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Very nice group of two helix ramondi on gangue, epigenized lussatitis blue.
Specimen without restorations, UV-reactive short.
These rare fossil snails turned into opal come from Dallet, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France.
This specimen is 7.4 cm long for 6.9 cm wide and 4.8 cm thick, the snails 23 mm and 20 mm in diameter.
Weight 271 grams.

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Natural presentation for this quartz carried by sphaleritis var. leophane.
Specimen typical of the Madan mining sector, Smolyan province, Bulgaria.
It is 7.4 cm long for 4 cm high and 2.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 72 grams.

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Fluorite with crystals of a light purple and green heart, partially covered with quartz and pyrite spherical.
This aesthetic specimen comes from the El Hamman mine, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kenitra Region, Morocco.
It is 9.3cm wide for 6.1 cm high and 5.2 cm, for a weight of 383 grams.
Note a discrete lack on the left side of the sample.

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Fluorite lavender colour, crystallized on both sides. It has several crystals of fluorite called "briquet" and galena.
Specimen from Greenlaws Mine, Daddry Shield, Weardale, County Durham, England.
It is 12.2 cm long for 7.7 cm wide and 5.1 cm thicker.
Weight 515 grams.

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Specimen of garnet var. tsavorite with quartz, graphite, pyrite, and some traces of tanzanian violet.
This sample is from Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania.
It is 6.9 cm long for 6 cm wide and 3.7 cm thick.
Its weight is 216 grams.

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Crystals gypsum var. selenite, with a beautiful lustre, on porphyry gangue.
This specimen comes from the municipality of Tatatila, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico.
It is 7.1 cm long for 4.9 cm wide and 4.7 cm thick.
Its weight is 142 grams.

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Crystals'amethyst light purple, with a 5,8 cm main crystal.
This specimen comes from Las Vigas, State of Vera Cruz Mexico.
It is 5.8 cm long for 3.8 cm wide and 1.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 29 grams.

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Specimen of fine crystals of baritone gray on fluoritis slightly frosted, all sprinkled with pyrite.
It comes from the nightingale mine in Chaillac, Indre, France.
Specimens measuring 10.6 cm long for 5.9 cm wide and 4.1 cm thickest.
Its weight is 390 grams.

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Baryte with tabular crystals covered with orange ferric oxides.
It comes from the mine the Redoutières, Chaillac, Indre, France. The mine closed in 2006.
Sample measuring 6.6 cm long for 6.5 cm wide and 4.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 260 grams.

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Uncommon sample'austria with fine over-cristallization'semimorphite.
It comes from the Malines mine, Saint Laurent le Minier, Gard, France.
This specimen is 4.2 cm long for 2.8 cm wide and 1.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 20 grams.

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Very bright sample of crystals of baryte gem based on a fine crystallization of pyrite.
It comes from the Malines mine, Saint Laurent le Minier, Gard, France.
This specimen is 7.2 cm long for 4.7 cm wide and 3.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 125 grams.

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Sample tabular baritone with some minor shocks not spoiling the aesthetics of the specimen.
It comes from the Malines mine, Saint Laurent le Minier, Gard, France.
This barium is 10 cm long for 7.5 cm high and 5.2 cm thick.
Its weight is 478 grams.

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Partial Cube of green fluorite, covered with a fine crystallization of quartz, embedded in blades of baryte.
Specimen from the Fontsante mine, Tanneron, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
It is 6.7 cm long for 4.6 cm wide and 3.3 cm thick.
Its weight is 161 grams.

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Fluorite with cubes with blue-green stops and white heart, cubes resting on quartz.
Specimen from the Fontsante mine, Tanneron, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
It is 5.4 cm long for 3.7 cm wide and 3.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 85 grams.

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Fluorite green blue covered by small pyrite flies and baryte in the back.
Specimen from the Fontsante mine, Tanneron, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
It is 6.7 cm long for 5.2 cm high and 2.9 cm thick.
Its weight is 126 grams.

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Sample baryte honey-coloured crystals, some of which are gemstones.
Specimen despite a few slight scattered breaks.
It comes from Iglesias, Province of Southern Sardinia, Sardinia, Italy.
With a weight of 311 grams, it is 8.7 cm long for 7.2 cm wide and 4.7 cm thicker.

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Good sample of baryte honey-coloured gem crystals.
Specimen despite a few slight scattered breaks.
It comes from Iglesias, Province of Southern Sardinia, Sardinia, Italy.
With a weight of 154 grams, it is 6.7 cm long and 5.5 cm wide and 3.6 cm thick.

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A classic of French mineralogy, with this hematitis in sheets on red jasper.
This specimen comes from Saphoz, Esmolières, Lure, Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
It is 10 cm long for 4.7 cm wide and 2.5 cm thicker.
Its weight is 197 grams.

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Aesthetic group of bi-finished quartz, with pyrite and rhodochrosite crystals.
Sample from Morococha district, Yauli Province, Junín, Peru.
It is 6.4 cm long for 2.9 cm wide and 2.6 cm thick.
Its weight is 51 grams.

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Set of brilliant crystals of'amethyst light purple, with a bi-finished crystal.
A crystal has a recrystalized break.
This specimen comes from Las Vigas, State of Vera Cruz Mexico.
It is 6 cm long for 3.9 cm wide and 2.6 cm thick.
Its weight is 31 grams.

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Sample clinochlor green, chlorite mineral, associated with vesuvianite.
It comes from Tatatila, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico, a locality rarely proposed for the species.
This specimen is 9.7 cm wide for 6.8 cm high and 7 cm thickest.
Its weight is 396 grams.

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Sample clinochlor associated with vesuvianite, from a locality rarely proposed for this mineral in the chlorite family.
It comes from Tatatila, state of Vera Cruz, Mexico.
This specimen is 9.9 cm wide and 5.5 cm high and 4.1 cm thick.
Its weight is 241 grams.

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From the Mâlain mine in Burgundy, France, this specimen highlights a beautiful nodule of polished gypsum, red brown.
This mine, not accessible today, contains rare formations of nodule gypsum and white radial gypsum caught in clay marnes.
This 383 gram specimen is 9.3 cm wide for 9.1 cm high and 4.8 cm thick.

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This specimen highlights a polished gypsum nodule, resting on a piece of marne.
Of salmon colour, it comes from the Mâlain mine in Burgundy, France.
This mine, now inaccessible, contains rare formations of nodule gypsum and white radial gypsum caught in clay marnes.
This 370 gram specimen is 9.7 cm wide for 7.4 cm high and 7.4 cm thick (marne).

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Specimen well presented with a main crystal of calcite in the middle of pompons of baryte cream color.
It comes from Cuzac's career in the Lot, France.
This barium is 10 cm long for 5.2 cm and 4.1 cm thick.
Its weight is 316 grams.

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Well presented piece with a main crystal of calcite in the middle of cream-colored barite pompoms.
It comes from the Cuzac quarry in the Lot, France.
This barite measures 10 cm long, 5.2 cm and 4.1 cm stick.
Its weight is 316 grams.

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Typical association of the mine Peyrebrune, Castres, Tarn, France.
This specimen has a crystallization of siderite covered by calcite and a microcrystallization of pyrite.
With a weight of 596 grams, it is 13 cm long and 9.2 cm wide and 4.4 cm high.

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Typical association of the Peyrebrune mine, Castres, Tarn, France.
This piece presents a crystallization of siderite covered by calcite and a micro-crystallization of pyrite.
Weighing 596 grams, it measures 13 cm long, 9.2 cm wide and 4.4 cm at the highest.

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Specimen with an aesthetic presentation, typical of the malines mine, Saint Laurent the Mining, Gard, France.
It presents two groups of white crêté baryte pompons on a red sphalerite carpet.
This 739 gram specimen is 15.1 cm long for 8.2 cm wide and 4.4 cm thick.

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Typical association of the mine Peyrebrune, Castres, Tarn, France.
This specimen has a crystallization of siderite, some yellow fluorite cubes covered with calcite, and some baryte and sphalerite.
With a weight of 588 grams, it is 15.7 cm long for 5.2 cm wide and 5.3 cm high.

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Sample of "sand pink" gypsum from Gargas in the Vaucluse, France.
It was formed between a layer of gypsum and a waterproof layer.
This specimen weighs 242 grams.
It is 7 cm long for 4.7 cm wide and 4.3 cm thick.

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Specimen de sphalitis, in nipple formation, of very bright appearance.
The matrix is in raw sphaleritis with inclusions of pyrite or chalcopyrite.
This sample from an old collection comes from Romania, certainly from the Boldut mine, Cavnic.
It is 10.1 cm long for 5.3 cm high and 3.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 283 grams.

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