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Floating crystal of pyrite with very curved edges.

Piece from Ambas Aguas, Muro de Aguas, La Rioja, Spain.

It measures 2.7 cm long by 2.5 cm wide and 2.4 cm thick.

Its weight is 50 grams.

In perfect condition.

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Sample of romanéchite forming like a black coral covered with a yellow ferric oxide (goethite?).

It comes from Veszprém, Veszprém county, Hungary.

This specimen measures 3.4 cm wide by 1.9 cm wide and 2.2 cm thick.

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Beautiful plate of quartz with crystals partially covered with dolomite white and millimetric calcite in dog teeth.
This quartz comes from the Cavnic mine, Maramures, Romania.
It measures 13.6 cm long by 9.2 cm wide and 4.2 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 475 grams.

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Interpenetration of two crystals of pyrite shiny with curved edges.
Piece from Ambas Aguas, Muro de Aguas, La Rioja, Spain.
This sample measures 4.2 cm long by 3.5 cm wide and 3.7 cm thick.
Its weight is 138 grams.

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Specimen showing two crystals in pseudo hexagonal twin ofaragonite on a gangue of gypsum salmon color.
It comes from Minglanilla, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.
This sample measures 5.5 cm long by 5.3 cm wide and 3.9 cm thick.
It weighs 93 grams.

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Skeletal crystallization of galena accompanied by calcite, sphalerite and chalcopyrite.
Piece from the Madan mining sector, Smolyan province, Bulgaria.
It measures 4.5 cm long by 3.4 cm high and 3.2 cm thick.
Its weight is 97 grams.

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Sample of celestite transparent and shiny on sulfur.
It comes from the Machów Mine, Tarnobrzeg City Co., Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland.
This piece measures 10.2 cm long by 7.8 cm wide and 5.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 577 grams.

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Association of sphalerite bright and chalcopyrite, with calcite on the back.
This piece comes from the classic deposit of Baia Sprie, Maramureș, Romania.
It measures 7.2 cm long by 4.4 cm wide and 2.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 103 grams.

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Metallic grey galena with a slightly melted appearance, topped with white calcite.
This galena comes from the Borieva mine, municipality of Madan, province of Smolyan, Bulgaria.
It measures 8.2 cm long by 5.6 cm wide and 4.9 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 554 grams.

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Piece rich in shiny crystals cleophane, variety of green sphalerite, with galena crystals.
It comes from the Madan mining sector, Smolyan province, Bulgaria.
This sample measures 14.2 cm wide by 7.1 cm high and 4.1 cm thick.
Its weight is 324 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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Aesthetic floating of gypsum with two generations of crystals.
It comes from Gmina Dobrzyń nad Wisłą, Lipno, Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Poland.
This mineral measures 8.4 cm high by 5.7 cm wide and 4.7 cm thick.
Its weight is 177 grams.

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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 calcite from the Dolomies de Marche-Les-Dames quarry, Namêche, Namur, Belgium.
Specimen measuring 6 cm long by 5.4 cm wide and 5.3 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 225 grams.

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Small piece mounted on a base, presenting baryte and shiny crystals of fluorite with fine phantoms.
It comes from the Berbès area in the north ofSpain.
This mineral measures 4.2 cm long by 3.8 cm wide and 2.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 35 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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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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Old piece of galena covered with blonde siderite, with minor presence of pyrite.
It comes from the Turț mine (Ghezuri mine), Turț, Satu Mare county, Romania.
This specimen measures 11.2 cm long by 6.9 cm wide and 4.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 481 grams.

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Pretty shiny crystallization in "petals" of calcite white with a sprinkling of what is probably pyrite.
This sample comes from the Laurion mining area, Attica, Greece.
It measures 6.7 cm long by 6.5 cm wide and 4.5 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 156 grams.
Accompanied by an old label indicating "1988"

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Aesthetic floating of gypsum with two generations of crystals.
It comes from Gmina Dobrzyń nad Wisłą, Lipno, Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Poland.
This mineral measures 7.7 cm high by 5.9 cm wide and 4.2 cm thick.
Its weight is 164 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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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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Piece rich in crystals of cleophane, variety of green sphalerite, with a few crystals of calcite and galena.
It comes from the mining sector of Madan, province of Smolyan, Bulgaria.
This sample measures 10.1 cm wide by 5.1 cm high and 4.3 cm thick.
Its weight is 160 grams.

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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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Nice presentation for this piece associating spheres of rhodochrosite pale pink, small crystals of quartz and pyrite.
It comes from Trepča, Trepča valley, Mitrovica, Mitrovica district, Kosovo.
This mineral measures 5.3 cm high by 3.6 cm wide and 2.4 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 46 grams.
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Crystallization of manganocalcite with a light pink and pearly appearance, covered with small pyrite crystals.
This piece comes from Madan, province of Smolyan, Bulgaria.
It measures 8.3 cm long by 6.5 cm wide and 3.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 201 grams.

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Piece presenting, on a bed of crystals of quartz, of the rhodochrosite pale pink with crystals of pyrite. The back is covered with calcite.
It comes from Trepča, Trepča valley, Mitrovica, Mitrovica district, Kosovo.
This mineral measures 16.1 cm long by 7.3 cm wide and 2.8 cm thick (4.5 cm at the thickest).
Its weight is 377 grams.

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Manganocalcite pink, finely crystallized, with a pearly appearance.
It comes from the Madan mining sector, Smolyan province, Bulgaria.
This sample measures 10.3 cm long by 10.2 cm wide and 4.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 482 grams.

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Nice presentation for this crystallization of sphalerite shiny more than 4 cm, surmounting a sheaf of quartz. Presence of a little pyrite and rhodochrosite at the back.
This specimen comes from Trepča, Trepča valley, Mitrovica, Mitrovica district, Kosovo.
It measures 9.4 cm wide by 6.7 cm high and 5 cm thick.
Its weight is 342 grams.
Note small breaks in the quartz not spoiling the interest of the piece.

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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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