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Rare calcite shiny, with inclusions of realgar forming a red border in each crystal.
Old piece from the Cavnic mine, Maramures, Romania.
This specimen measures 8 cm long by 6.2 cm wide and 3.3 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 164 grams.
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Large piece of native silver on a rock and calcite gangue.

Interesting presence of a group of millimetric yellow-green sphalerite crystals at the bottom of the sample.

This silver comes from the New Nevada mine, Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico.
It measures 9.6 cm long by 5.9 cm wide and 3.7 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 188 grams.

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Fibrous malachite with a shiny rosette crystallization formed by two joint plates.
Nice specimen from Mindouli, Pool department, Republic of Congo.
It measures 12.4 cm long by 12.2 cm wide and 4.3 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 497 grams.

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Group of terminated crystals ofazurite.
Piece with a pleasant architecture, a bright color and a beautiful shine, everything is there!
This azurite comes from Kerrouchene, Khénifra, Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region, Morocco.
Specimen measuring 3.6 cm long by 1.9 cm thick and 2.8 cm high.
Its weight is 9.1 grams.
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Group of adjoining crystals of andradite garnet, with a main crystal 5.7 cm thick!
It comes from the Kayes region in Mali.
This specimen measures 8.4 cm high, 5.9 cm wide and 5 cm thick.
Its weight is 435 grams.
Note the contacts on the piece.

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Crystals of gypsum var. selenite forming a richly crystallized piece, letting the gangue be seen through transparency.
This gypsum comes from the municipality of Tatatila, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico.
It measures 9.8 cm long by 7.2 cm wide and 5.8 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 308 grams.

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Very nice piece presenting crystals of pyrrhotite undergoing pseudomorphosis into pyrite, covered with a fine crystallization of quartz. They are associated with crystals of quartz, from the rhodochrosite, sphalerite and galena.
This mineral comes from Trepča, Mitrovica, Mitrovica district, Kosovo.
It measures 10.1 cm wide by 6 cm high and 7.1 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 869 grams.

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Nice presentation for this piece covered with fibers of rutile in epitaxy on crystals ofhematite, enhanced by a tip of smoky quartz.
It comes from Novo Horizonte in the state of Bahia in Brazil.
This specimen measures 7.3 cm long by 3.9 cm wide and 3.3 cm thick.
Its weight is 125 grams.
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Very beautiful group of crystals of stibnite brilliant.
This piece comes from the Herja mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Mare, Maramures, Romania.
It measures 18.2 cm long by 8.5 cm wide and 3.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 649 grams.

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Piece featuring three main crystals ofemerald contrasted by a shiny biotite matrix.
It comes from the Carnaíba mining district, Pindobaçu, Bahia, in Brazil.
This specimen measures 6.7 cm wide by 9.4 cm high and 5.9 cm at its thickest (the main crystal is 2 cm thick).
Its weight is 303 grams.

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Imposant et esthétique cristal d'héliodore jaune vert, avec la plupart de ses faces définies. Il est surmonté de cristallisations de muscovite et du quartz recouvre sa base.
Cet héliodore provient de la région d'Araçuai, Minas Gerais, Brésil.
Le cristal mesure 10,2 cm de large pour 4 cm d'épaisseur. La pièce au total mesure 11,3 cm de large pour 8,8 cm de haut et 6 cm d'épaisseur.
Son poids est de 699 grammes.

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Imposing and aesthetic green-yellow heliodor crystal, with most of its faces defined. It is surmounted by muscovite and quartz covers its base.
This heliodor comes from the Araçuai region, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
The piece in total measures 11.3 cm wide by 8.8 cm high and 6 cm thick.
Its weight is 699 grams.

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Beautiful crystals of calcite with honey-colored tips, well finished and with a good shine.
Presence of a little sphalerite.
Aesthetic piece from a classic American, the Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee.
This calcite measures 16 cm long by 6.8 cm wide and 8.7 cm thick.
Its weight is 794 grams.

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Aesthetic gypsum var. selenite on matrix, with a fully transparent crystal, with marked striations and slightly blunted edges.
This piece comes from the famous locality Mexican of Naica, mine located in Saucillo, Chihuahua.
It measures 12 cm long by 6.4 cm wide and 5.7 cm thick.
Its weight is 326 grams.

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Piece of a classic deposit of the American mineralogy, the Sweetwater mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri, United States.
It combines two crystals of calcite yellow on a carpet of galena crystals measuring up to 1 cm, with chalcopyrite golden and dolomite.
This specimen measures 14.5 cm long by 6.3 cm wide and 6.3 cm high.
It weighs 450 grams.

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Interesting piece of berthierite with a partially bluish tint, presenting a sheaf of acicular crystals associated with densely packed balls of boulangerite.
It comes from Herja mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Mare, in Romania.
This sulphide measures 9 cm long by 5.7 cm wide and 3.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 237 grams.

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Very beautiful group of two helix ramondi on gangue, epigenized in lussatite blueish.
Piece without restorations, reactive to short UV.
These rare fossil snails transformed into opal come from Dallet, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France.
This specimen measures 7.4 cm long by 6.9 cm wide and 4.8 cm thick, the snails 23 mm and 20 mm in diameter.
Weight of 271 grams.

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Association of amethyst and gypsum var. selenite, with crystals of very good size for the deposit.
This piece with a good shine, on porphyry gangue, comes from the municipality of Tatatila, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico.
It measures 8.7 cm long by 5.7 cm wide and 8 cm thick.
Its weight is 298 grams.

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Very beautiful twin crystal of calcite, with a transparent and champagne-colored termination.
Piece with a good shine from a mythical deposit for calcites, the Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee, United States.
This calcite measures 13 cm long by 6.9 cm wide and 5 cm thick.
Its weight is 403 grams.

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Rhodochrosite aesthetic from a rare locality, the Cassandra mine, Chalkidiki prefecture, Macedonia, Greece.
The pink and stalactite crystals have a silky shine, the gangue is dotted with chalcopyrite crystals.
This piece measures 8.7 cm long by 6.4 cm wide and 5.5 cm thick.
Its weight is 349 grams.

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Nice presentation for this microcline var. aamazonite associated with smoky quartz.
This American piece comes from the Smoky Hawk pegmatites, Pikes Peak, Teller Country, Colorado.
It measures 10.5 cm high by 7.7 cm wide and 5.3 cm thick.
Its weight is 403 grams.
Repaired piece.

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Pseudomorphosis of limonite after magnetite from Imilchil in Morocco.
This aesthetic piece presents three patinated crystals, the largest of which measures 4 cm on the edge.
This mineralogical specimen measures 5.7 cm long by 5.5 cm wide and 4.1 cm thick.
Its weight is 171 grams.

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Fluorite with multiple octahedrons, of an intense green color.
It comes from the fluorite veins located 3 km north of Riemvasmaak in South Africa.
These pieces are covered with quartz partially removed by acid. Their color, natural, is due to the radioactive elements present in this locality.
The piece offered here weighs 131 grams, it measures 6.7 cm wide by 6.9 cm high and 2.9 cm thick.

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Aesthetic and colorful mineral, very richly crystallized, with a pleasant presentation.
It is covered with needle quartz on which are embedded many crystals of purple fluorite.
This specimen comes from the Yaogangxian mine in the province of Hunan in China.
It measures 11.6 cm long by 6.1 cm wide and 4.3 cm thick.
Its weight is 261 grams.

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Rares cristaux de zunyite provenant du Dôme de sel de Qalat-e Balat, Région de Bandar-Abbas, Hormozgan, Perse.
Ces deux cristaux aux troncatures marqués s'interpénètrent pour former un spécimen remarquable.
Brillant, il est de couleur lie de vin.
Le premier cristal mesure 11 mm d'arête, le second 12 mm, une belle taille pour l'espèce.

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Tourmaline crystal, revealing its blue color with lighting, as well as a small purple area.
This tourmaline from Madagascar is capped in black.
It is finished on one of its ends.
Specimen of 6.7 cm long for 134 grams.

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Sample of very good quality from the Peyreblanque mine in Tarn, France.
It presents stalactites of goethite partially covered with pyrolusite.
Piece measuring 15 cm long by 8.3 cm at its widest and 4.9 cm thick.
Its weight is 728 grams.
Former collection ofAlain Martaud

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Scepter with amethyst ghost, which becomes smoked at the base of the crystal.
It has many red hematite inclusions.
This piece comes from Serenje in Zambia.
It measures 6.9 cm long by 3 cm wide.
Its weight is 45 grams.

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Sheaf all in height of shiny crystals of stibnite.
Classic piece from Baia Sprie in Romania.
It measures 15 cm high by 8 cm wide and 5 cm at its thickest.
Its weight is 584 grams.

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Set of two sulphur crystals joined together, with one of the two points well defined.
Shiny mineral with an intense yellow colour from the Desierto Mine in Bolivia.
Traces of dissolution can be observed at the base of the piece.
This specimen measures 6.5cm high and weighs 28 grams.

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Peruvian aesthetic piece associating quartz transparent to the tips, epidote and limonite red.
This 227 gram mineral measures 7.5 cm long by 6.5 cm high.
It comes from the Huaranchal district, Otuzo Province, La Libertad Department, Peru.
Natural presentation in showcase, the specimen being slightly curved.

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