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Crystals ofamethyst light purple, with a main crystal of 5.8 cm.
This piece comes from Las Vigas, State of Vera Cruz, in Mexico.
It measures 5.8 cm long by 3.8 cm wide and 1.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 29 grams.

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Piece of fine crystals of baryte grey on fluorite slightly frosted, all sprinkled with pyrite.
It comes from the Rossignol mine in Chaillac, Indre, France.
Specimen measuring 10.6 cm long by 5.9 cm wide and 4.1 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 390 grams.

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

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Sample carrying numerous crystals of tetrahedrites millimetric.
It comes from the Sanguinède Mine, the Malines, St-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, France.
This specimen measures 6.8 cm long by 3.5 cm wide and 1.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 48 grams.

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Rare sample ofaurichalcite with a fine over-crystallization ofhemimorphite.
It comes from the Malines mine, Saint Laurent le Minier, Gard, France.
This specimen measures 4.2 cm long by 2.8 cm wide and 1.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 20 grams.

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

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Sample of tabular baryte with a few minor shocks not spoiling the aesthetics of the piece.
It comes from the Malines mine, Saint Laurent le Minier, Gard, France.
This baryte measures 10 cm long by 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.
Piece from the Fontsante mine, Tanneron, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
It measures 6.7 cm long by 4.6 cm wide and 3.3 cm thick.
Its weight is 161 grams.

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

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Sample of baryte with honey-colored crystals, some of which are gems.
Aesthetic piece despite a few slight scattered breaks.
It comes from Iglesias, Province of South Sardinia, Sardinia, Italy.
Weighing 311 grams, it measures 8.7 cm long by 7.2 cm wide and 4.7 cm at its thickest.

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Good sample of baryte with honey-colored gem crystals.
Aesthetic piece despite a few slight scattered breaks.
It comes from Iglesias, Province of South Sardinia, Sardinia, Italy.
Weighing 154 grams, it measures 6.7 cm long by 5.5 cm wide and 3.6 cm thick.

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A classic of French mineralogy, with this hematite in sheets on red jasper.
This specimen comes from Saphoz, Esmoulières, Lure, Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
It measures 10 cm long by 4.7 cm wide and 2.5 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 197 grams.

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Sample ofepidote with fan-shaped crystals of a sustained color and good shine.
Called "pistachite", these pieces come from the Los Serranos Quarry, Albatera, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain.
This specimen measures 11.6 cm long by 5.7 cm wide and 4 cm thick.
Its weight is 263 grams.

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

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

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This piece highlights a polished gypsum nodule, resting on a piece of marl.
Salmon-colored, it comes from the Mâlain mine in Burgundy, France.
This mine, now inaccessible, contains rare formations of gypsum in nodule and white radial gypsum caught in clay marls.
This 370 gram specimen measures 9.7 cm wide by 7.4 cm high and 7.4 cm thick (marl).

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

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Typical association of the mine of Peyrebrune, 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 by 9.2 cm wide and 4.4 cm at the highest.

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Piece of sphalerite, in mamelon formation, very shiny appearance.
The matrix is in raw sphalerite with inclusions of pyrite or chalcopyrite.
This sample from an old collection comes from Romania, certainly from the Boldut mine, Cavnic.
It measures 10.1 cm long by 5.3 cm high and 3.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 283 grams.

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Aesthetic presentation for this piece of quartz topped with needles of manganite.
This specimen measures 8.1 cm wide by 6.5 cm high and 5.1 cm thick.
It comes from the Imini mine, Province of Ouarzazate, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.
Its weight is 207 grams.

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Pretty little vanadinite shiny on ochre matrix, with an interesting volume.
This specimen comes from the Mibladen mines in Morocco.
It measures 3.4 cm high by 4.1 cm wide and 4 cm thick.
Its weight is 61 grams.

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Calcite of good quality in dog teeth chocolate coloured with a beautiful shine.
It comes from the El Potosi mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua in Mexico.
This specimen measures 13.6 cm wide by 7.4 cm high and 6.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 649 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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Piece from the Mâlain mine in Burgundy, France, highlighting a salmon-colored gypsum nodule.
This mine, now forbidden to access, contains rare nodule formations trapped in a clayey marl.
These nodules can be patiently freed from their gangue, polished and varnished.
This 572 gram specimen measures 10.2 cm wide by 15 cm high and 4.5 cm thick.

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Aesthetic piece of Globular chrysocolla Beautiful blue color with a crystallization of Malachite.
It comes from Lubumbashi in the province of Katanga, Republic of Congo.
This chrysocolla measures 12.6 cm long by 7.1 cm wide and 4.6 cm thick.
Its weight is 473 grams.

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Crystallization of dioptase of beautiful color and shine.
This piece with partially expressed crystals comes from Renéville, Republic of Congo.
It measures 2.9 cm long by 2.2 cm wide and 2.3 cm thick.
Its weight is 16 grams
(measurements without base)

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Interesting calcite coming from a deposit mainly known for its lead minerals, Steinbach in Haut-Rhin in France.
The crystals transparent and in very good condition line the inside of a geode.
This specimen measures 6.8 cm long by 6.2 cm wide and 3.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 123 grams.

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Crystal of green tourmaline of the trigonal type with a flat termination.
It comes from Madagascar, with no specific deposit known for this piece.
This tourmaline measures 3.8 cm high for 1.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 13 grams.
(measurements excluding base)

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Piece from a locality known among other things for its calcites, Irai, Rio Grande Do Sul in Brazil.
It carries a main crystal of calcite on a second generation of smaller crystals.
The matrix is in quartz, the back is covered by celadonite.
UV reactive specimen.
It measures 9.8 cm long by 4.6 cm wide and 3.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 176 grams.

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Aesthetic Brown smithsonite from the Tsumeb mine, Oshikoto, Namibia.
It measures 4.4 cm high by 3.2 cm wide and 3 cm thick.
Its weight is 24 grams.

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