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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...

Garnet of good size and well formed on Prehnite matrix that offers a beautiful color contrast. You can see on the right Garnet in the photo that there is a trace of Epidote that no longer exists today. Very beautiful specimen from Diakon in Mali, quality pieces with Prehnite being rather rare in...

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 discovery in April 2023 in Morocco. We put a question mark on Endlichite because the first analyses on these specimens reveal the absence of Arsenic. As a reminder, Endlichite is the high Arsenic variety of Vanadinite. We have the analyses on the specimens studied, we provide them of course...

Iridescent Goethite from Tharsis Mine, Spain.6,20 x 3,80 x 2,80 cmReference : 2562

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...

Atypical grossular from mali with most of its opaque faces, and smaller front faces gems and shiny. We love this piece for this special feature, but also its green color and its well formed crystals. We only managed to find two pieces like this, perfectly formed and with this characteristic.4,70...

Besides Italy, the most famous sulfur crystals in the world come from the Bolivian desert. This skeletal crystal has a unique shape that is not found in any locality. It is large, shiny and has a beautiful canary yellow color very flashy. Very large cryst7,80 x 3 x 2,50 cmReference : 2563

Nice presentation for this piece, with a helix fossil snail rounded on bitumen.Specimen from the former hydrocarbon exploitation of the Mine des Rois, Dallet, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France.This specimen measures 11.4 cm long by 9 cm wide and 4.6 cm thick, the snail measures 2.1 cm in...

Two generations of Calcite, a first more opaque and the second in translucent colorless scalenohedra. Beautiful crystallization and quality for this English specimen.8 x 5,80 x 5,80 cmReference : 2564

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...

Crystals in whistle of Calcite lustrous and stocky with black inclusions inside, surely of the typical Boulangerite of the deposit. The black grey calcite crystals are present everywhere, bigger on the front and smaller on the back. Specimen from the Herja mine in Romania.8,60 x 4,50 x 4,40...