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Pyrophyllite golden in colour, a phyllosilicate, with a rosette crystallization.
It was collected in the Indian Gulch mine, located in Santa Cruz, California, United States.
Its dimensions are 4.5 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm.
The weight of this piece is 38 grams.

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Nodule ofobsidian known as "Apache tear", transparent when lit, on its perlite gangue of obsidian.
This sample comes from Arizona in the United States.
This mineral has dimensions of 7.3 x 6.3 x 4.5 cm.
The weight of this specimen is 224 grams.

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Sample ofhemimorphite finely crystallised blue, especially interesting for its locality.
Piece from mine 79, a mineralogical site located in Chilito, Arizona, United States.
Size: 3.1 x 3 x 1.1 cm

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Pretty native copper of beautiful colour with some green oxidation zones bringing contrast.
Piece from the Keweenaw Peninsula, a mineralogical site located in Michigan, United States.
Size: 9.5 x 5.4 x 2.8 cm
The weight of this specimen is 181 grams.
(Measurements excluding base)

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Interesting piece of calcite slightly bluish containing numerous inclusions of graphite metallic grey.
This specimen was discovered at the Governor Talc Company, in the Harrisville area, New York, United States.
This sample measures 6.5 x 3.7 x 2.9 cm.
The weight of this mineral is 60 grams.

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Piece showcasing an octahedral crystal of spinel black and crystals of forsterite.
This specimen comes from a sought-after locality: Parker mine, Notre-Dame-du-Laus, Quebec, Canada.
Its dimensions are 2.7 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm.
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Sample for mineralogist, bearing crystals of diopside on a matrix of rough diopside and quartz.
It was collected in Asbestos, located in the Quebec region of Canada.
It measures 7.9 x 5.1 x 4.5 cm.
The weight of this mineral is 312 grams.

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Association of octahedral crystals of spinel black and crystals of forsterite.
This piece comes from the Parker mine located in Notre-Dame-du-Laus, Quebec, Canada.
It measures 2.5 x 2.2 x 1.4 cm.
The weight of this sample is 8 grams.

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Geode piece featuring cubic crystals of galena on a bed of dolomite beige, lightly dusted with chalcopyrite.
This mineral comes from the Joplin mine, located in the Missouri region of the United States.
This piece has dimensions of 5.6 x 5.5 x 2.7 cm.
The weight of this sample is 123 grams.
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Raw sample with bright colors oforpiment yellow and red realgar.
This piece comes from the Getchell mine, Adam Peak, Nevada, United States.
It measures 8.1 cm long by 7.7 cm wide and 4.8 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 378 grams.

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Piece from a classic deposit of American mineralogy, the Sweetwater mine in Missouri to the United States.
It highlights prismatic crystals of calcite on a gangue carrying chalcopyrite iridescent.
This specimen measures 11.1 cm long by 9.4 cm wide and 4.5 cm at its thickest.
It weighs 354 grams.

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Raw sample with bright colors oforpiment yellow and realgar red.
This piece comes from the Getchell mine, Adam Peak, Nevada, United States.
It measures 8.5 cm long by 5 cm wide and 2.7 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 188 grams.

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Interesting piece associating crystals of calcite, of the dolomite dew and fine crystals of quartz.
This piece comes from the Sainte-Clotilde-de-Châteauguay quarry, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada.
It measures 6.4 cm long by 4.8 cm high and 3.3 cm thick.
Its weight is 50 grams.

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Raw sample with bright colors oforpiment yellow and realgar red.

This piece comes from the Getchell mine, Adam Peak, Nevada, United States.

It measures 8 cm long by 5.4 cm wide and 3.3 cm at its thickest.

Its weight is 142 grams.

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Interesting piece, associating on a gangue of albite of the prehnite white cubic, crystals of diopside green and garnets hessonite.
It comes from the Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, in the Canada.
Specimen measuring 4.1 cm long by 2.9 cm wide and 2.4 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 37 grams.
(Measurements excluding bases)
This piece is not in perfect condition.

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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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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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Beautiful piece ofCalifornian axinite, crystallized on both sides, with associated crystals ofalbite transparent and green fibers ofactinolite.
This sample with a good presentation comes from New Melones Dam, Calaveras Co., California, United States.
Weighing 91 grams, it measures 8 cm high by 4.7 cm wide and 3.6 cm deep.

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