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Sample of smithsonite grey contrasting with its ochre gangue.
It comes from the Mapimi region, Durango, Mexico.
This piece measures 6.3 cm long by 6 cm wide and 2.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 114 grams.

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Set of two crystals ofamethyst, the largest of which has a skeletal main point and a base dividing into several crystallizations.
This shiny piece comes from the Mexico, from the Las Vigas sector, State of Vera Cruz.
It measures 7 cm long by 4.7 cm wide and 2.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 72 grams.

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Complete crystal ofandorite of good size for the species.
It measures 2.5 cm wide by 2.2 cm high and 0.6 cm thick.
This specimen comes from the San José mine, Oruro, Cerdaco province, Oruro, Bolivia.
Its weight is 15 grams.

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Nice presentation for this sheaf of terminated crystals ofepidote dark green.
It comes from Castro Vireyna, Huancavelica, Peru.
This specimen measures 6 cm high by 3.2 cm wide and 2.1 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 45 grams.
(Measurements excluding base)

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Group of crystals of sulphur bright yellow with some well-defined crystals.
It comes from the Desierto mine, Potosi, Bolivia.
This piece weighs 11.5 grams.
It measures 4.1 cm long by 2.3 cm wide and 2.1 cm at its thickest.
Note a distinguishable break at the back at the top.

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Sample bearing orange and spherical crystals of stellerite on beige crystals oforthoclase.
This specimen comes from Tatatila in the state of Veracruz in Mexico.
It measures 5.9 cm high by 7 cm wide and 5.9 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 268 grams.

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Jolie présentation pour cette pièce associant trois cristaux d'apatite, du quartz, de la pyrite et de la calcite réactive aux Uvs.
Cette ancienne pièce provient de la mine Julcani, Province d'Angaraes, Huancavelica, Pérou.
Elle mesure 5,6 cm de long pour 3,1 cm de large et 3,9 cm d'épaisseur (apatite principale bi-terminée 1,3 cm de long).
Son poids est de 68 grammes.
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Nice presentation for this piece combining three apatite crystals, quartz, pyrite and UV-reactive calcite.
This old piece comes from the Julcani mine, Angaraes Province, Huancavelica, Peru.
It measures 5.6 cm long, 3.1 cm wide and 3.9 cm thick (main bi-terminated apatite 1.3 cm long).
Its weight is 68 grams.
(Measures outside the base)

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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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Sample associating crystals ofenargite and pyrite.
It comes from the Casapalca mine, Chicla, Huarochirí, Lima, Peru.
This specimen measures 3.9 cm long by 3.7 cm wide and 1.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 43 grams.

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Pair of crystals ofamethyst slightly sceptered and windowed for the largest.
This piece comes from Las Vigas, State of Vera Cruz, in Mexico.
It measures 7.6 cm long (between the tips of the crystals) for 3 cm high and 2.8 cm thick at the base.
Its weight is 38 grams.
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Pair of adjoining crystals ofgem apatite associated with pyrite and micro quartz crystals.
This old piece comes from the Julcani mine, Province of Angaraes, Huancavelica, Peru.
It measures 4.3 cm long by 3.5 cm wide and 2.1 cm thick (apatite 1.2 cm long).
Its weight is 43 grams.

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Geode ofagate brown, with a thin light border, going around a cavity filled with a thin shiny layer of quartz.
This specimen comes from the Brazil.
It measures 9.1 cm long by 5.5 cm wide and 3.9 cm deep.
It weighs 167 grams.

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Interesting piece composed of quartz crystals covered by scalenoedres of calcite, the back of the sample being partially reddened by a ferric coating.
It comes from Piedras verdes, Urique, Chihuahua in Mexico.
This piece measures 10.2 cm long by 6.7 cm wide and 4.1 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 193 grams.

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Piece associating a carpet of muscovite on an albite gangue with smoky quartz.
It comes from the region of Minas Gerais in Brazil.
Sample measuring 12.3 cm long by 8.7 cm wide and 3.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 415 grams.

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Aesthetics pyrite shiny Peruvian, with octahedral crystals.
It comes from the Huaron mines in the Pasco province Peru.
This piece measures 5 cm long by 3.9 cm wide and 2.6 cm thick.
It weighs 86 grams.
(Measurements excluding base)

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Shiny Pyrite with octahedral crystals, with a partial covering of sphalerite.
It comes from the Huaron mines in the Pasco province in Peru.
This piece measures 7.3 cm long by 4.4 cm wide and 4.6 cm thick.
It weighs 266 grams.

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Pyrite Peruvian with cubic crystallization on a fairly massive gangue.
It comes from the Huanzala mine, Huallanca, Ancash, Peru.
This pyrite measures 7.6 cm long by 6.5 cm wide and 4.6 cm thick.
Its weight is 428 grams.

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Tangle of crystals of quartz with a thin coating of calcite and pyrite.
This quartz comes from the San Diego mine, Santa Barbara, Chihuahua, Mexico.
This piece measures 4.5 cm long by 4.4 cm wide and 4.2 cm high.
Its weight is 36 grams.

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Small group of crystals of sphalerite with pyrite.
It comes from Naïca Mine, Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico.
This piece, interesting because of its origin, measures 4.1 cm long by 2.6 cm wide and 2.2 cm high.
Its weight is 47 grams.

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Assorted lot of 3 Mexican minerals with:
- Black tourmaline, Vera Cruz
- Grossular garnet, Xalostoc
- Orthoclase, Baja California

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Assorted lot of 6 Mexican minerals with:
- Conichalcite, Ojuela
- Vanadinite, Apex Mine
- Vesuvianite, Sierra de Cruces
- Black Tourmaline, Vera Cruz
- Gypsum, Santa Eulalia
- Calcite, Santa Eulalia

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Assorted lot of 5 Mexican minerals with:
- Conichalcite, Ojuela
- Amethyst, Vera Cruz
- Damburite, Charcas
- Gypsum, Santa Eulalia
- Diopside, Vera Cruz

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Crystallized cluster ofaragonite pseudomorphosed into copper.
Specimen from the Coro Coro mines, Pacajes Province, La Paz, Bolivia.
This sample, interesting mineralogically, measures 0.8 cm in diameter.

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Pseudomorphosis partial copper after hexagonal aragonite crystal, revealing a heart with still containing aragonite and a contour already all in copper.
Specimen from the Coro Coro mines, Pacajes Province, La Paz, Bolivia.
This sample in good condition measures 0.8 cm in diameter and 0.7 cm thick.

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Cubic crystal of boleite dark blue with a good shine.
It comes from the Amelia mine, El Boleo, Santa Rosalia, Baja California, Mexico.
This mineral measures 3 mm edge.

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Assorted lot of 6 Mexican minerals with:
- Smoky Quartz from Vera Cruz
- Adamite, Ojuela Mine
- Pyrite, Santa Eulalia
- Mimetite, Santa Eulalia
- Siderite, goethite, Santa Eulalia
- Calcite, goethite, Santa Eulalia

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Aesthetic piece all in height carrying on a brick red gangue rhombohedra of chocolate colored calcite and a little brown-yellow mimetite.
It comes from the Santa Eulalia mining district, municipality of Aquiles Serdán, State of Chihuahua, Mexico.
This sample measures 6.2 cm high by 2.6 cm wide and 2.3 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 22 grams.
(Measurements excluding base)

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Cute piece with centimetric crystals of hyaline quartz on a gangue rich in millimetric pyrite crystals.
It measures 8.1 cm long by 4.8 cm wide and 3.8 cm thick.
This sample comes from the municipality of Guanaceví, State of Durango, Mexico.
Its weight is 98 grams.

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Gem crystallization of rhodochrosite in a manganese-rich gangue.
This sample comes from the Jacobsi mine, Santa Eulalia mining district, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico.
It measures 4.6 cm long by 3.5 cm wide and 2.2 cm thick.
Its weight is 62 grams.

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Crystallization of galena on a matrix containing sphalerite and calcite.
This piece comes from the Santa Eulalia mining district, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Its weight is 379 grams.
It measures 6.7 cm long by 6.5 cm wide and 3.5 cm thick.

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