Beautiful brown garnet brick on small piece of green Prehnite matrix that offers a nice contrast of color. Nice training for this Andradite from Mali.3,50 x 3,10 x 3 cmReference : 2447
Specimen crystallized on all sides with a beautiful Garnet on Epidote on the front of the piece, then smaller Garnet and Epidote crystals on the back.6,10 x 4 x 3,50 cmReference : 2448
Schorl crystals on solid pink quartz from St Chely-d Apcher in France. The color of the pink Quartz is well pronounced, the crystals of Schorl are well defined. Beautiful size for this specimen from Lozere.7,80 x 6,40 x 3,30 cmReference : 2552
Sapphirine is an ancient mineral described around 1920, very common in some types of metamorphic rocks. But curiously, very very rarely encountered in the state of crystals well automorphes. The first potables to be collected were found in Madagascar about 25 years ago. The largest crystals...
New and original discovered in Mali for these Garnet for the least surprising. These are two varieties of Garnet, the heart rather golden color is of the Grandite (= Grossular and Andradite), and the turn black color is a Melanite, titaniferous variety of Andradite. Several hypotheses have been...
Uncommon piece of yellow fluorite covered with a chocolate-colored coating, on a solid white quartz gangue.It comes from the L'Argentolle mine, Saint-Prix, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.Weighing 429 grams, this sample is 7.9 cm long, 8.4 cm wide and 5.4 cm thick.Reference:...
Typical yellow fluorite sample from the deposit.It comes from the L'Argentolle mine, Saint-Prix, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.This specimen measures 8.4 cm long by 4.7 cm wide and 3.8 cm thick.Its weight is 269 grams.The back is sawn off.Reference: 1185Additional photos and...
The heart of Mali is represented here with this specimen composed of two garnet on Prehnite matrix. Beautiful formation for this specimen of Diakon in Mali.3,40 x 3 x 1,80 cmReference : 2453
Sapphirine is an ancient mineral described around 1920, very common in some types of metamorphic rocks. But curiously, very very rarely encountered in the state of crystals well automorphes. The first potables to be collected were found in Madagascar about 25 years ago. The largest crystals...
Sapphirine is an ancient mineral described around 1920, very common in some types of metamorphic rocks. But curiously, very very rarely encountered in the state of crystals well automorphes. The first potables to be collected were found in Madagascar about 25 years ago. The largest crystals...
Sample of beige and purple fluorite from the Maine-Reclesne mine in Saône et Loire, France.The crystallization is said to be in "column", with long crystals and a quasi-flat termination.The piece measures 5.7 cm long by 4 cm wide and 2.8 cm thick.Its weight is 145 grams.Reference: 1197Additional...
