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Quartz transparent with chlorite inclusions. Imperfect piece but with a lot of charm.
It comes from Corinto in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil.
This quartz measures 10.7 cm long, 6.2 cm at its widest and 3.4 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 214 grams.

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Pyrite Peruvian with small shiny crystals on a gangue of massive pyrite.
It comes from the Huanzala mine, Huallanca, Ancash, Peru.
This pyrite measures 7.8 cm long by 6.7 cm wide and 4.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 343 grams.

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Corundum of good size, with a crystallized face bearing traces of mica.
It comes from Ampanihy, Atsimo-Andrefana in Madagascar.
This specimen measures 7.2 cm long by 5.5 cm wide and 3.5 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 284 grams.

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Crystal of topaz gem with a beautiful bluish color.
It comes from the Xanda mine, Virgem da Lapa, State of Minas Gerais in Brazil.
This topaz measures 5.1 cm long by 2 cm wide and 1.7 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 30 grams.

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Variety Spodumene kunzite, pink crystal and finished on both sides
This specimen comes from Minas Gerais in Brazil.
It measures 4.3 cm long by 2.5 cm wide and 1.3 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 22 grams.

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Small slice of pyrite surrounded by rhodochrosite with a little bit of galena.
The most imaginative will see the head of a little rabbit with its ears sticking out.
The raw comes from Peru.
This slice measures 4.7 cm long by 4.3 cm wide and 1.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 80 grams.

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Quality sample of sphalerite raw with shades of colors from yellow to red brown.
It comes from the Picos de l'Europa massif, Cantabria, Spain.
This good size sample measures 13.8 cm long by 5.4 cm wide and 4.6 cm thick.
Its weight is 572 grams.

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Beautiful brochantite with a well-marked green color on gangue.
It comes from Bou Beker, Touissit-Bou Beker, Jerada, Oriental Region, Morocco.
This piece measures 10.6 cm long by 10.5 cm wide and 3.6 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 412 grams.

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Old piece featuring bicolour tabular crystals of wulfenite, partially covered by dolomite dew.
This specimen comes from the Tsumeb mine, Oshikoto region in Namibia.
It measures 13.3 cm long by 8 cm wide and 4.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 633 grams.

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Agglomerate of diopside green and andradite garnet.
This specimen measures 5.1 cm long, 3.8 cm high and 3.4 cm at its thickest.
It comes from Madagascar.
Its weight is 114 grams.

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Pyrite Peruvian with a bright crystallization on a massive pyrite gangue.
It comes from the Huanzala mine, Huallanca, Ancash, Peru.
This sample measures 9.8 cm long by 6.7 cm wide and 4.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 471 grams.

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Sample of molybdenite, rare molybdenum sulfide, accompanied by probable brochantite.
It comes from the mines of Château-Lambert, Mélisey, Haute-Saône, France.
This 107 gram specimen measures 6.2 cm long by 4.3 cm high and 4.1 cm thick.

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Crystal of smoky quartz with clear transparency.
It comes from Mont-Blanc, Haute-Savoie, France.
Piece measuring 8 cm long by 4.2 cm wide and 3.3 cm thick.
Its weight is 130 grams.
Note a few very light touches on the edges.

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Interesting sample presenting an association of crystals of bournonite and quartz on a gangue of pyrite and galena.
It comes from the Huaron mines in the Pasco province in Peru.
This piece measures 5.6 cm long by 4.2 cm wide and 2.8 cm thick.
It weighs 105 grams.

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Vanadinite with an attractive color and shiny crystals mainly located on the top of the piece.
It comes from Mibladen, Aït Oufella Caïdat, Midelt, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco.
This pretty piece measures 6.7 cm long by 4.7 cm wide and 3 cm thick.
Its weight is 149 grams.

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Beautiful octahedral crystals of pyrite accompanied by a few flies of sphalerite.
This piece comes from the Huaron mines in the Pasco province in Peru.
It measures 7.2 cm long by 5.1 cm wide and 4.2 cm thick.
It weighs 306 grams.

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Interesting small twin of Peruvian galena.
This specimen measures 2.2 cm long, 1.1 cm high and 1.3 cm at its thickest.
(Measurements excluding base).

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Beautiful specimen from the Santa Eulalia district, municipality of Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico.
This is mimetite on an oxide matrix topped with crystals of wulfenite yellow.
This mineral measures 10 cm long by 9 cm wide and 3.8 cm thick.
Its weight is 351 grams.

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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 5.8 cm long by 3.5 cm high and 4.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 127 grams.
(Measurements excluding base)

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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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Piece rich in centimetric terminated crystals of tourmaline black on a gangue of feldspar.
This sample comes from the Erongo region in Namibia.
It measures 10.9 cm long by 6.2 cm high and 4 cm thick.
Its weight is 306 grams.

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Sample of fluorite from Balochistan, Pakistan.
The crystals are cubic and partially covered with white calcite.
This piece measures 13 cm long by 6 cm wide and 3 cm thick.
It weighs 383 grams.

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Rock containing the'opal resin chocolate coloured.
It comes from the Roche Blanche deposit, Gergovie, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France.
Weighing 188 grams, this sample measures 9.6 cm long, 5.5 cm wide and 3.9 cm at its thickest.

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Piece presenting a tangle of crystals ofepidote covered with prehnite apple green.
It comes from Diakon, Bafoulabé Circle, Kayes, Mali.
This mineral measures 6.5 cm long by 5 cm wide and 3.3 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 118 grams.

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Pretty miniature of marcasite with twins sperkise all around.
It comes from the cliffs of Cap Blanc-Nez in Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, France.
This sample measures 2.8 cm long by 1.6 cm high and 1.3 cm thick.
Its weight is 8.5 grams.
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Sample of fossil wood cut and polished.
It comes from the Morvan massif, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
This sample measures 7.5 cm long by 5.8 cm wide and 4 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 219 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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Romanéchite (manganese oxide containing barium) in the form of black coral, contrasted by spheres of a yellow ferric oxide, probably goethite.
It comes from a discovery made in 2020 in Veszprém, Veszprém county, Hungary.
This specimen measures 2.9 cm long, 1.7 cm wide and 1.4 cm thick.
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Interesting fluorite natural from China.
Piece that shows in the light a formation of cubic crystals well drawn, blue-green in color.
This mineral measures 8.7 cm in length by 6.8 cm in width and 2.3 cm in thickness.
Its weight is 200 grams.

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Mille-feuille of chrysocolla and of malachite on matrix.
This sample with beautiful colors comes from Lubumbashi, Republic of Congo.
It measures 10.6 cm long by 9.6 cm wide and 1.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 215 grams.

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