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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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Beautiful piece combiningapatite green crystallized with crystals of lepidolite.
This sample collected at the end of the 20th century comes from the Minas Gerais region in Brazil.
Its dimensions are 5.8 x 4.4 x 5.3 cm.
The weight of this specimen is 113 grams.
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Very beautiful floating with quartz clear in fine crystals, bearing a crystal ofhubnerite on one side and a crystal of fluorite pink on the other side.
This piece comes from Pasto Bueno, located in the Pampa region, Ancash, in Peru.
Size: 9.3 x 7.2 x 3.7 cm
The weight of this specimen is 99 grams.

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Quartz gem on matrix, containing crystals ofepidote inside and outside the quartz crystals.
It was collected in Caetité, located in the Bahia region, in Brazil.
Its dimensions are 8.6 x 5.4 x 3.9 cm.
The weight of this sample is 144 grams.

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Kyanite of beautiful colour set in quartz, crystallized piece all around.
This piece originates from Barra do Salinas, located in the state of Minas Gerais, in Brazil.
It measures 10.7 x 6.3 x 4.4 cm.
The weight of this mineral is 245 grams.

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It's hard to get more classic than a geodinos (small agate/quartz geode), but this one has a little crystallized treasure hidden inside.
This piece comes from the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil.
Size: 4.3 x 3.4 x 3.3 cm
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Sample ofamethyst, with fine, prismatic, lavender-coloured crystals, accompanied by calcite crystals on the back of the piece.
This specimen comes from Iraí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
This piece displays dimensions of 9.5 x 4.2 x 3 cm.
Its weight is 103 grams.

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Pleasant sample of pyrite very shiny, with striated crystals.
It was collected in the Huaron mine, located in the Pasco region of Peru.
It measures 5 x 4.6 x 2.6 cm.
The weight of this sample is 91 grams.

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Beautiful yellow-orange color for this small sample of mimetite, bearing traces of a second mineral now gone (barite?)
This piece originates from the San Pedro Corralitos mine, located in the Casas Grandes region, Chihuahua, Mexico.
This mineral has dimensions of 3.5 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm.
The weight of this specimen is 26 grams.
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Crystallization of pyrite with a beautiful shine and colour.
This specimen originates from the Huaron mine, located in the Pasco region of Peru.
Size: 8.5 x 4.8 x 2.3 cm
The weight of this sample is 199 grams.

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Aesthetic association of pyrite shiny octahedral with flies of sphalerite black and crystals of galena with a "melted" look.
This sample was collected in the Huaron mine, located in the Pasco region, at Peru.
It measures 3.5 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm.
The weight of this mineral is 130 grams.

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Very pretty cluster of crystals of quartz, which includes small double-terminated ones, rich in clay inclusions. 
It was collected in Corinto, located in the Minas Gerais region of Brazil.
It measures 11.2 x 5 x 4.8 cm.
The weight of this sample is 330 grams.
Note that the main tip has a chip (located at the back of the display face)

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Beautiful purple color for this fluorite transparent and crystallized on both sides.
This mineral comes from Múzquiz, located in the Coahuila region, in Mexico.
This specimen has dimensions of 11.9 x 9.6 x 4.4 cm.
It weighs 538 grams.

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Fine prismatic crystals of childrenite, a rare phosphate accompanied by an albite crystallization.
This specimen comes from a locality Brazilian : Poço d'Antas in the state of Minas Gerais.
It measures 5.7 x 4.7 x 3 cm.
The weight of this mineral is 40 grams.
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Brazilian sample consisting of crystals of cleavendite white, bearing numerous crystals of tourmaline green and shiny, as well as a thicker tourmaline crystal called "watermelon" (green body and pink heart).
It was collected in the Pedernéira mine, located in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil.
Its dimensions are 8.9 x 5.9 x 4.6 cm.
The weight of this piece is 215 grams.
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Aesthetic axinite shiny, associated withepidote and quartz. The back is also fully crystallized by a mix of quartz and epidote.
It was collected in the Sayán mine, located in the Huaura region, Lima, at Peru.
This piece measures 10.1 x 6.1 x 2.5 cm.
The weight of this sample is 143 grams.

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Finished gem crystal of imperial topaz, with that recognizable orange color.
This sample was discovered in Ouro Preto, in the region of Minas Gerais, in Brazil.
It measures 2.2 x 1 x 0.7 cm.
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Mexican piece bearing on gangue of beige gem topaz crystals.
Specimen from the San Felipe mine, a mineralogical site located in Guanajuato at Mexico.
It measures 6.1 x 3.7 x 2.1 cm.
The weight of this sample is 47 grams.
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Piece of pyroxmangite (silicate with the same chemical composition as rhodonite) partially crystallized in pink.
From Morro mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Brazil.
This sample has dimensions of 8 x 4.7 x 4.2 cm.
The weight of this piece is 269 grams.

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Group of crystals ofamethyst bicoloured, slightly sceptered at their base.
Piece from Piedra Parada, a mineralogical site located in Tatatila, Vera Cruz, Mexico.
Dimensions: 6.2 x 5.6 x 4.1 cm
The weight of this mineral is 75 grams.
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Pretty pyrite Peruvian shiny, with partially covered octahedral crystals by sphalerite black.
This piece originates from the Huaron mine, located in the Pasco region, in Peru.
It measures 4.5 x 3.8 x 1.9 cm.
The weight of this sample is 86 grams.

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Group of terminated dark green epidote crystals on a massive epidote matrix.
It was collected at Pampa Blanca, located in the Ica region of Peru.
Size: 5.8 x 4.5 x 2.6 cm (maximum width).
The weight of this specimen is 80 grams.

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Adamite yellow green on a limonite gangue, with crystallization zones around the edge of the piece.
This specimen was discovered in the Ojuela mine, in the Mapimi region, Durango, in Mexico.
It measures 6.6 x 5.6 x 4.3 cm.
The weight of this sample is 149 grams.

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Half-geode with an envelope in chalcedony blue and an internal crystallization of smoky quartz accompanied by a partial crystal of calcite.
This sample comes from Las Choyas, located in the Aldama region, Chihuahua, in Mexico.
Its dimensions are 8.5 x 7.1 x 4.1 cm.
The weight of this specimen is 293 grams.

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Crystals ofamethyst with a nice aerial presentation.
This piece comes from Las Vigas, State of Vera Cruz, in Mexico.
It measures 5.2 cm long by 3.8 cm high and 3.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 35 grams.

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Nice presentation for this adamite, showing two different crystallizations on an ochre gangue. The first forms a fan and the second presents more prismatic crystals.
This specimen comes from the Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.
It measures 4.3 cm high by 4 cm wide and 3.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 45 grams.

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