Minerals of France

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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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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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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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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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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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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Rarely offered, sample of native lead in the form of a partially tarnished sheet resting on a matrix of epidotite (rock formed almost entirely of crystallized epidote).
This piece comes from the Garpenberg Norra (north) Mine, Garpenberg, Hedemora, Dalarna County, Sweden.
It measures 2.7 cm long by 1.6 cm wide and 1.5 cm thick.

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Piece presenting a pink matrix of rhodochrosite topped with calcite finely crystallized white, then crystals of tetrahedrites measuring up to 8 mm.
It comes from the Boldut mine, Cavnic, Maramures, Romania.
Specimen measuring 7 cm long by 4.2 cm wide and 4.1 cm thick.
Its weight is 191 grams.

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Natural presentation for this quartz carried by sphalerite var. cleophane.
Typical piece from the Madan mining sector, Smolyan province, Bulgaria.
It measures 7.4 cm long by 4 cm high and 2.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 72 grams.

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Sample carrying numerous crystals of tetrahedrites millimetric.
It comes from the Sanguinède Mine, the Malines, St-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, France.
This specimen measures 6.8 cm long by 3.5 cm wide and 1.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 48 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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Piece of sphalerite, in mamelon formation, very shiny appearance.
The matrix is in raw sphalerite with inclusions of pyrite or chalcopyrite.
This sample from an old collection comes from Romania, certainly from the Boldut mine, Cavnic.
It measures 10.1 cm long by 5.3 cm high and 3.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 283 grams.

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Aesthetic presentation for this piece of quartz topped with needles of manganite.
This specimen measures 8.1 cm wide by 6.5 cm high and 5.1 cm thick.
It comes from the Imini mine, Province of Ouarzazate, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.
Its weight is 207 grams.

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Crystal of green tourmaline of the trigonal type with a flat termination.
It comes from Madagascar, with no specific deposit known for this piece.
This tourmaline measures 3.8 cm high for 1.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 13 grams.
(measurements excluding base)

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Aesthetic Brown smithsonite from the Tsumeb mine, Oshikoto, Namibia.
It measures 4.4 cm high by 3.2 cm wide and 3 cm thick.
Its weight is 24 grams.

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Pyrite Crystals partially covered withhematite.
This floating specimen comes from the island of Elba, Tuscany, Italy.
It measures 4.5 cm wide, main crystal size, for 4 cm high and 3.7 cm thick.
This pyrite weighs 142 grams.

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Original small calcite in the shape of a flower.
Green in color, it carries a on shiny crystallization of an unidentified mineral.
It comes from Huanggang, Inner Mongolia, China.
Weighing 31 grams, it measures 4 cm in diameter.

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Specimen from the Kosovo, from the Trepca mine.
It presents quartz in association with calcite.
This mineral measures 9 cm long by 7 cm wide.
Its weight is 133 grams.

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Group of stilbite crystals coming from Maharashtra in India.
This specimen is peach in color.
It weighs 374 grams and measures 7cm long by 7cm wide and 7cm high.
Note a few small traces of shocks of a few millimeters.
This mineral remains of good quality despite everything.