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Group of terminated crystals ofepidote dark green in color on a massive epidote gangue.
This piece comes from Pampa Blanca, department of Ica, in Peru.
It measures 5.6 cm long by 4.1 cm high and 3.9 cm thick.
Its weight is 94 grams.
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Terminated crystals ofamethyst light colored, with transparent tips.
This piece comes from the Las Vigas area, State of Vera Cruz, in Mexico.
It measures 7.3 cm high by 7 cm wide and 3.4 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 102 grams.

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Mexican sample of mottramite partially covered with brown crystals of calcite, all covering both sides of a limonite gangue.
This specimen comes from the Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.
It measures 14.3 cm long by 10.6 cm wide and 3.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 432 grams.

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Sample of gypsum fibrous in the shape of a crosse.
It comes from Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua in Mexico.
The gypsum measures 7 cm high for 1.1 cm wide and a thickness of 7 mm.
Its weight is 12.6 grams.
Measurements excluding base.

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Mineral with a flaky appearance, presenting crystals ofhemimorphite shiny caught in limonite lamellae.
This piece comes from the Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.
It measures 8.1 cm at the longest for 6.2 cm wide and 4 cm at the thickest.
Its weight is 129 grams.
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Nice presentation for this piece with two crystals ofapatite finished atop a cluster of pyrite shiny.
This old piece comes from the Julcani mine, Province of Angaraes, Huancavelica, Peru.
It measures 3.3 cm high by 2.4 cm wide and 2.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 25 grams.
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Piece presenting on gangue a carpet of chrysocolla crystallized topped by crystals of gypsum.
It comes from the Chilean copper mines, without further details on the deposit (old piece).
It measures 10.1 cm long by 6.1 cm wide and 3.7 cm thick.
Its weight is 124 grams.

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Pretty piece with two transparent and shiny purple crystals.

This amethyst comes from Mexico, from the Las Vigas area, Veracruz State.

It measures 6.4 cm long, 4.9 cm wide and 2.6 cm thick.

Its weight is 65 grams.

A touch on the back of the main crystal.

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Beautiful pyrite shiny, with truncated edge octahedral crystals. The back carries a carpet of sphalerite carrying crystals of bournonite.

It comes from the Huaron mines in the Pasco province in Peru.

This piece measures 12.7 cm long by 7.6 cm high and 5.7 cm thick.

It weighs 782 grams.

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Rough quartz sample containing many shiny green tourmaline crystals.

This piece comes from the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil.
It measures 9.3 cm long by 7.6 cm wide and 7.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 393 grams.

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Here is a alligator quartz both aesthetic and interesting, with a scepter growth and a crystal of tourmaline black nestled in the middle of the crystals. This shiny crystal has a slight smoke.
This specimen comes from Minas Gerais in Brazil.
It measures 5.2 cm high by 4.8 cm wide and 3.2 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 93 grams.

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Pretty chalcedony brown mamelonated, with a fairly marked yellow reaction to uvs.

This piece comes from the state of Chihuahua in Mexico.

It measures 7.8 cm long by 6.4 cm wide and 2.9 cm at its thickest.

Its weight is 196 grams.

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Very colorful sample with many crystals of watermelon tourmaline, for some biterminated, in a mica gangue.

This piece comes from the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil.
It measures 7.6 cm long by 5.3 cm wide and 3.6 cm thick.
Its weight is 174 grams.

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Crystals ofhemimorphite white and shiny on a limonite gangue.

This mineral comes from the Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.

It measures 7.2 cm at its longest, 5.8 cm wide and 3 cm at its thickest.

Its weight is 102 grams.

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Bright vivianite sheaf with beautiful green and blue reflections.

It comes from Mine Cabeça do Cachoeiro, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil.

This piece measures 13.2 cm long by 3 cm wide and 2.3 cm thick.

Its weight is 62 grams.

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Pair of crystals ofamethyst transparent and shiny, one of the crystals has a double termination, one windowed and very thin for the other.

This piece comes from Las Vigas, State of Vera Cruz, in Mexico.

It measures 5.5 cm long (length of the crystals) by 1.5 cm thick.

Its weight is 37 grams.

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Flower of quartz slightly pink, with a bit of chalcedony at the back.

It comes from the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.

This piece measures 8.1 cm long by 6.6 cm wide and 1.4 cm at its thickest.

Its weight is 80 grams.

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Beautiful pyrite very shiny, with a main octahedron with truncated edges more than 4 cm long.
It comes from the Huaron mines in the Pasco province in Peru.
This piece measures 5.4 cm long by 5.6 cm wide and 4.4 cm thick.
It weighs 242 grams.

(Measurements excluding base)

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Cubic crystal of boleite dark blue.

It comes from the Amelia mine, El Boleo, Santa Rosalia, Baja California, Mexico.

This mineral measures 3.5 mm by 3.2 mm.

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Sample of the black variety of disthene, the rhaëticite.

It comes from Minas Gerais in Brazil.

This fan-shaped specimen measures 8.6 cm long by 5 cm wide and 1.5 cm thick.

Its weight is 94 grams.

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Orange and spherical crystals of stellerite on a thin matrix.

This specimen comes from the municipality of Tatatila in the state of Veracruz in Mexico.

It measures 5 cm long by 3.2 cm wide and 1 cm at its thickest.

Its weight is 13 grams.

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Small shiny pyrite with octahedral crystals and presence of black sphalerite.

It comes from the Huaron mines in the Pasco province in Peru.

This piece measures 5.1 cm long, 4.2 cm wide and 2.9 cm high.

It weighs 146 grams.

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Twin Crystal of alabandite on a gangue ofalabandite massive, quartz and calcite. The crystal measures 1.4 cm long.

This piece comes from the mine of Uchucchacua, Oyon, Lima, Peru.

It measures 4.1 cm long by 4.3 cm wide and 1.8 cm thick.

Its weight is 39 grams.

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Crystals ofhemimorphite white and shiny, with a main spray of 2.5 cm.

This mineral comes from the Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.

It measures 6.3 cm high by 4.4 cm wide and 2.9 cm at its thickest.

Its weight is 57 grams.

Note that the gangue is powdery (without influence on the aesthetics of the piece)

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Calcite with chocolate-coloured dog tooth crystals.

It comes from the El Potosi mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua in Mexico.

This specimen measures 11.1 cm long by 9.2 cm wide and 3.6 cm thick.

Its weight is 402 grams.

Note touches on the periphery of the piece.

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Shiny Pyrite with well yellow octahedral crystals, with a partial covering of sphalerite.
It comes from the Huaron mines in the Pasco province at Peru.
This piece measures 9.2 cm long by 7.6 cm wide and 2.6 cm thick.
It weighs 403 grams.

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Solid cluster of fine acicular crystals of zinkenite black metallic.
It measures 3.3 cm long by 1.4 cm wide and 0.8 cm at its thickest.
This sample comes from the San José mine, Oruro, Bolivia.

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Pyrite Peruvian with an original crystallization, with adjoining striated crystals.
It comes from the Huanzala mine, Huallanca, Ancash, Peru.
This pyrite measures 4.8 cm long by 4.2 cm wide and 2.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 154 grams.

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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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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.
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