Epidote - Le Cornillon, Isère, France
A bush of epidotes in long, well-terminated, brilliant crystals from this classic French deposit. 7 x 4 x 5,2 cm. Reference : 3652-LM2T
Quartz - Saint-Jean-de-Valériscle, Gard, France
Pretty little brilliant quartz, known as "diamond", from Saint-Jean-de-Valériscle in the Gard. 2,3 x 2,7 x 2,2 cm. Reference : 3645-LM2T
Fluorine et quartz - Le Franciman, Tarn, France
Blue fluorite nestled in small iron oxide-colored quartz, deliberately left in to preserve this pleasant contrast. 8 x 5 x 4 cm. Reference : 3641-LM2T
Prehnite et byssolite - Combe de La Selle, Isère, France
A locality that has produced some of France's finest prehnites! Here the byssolite is not developed, but the prehnites are brilliant and in very good condition. 4,5 x 3,5 x 2 cm. Reference : 3639-LM2T
Chrysocole psm after azurite( ?), malachite and quartz - Tenke-Fungurume mine, Katanga,...
A turquoise-blue chrysocolla plate that has pseudomorphosed a mineral that may resemble azurite (?), partially covered with microquartz giving the piece a certain sparkle (especially on the reverse). Small groups of dark-green, highly lustrous malachite crystals, scattered throughout the piece,...
Quartz and tourmaline - Minas Gerais, Brazil
Floating piece featuring a perfectly terminated translucent green tourmaline, set in a flat quartz with a glossy surface and whitened by the presence of kaolin inclusions. A superb collector's item! 6 x 5 x 2 cm. Reference : 3628-LM2T
Fluorite and calcite on barite - Hammam Jedidi, Zaghouan, Tunisia
Piece composed of fluorite with shiny surfaces, embedded in white barite covered with small calcite petals of the same hue. The grayish color of the fluorite is probably due to the presence of hydrocarbons, common in this Tunisian deposit. 7,5 x 6 x 2 cm. Reference : 3624-LM2T
Demantoid garnet - Belqeys mountain, Takab, Persia/Iran
Bright, well-formed, deep-green demantoid garnets in very good condition. 4 x 3,5 x 2 cm. Reference : 3621-LM2T
Calcite - Qinglong / Dachang mine, Guizhou, China
Small, very airy set of colorless, lustrous calcite. Unfortunately, the tips are not intact, but the piece remains very attractive. 5 x 5 x 1,5 x 1,9 cm. Reference : 3620-LM2T
Calcite - Qinglong / Dachang mine, Guizhou, China
Fine, colorless, lustrous fusiform calcite. 5 x 0,9 x 0,7 cm. Reference : 3619-LM2T
Epidote - Khowrin mount, Markazi province, Persia/Iran
Dark-green epidote hedgehog. The crystals are brilliant. A few bumps. 5,5 x 4 x 3 cm. Reference : 3600-LM2T
Zunyite on hematite - Qalat-e Balat, Hormozgan, Persia/Iran
Red zunyite crystal with truncated edges on hematite matrix. The zunyite is damaged at the back, hence the low price. 3,5 x 2,2 x 2,5 cm. Reference : 3599-LM2T
Axinite - Obira mine, Ono-gun, Kyushu, Japan
Magnificent airborne cluster of bright axinite (the largest crystal measures 1.7 cm) from an unusual yet classic locality: the former Obira copper mine in Japan. 4,2 x 4 x 2,5 cm. Reference : 3349-LM2T
Axinite - Obira mine, Ono-gun, Kyushu, Japan
Here's a brilliant axinite from an unusual yet classic locality: the former Obira copper mine in Japan. 2 x 2 x 1,5 cm. Reference : 3348-LM2T
Stilbite and apophyllite - Maharashtra, Inde
Very airy stilbite on apophyllite. 7 x 6 x 3,2 cm. Reference : 3336-LM2T
Axinite - Pic de la Piquette, Hautes-Pyrénées, France
Several bright, gemmy axinite crystals with feldspar. One crystal is unfortunately damaged, but the piece remains of fine quality for this Pyrenean locality. 4,5 x 2,5 x 2,5 cm. Reference : 3324-LM2T
Tourmaline - Sahatany valley, Madagascar
Floating, brilliant tourmaline crystal with a much more yellow top. 3 x 2,5 x 1,8 cm. Reference : 3320-LM2T
Wulfénite - Mine Helena, Crna, Mezica, Slovénie
Tabular "sandwich" wulfenite from the former Mežica mines in Slovenia (ex-Yugoslavia). 6,4 x 4,5 x 2,6 cm. Reference : 3288-LM2T
Quartz - Cuzac, Lot, France
Floating plate of quartz crystallized along ridges showing no particular organization. We assume these are pseudomorphoses of barite into quartz. 9 x 5,5 x 2,6 cm. Reference : 3286-LM2T