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Sample of cuprite raw cut and polished from the former collection of a BRGM geologist.
It was collected in Mashamba, located in the Katanga region of Congo.
This piece has dimensions of 3.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm.
The weight of this specimen is 56 grams.

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Geode piece featuring cubic crystals of galena on a bed of dolomite beige, lightly dusted with chalcopyrite.
This mineral comes from the Joplin mine, located in the Missouri region of the United States.
This piece has dimensions of 5.6 x 5.5 x 2.7 cm.
The weight of this sample is 123 grams.
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Crystal of baryte honey-coloured, transparent.
This sample comes from Four-la-Brouque, located in the region of Saint-Babel, Auvergne, in France.
This piece has dimensions of 6.5 x 2 x 1.6 cm.
The weight of this mineral is 70 grams.

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Beautiful old piece on a gangue of bournonite crystals of sphalerite honey-coloured and transparent.
This piece originates from the La Mure mine, located in the Isère region of France.
This sample measures 6.9 x 3.8 x 3.9 cm.
The weight of this specimen is 176 grams.

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Old sample of pyrrhotite associated with quartz and a bit of pyrite at the back.
This sample comes from Trepča, located in the Mitrovica region of Kosovo.
Its dimensions are 8.4 x 6.3 x 4 cm.
The weight of this piece is 311 grams.

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Specimen of native copper taken from shale, from the Saint-Véran mine closed over 70 years ago.
This sample comes from the Hautes-Alpes region, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, in France.
It measures 7.3 x 3.4 x 1.4 cm.
The weight of this mineral is 40 grams.

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Half-geode with an envelope in chalcedony blue and an internal crystallization of smoky quartz accompanied by a partial crystal of calcite.
This sample comes from Las Choyas, located in the Aldama region, Chihuahua, in Mexico.
Its dimensions are 8.5 x 7.1 x 4.1 cm.
The weight of this specimen is 293 grams.

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Large crystal ofazurite with a bright colour and a beautiful lustre.
This mineral comes from Kerrouchen, located in the Khenifra region, Beni Mellal-Khenifra in Morocco.
It measures 4.6 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm.
The weight of this sample is 12.9 grams.
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Landscape stone plaque also called Guohua stone from Guangxi, China.
It measures 19.2 cm wide, 8.9 cm high, and 0.6 cm thick.
It weighs 282 grams.

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Crystals ofamethyst with a nice aerial presentation.
This piece comes from Las Vigas, State of Vera Cruz, in Mexico.
It measures 5.2 cm long by 3.8 cm high and 3.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 35 grams.

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Nice presentation for this adamite, showing two different crystallizations on an ochre gangue. The first forms a fan and the second presents more prismatic crystals.
This specimen comes from the Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.
It measures 4.3 cm high by 4 cm wide and 3.4 cm thick.
Its weight is 45 grams.

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Lithophyse sawn and polished with a nice well-marked "red smile"!
It comes from the Esterel massif, Var, France.
Piece measuring 8.7 cm at the longest for 7.7 cm wide and 4.1 cm thick.
Its weight is 293 grams.
This chalcedony comes from an old stock.

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Beautiful architecture for this pyrite with crystals with truncated edges and finely striated faces.
This aesthetic piece comes from the Huaron mine in the Pasco province in Peru.
It measures 10.6 cm high by 6.4 cm wide and 5.2 cm thick.
Its weight is 482 grams.

Some discreet imperfections

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Black tourmaline on feldspar, with a main crystal with dissolved termination and a few aquamarine crystals under the piece.
This schorl comes from the Erongo region in Namibia.
It measures 6 cm long by 5.6 cm wide and 4.3 cm thick.
Its weight is 127 grams.

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Marcasite with a two-step crystallization and sperkise twins all around.
It comes from the cliffs of Cap Blanc-Nez in Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, France.
,This sample measures 4.2 cm long by 3.5 cm wide and 3.7 cm thick.
Its weight is 138 grams.
Piece treated for better preservation.

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Classic sample of prehnite in helmet on matrix.
It comes from La Combe de la Selle, St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
This sample measures 6.4 cm long by 4.5 cm wide and 3.1 cm thick.
It weighs 77 grams.

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Nice blue color for this botryoidal hemimorphite contained in a geode.
This sample comes from the Mfouati mine, located in the Bouenza region, in Republic of Congo.
It measures 6.5 x 4.1 x 3.3 cm.
The weight of this specimen is 100 grams.

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Sample of dolomite grey partially covered by millimetric crystals of pyrrhotite.
It was collected at Morro Velho, located in the region of Minas Gerais in Brazil.
Its dimensions are 6.5 x 3.7 x 2.1 cm.
The weight of this mineral is 66 grams.
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Piece of fibrous malachite of beautiful color and shiny, crystallized all around.
This mineral originates from the Mindigi mine, located in the high Katanga region of the Congo.
It measures 10.5 x 6 x 4.7 cm.
The weight of this sample is 183 grams.

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Interesting piece bearing a carpet of azurite crystals pseudomorphosed into malachite.
This mineral comes from the Milpillas mine in Mexico.
It measures 4.9 x 3.7 x 2 cm.
The weight of this specimen is 42 grams.
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Interesting pseudomorphosis of well-defined azurite crystals in malachite.
It was collected in the Tsumeb mine, located in the Oshikoto region in Namibia.
This sample measures 4.4 x 4 x 2.6 cm.
The weight of this piece is 32 grams.
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Fibrous tourmaline prism of green color with a shimmering aspect.
This piece originates from Madagascar.
Its dimensions are 5.6 x 3.0 x 2.7 cm.
The weight of this sample is 73 grams.
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Gypsum of good quality for the deposit, with transparent crystals on white marble.
This specimen originates from Fuentes de Ebro, located in the region of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain.
It measures 8 x 7.5 x 7.1 cm.
The weight of this piece is 490 grams.

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Pretty little fluorite with soft colors ranging from green to purple.
This specimen originates from the Pasta Bueno region in Peru.
Its dimensions are 4.6 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm.
The weight of this sample is 39 grams.
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Pretty plate of fluorite blue, with a colorless heart and well-marked ghosts on the edges of the cubes. It is crystallized on both sides.
This piece originates from the Balochistan region located in Pakistan.
This sample displays dimensions of 14.4 x 7.4 x 1.8 cm.
The weight of this mineral is 331 grams.

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Quartz classic from Savoy deposits.
It was collected in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, France.
This specimen displays dimensions of 8 x 4.9 x 6.1 cm.
The weight of this mineral is 214 grams.

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Azurite dark blue, crystallized in geode areas, associated with cerussite white and with some traces of malachite.
This specimen originates from Mashamba, located in the Katanga region of the Congo.
Its dimensions are 5.7 x 5.3 x 3.9 cm.
The weight of this sample is 159 grams.

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Sample of galena typical of the deposit, with some traces of secondary lead minerals (cerussite, pyromorphite...)
This sample comes from the L'Argentolle mine, located in Saint-Prix, Saône-et-Loire, France.
Its dimensions are 7.1 x 38 x 4.1 cm.
The weight of this mineral is 337 grams.

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Prehnite green with lamellar crystals associated with a little quartz.
This sample originates from Djebel Melh, Figuig in Morocco.
It measures 10 x 5.7 x 4.2 cm.
The weight of this mineral is 257 grams.

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A classic of Isère mineralogy, presenting on gangue of prehnites helmets associated with some quartz.
This mineral originates from La Combe de la Selle, located in the region of St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, in France.
This piece displays dimensions of 9.2 x 3.5 x 4.0 cm.
The weight of this specimen is 133 grams.

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