cm long by 5.6 cm wide and 4.1 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 217 grams.

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Sample of smithsonite grey contrasting with its ochre gangue.
It comes from the Mapimi region, Durango, Mexico.
This piece measures 6.3 cm long by 6 cm wide and 2.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 114 grams.

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Piece consisting of a matrix of shiny pyrite covered with crystals of sphalerite, of calcite and a little bit of rhodochrosite white.
It comes from Trepča, Trepča valley, Mitrovica, Mitrovica district, Kosovo.
This mineral measures 9 cm long by 6.6 cm wide and 4.1 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 318 grams.

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Pretty piece with crystals of stilbite slightly transparent revealing a pink heart, on a brick red gangue.
It comes from Nasik, Maharashtra, India.
This specimen measures 10.1 cm long by 9 cm wide and 3.4 cm at its highest.
Its weight is 299 grams.

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Prehnite green with lamellar crystals associated with a bit of quartz.
It comes from Djebel Melh, Figuig, Eastern Region in Morocco.
This mineral measures 10.9 cm long by 7.5 cm wide and 5.3 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 368 grams.
Scattered touches.

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Sample of pinite on gangue, variety of muscovite here in pseudomorphosis of a cordierite crystal.
It comes from the deposit of Blot l'Eglise, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
This specimen measures 6.7 cm long by 4.6 cm wide and 4 cm thick, the crystal measures 7 mm long.
Weight of 135 grams.

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Typical piece of its deposit, associating rhodochrosite white, sphalerite and pyrite.
It comes from Trepča, Trepča valley, Mitrovica, Mitrovica district, Kosovo.
This mineral measures 9.8 cm long by 6.7 cm wide and 4.6 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 435 grams.

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Group of crystals of transparent quartz and shiny with a little albite.
This piece comes from the Beaufortain massif, Savoie, France.
This piece measures 8.4 cm long by 5.4 cm high and 5 cm thick.
It weighs 224 grams.

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Group of crystals of sulphur bright yellow with some well-defined crystals.
It comes from the Desierto mine, Potosi, Bolivia.
This piece weighs 11.5 grams.
It measures 4.1 cm long by 2.3 cm wide and 2.1 cm at its thickest.
Note a distinguishable break at the back at the top.

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Sample bearing orange and spherical crystals of stellerite on beige crystals oforthoclase.
This specimen comes from Tatatila in the state of Veracruz in Mexico.
It measures 5.9 cm high by 7 cm wide and 5.9 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 268 grams.

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Piece extracted in the 1990s, presenting a massive wurtzite gangue covered with flat crystals of wurtzite and of baryte with white blades.
Interesting specimen from the Huanzala mine, Huallanca, Ancash, Peru.
It measures 6 cm long by 4.6 cm wide and 3.1 cm high.
Its weight is 115 grams.

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Rich association ofarsenopyrite bright, of pyrrhotite covered with pyrite, of rhodochrosite and of sphalerite.
Piece from the Trepča complex, Trepča valley, Mitrovica, Mitrovica district, Kosovo.
It measures 12.2 cm long by 4.9 cm wide and 4.4 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 571 grams.

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Black tourmaline on feldspar, with a main crystal with a dissolved termination and other crystals on the contrary with bright prisms and finished.
This schorl comes from the Erongo region in Namibia.
It measures 9.9 cm long by 6.4 cm wide and 3 cm thick.
Its weight is 182 grams.

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Prehnite green with lamellar crystals accompanied by millimetric quartz.
It comes from Djebel Melh, Figuig, Eastern Region in Morocco.
This mineral measures 7 cm long by 5.2 cm wide and 3.1 cm high.
Its weight is 118 grams.
Small scattered touches.

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Group of crystals of pyrite with slightly curved faces.
Piece from Ambas Aguas, Muro de Aguas, La Rioja, Spain.
This sample measures 5.6 cm long by 4.8 cm wide and 3.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 151 grams.

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Crystallization of pyrite floating and shiny.
It comes from Cap Blanc-Nez, Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, France.
This piece measures 4.8 cm long by 4.5 cm wide and 3.3 cm high.
Its weight is 146 grams.
Treated piece.

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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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Prehnite green with lamellar crystals carrying a group of quartz.
It comes from Djebel Melh, Figuig, Eastern Region in Morocco.
This mineral measures 5 cm long by 4.9 cm wide and 2.5 cm high.
Its weight is 37 grams.
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Piece with terminated crystals ofepidote dark carrying the prehnite green.
It comes from Diakon, Bafoulabé Circle, Kayes, Mali.
This mineral measures 9.3 cm long by 7 cm wide and 5.2 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 396 grams.

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Spheres of stellerite accompanied by stilbite on a gangue composed of prehnite andepidote.
This sample comes from Diaboukara, Kayes Region, Mali.
This mineral measures 9 cm long by 7.6 cm wide and 3.8 cm thick.
Weight of 236 grams.

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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.
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Piece of bi-terminated quartz with the presence of malachite resulting from the transformation of tetrahedrites from the sector.
Almost floating specimen, only a discreet contact prevents it from being certified.
This quartz comes from Grand Mont, Arêches, Beaufortain, Savoie, France.
It measures 9.2 cm long by 4.3 cm wide and 3.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 181 grams.

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Bi-terminated quartz piece with the presence of malachite from the transformation of tetrahedrites in the sector.
Specimen almost floating, only a discreet contact prevents it from being certified.
This quartz comes from Grand Mont, Arêches, Beaufortain, Savoie, France.
It measures 9.2 cm long by 4.3 cm wide and 3.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 181 grams.

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Sample showing a vein with a geode containing prehnite green in "flakes" and quartz crystals.
It comes from the Mumbai district, Maharashtra, India.
Specimen measuring 10.3 cm long by 5.6 cm wide and 3 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 188 grams.
The back is sawn.

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Interesting piece composed of quartz crystals covered by scalenoedres of calcite, the back of the sample being partially reddened by a ferric coating.
It comes from Piedras verdes, Urique, Chihuahua in Mexico.
This piece measures 10.2 cm long by 6.7 cm wide and 4.1 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 193 grams.

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Aesthetics pyrite shiny Peruvian, with octahedral crystals.
It comes from the Huaron mines in the Pasco province Peru.
This piece measures 5 cm long by 3.9 cm wide and 2.6 cm thick.
It weighs 86 grams.
(Measurements excluding base)

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