La Mine 2 Tout - Marie et Alex

The initial shape is very visible, the surface is shiny. 4 x 3,8 x 2,2 cm. Reference : 2788-LM2T

Tanzanite in excellent condition, brilliant and translucent. The slightly yellow color at the base attests that the crystal has not been heated. 29.80 carats. 2,6 x 1,2 x 1 cm. Reference : 2782-LM2T

9,5 x 5,5 x 5,5 cm. Reference : 2755-LM2T

Orange topaz crystal of 1 cm, gem, well finished and bright, nicely arranged on the edge of a small cavity naturally formed in the rhyolite. This same crystal also has the particularity of including a small blade of hematite 2 mm high. Finally, a little purple fluorite is present opposite the...

Numerous small grossular garnets (hessonite variety), very bright, accompanied by clinochlore. Piece from the Bellecombe rodingites in the Aosta Valley (Italy). 4 x 3,5 x 1,8 cm. Reference : 2602-LM2T

Bright red, gemmy and brilliant sphalerite, nestled within small white dolomite crystals and hyaline quartz needles. Nice quality piece, typical of the old mines of La Mure in Isère. 3,7 x 3,5 x 3 cm. Reference : 2579-LM2T

Epidote in elongated, shiny, well-terminated crystals, accompanied by byssolite in capillary fibers with a silky sheen. A calcite crystal and a small quartz finish this paragenesis from the upper Ubaye valley in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. 10 x 7 x 6 cm. Reference : 2526-LM2T

Chrysoberyl in tabular yellow mottled crystals, brilliant, well terminated and gems. 1,8 x 1,2 x 0,1 cm. Reference : 2514-LM2T

Chrysoberyl in yellow tabular crystals (v-shaped), brilliant, well terminated and gems at the ends. 1,4 x 1,5 x 0,2 cm. Reference : 2513-LM2T

Piece composed of several colorless cerussites in cyclic macles, shiny, on a matrix of crested barite pink / orange. The cerusite is yellow under long Uvs. A classic Moroccan stone of fine quality! 5 x 3,5 x 3 cm. Reference : 2509-LM2T

Well-defined macerated crystals of bright and translucent cerussite on a matrix of orange crested barite and galena. Cerusite is a beautiful yellow color under long Uvs. A very aesthetic and high quality Moroccan classic! 4,5 x 3,5 x 3,5 cm. Reference : 2508-LM2T

Azurite in discoidal crystallization of 5,7 x 4,5 cm on white kaolinite matrix.Their formation in depth, at a high pressure, led to this type of crystallization unique in the world for azurites, and to their name of azurite "sun".A great Australian classic of the most beautiful effect in your...

Azurite in discoidal crystallization of 4,6 x 2,9 cm on white kaolinite matrix.Their formation in depth, at a high pressure, led to this type of crystallization unique in the world for azurites, and to their name of azurite "sun".A great Australian classic of the most beautiful effect in your...

Large, floating, intact biterminated calcite crystal with nice natural dissolution figures on the back, and accompanied by a group of white stilbite bow-tie crystals. 14,5 x 7,3 x 5 cm. Reference : 2393-LM2T

Almost complete geode (in two pieces) of brown to white mamelonized chalcedony, from the vicinity of Charroux in the Vienne department (France). The geode is translucent in backlight. Dimensions of the whole geode : 7 x 5 x 4 cm. Reference : 2324-LM2T

Tangle of small translucent and brilliant quartz, disorganized, some broken in two, then naturally consolidated notably by azurite and malachite. These also appear as perimorphoses of tetrahedrites of all sizes. A piece with a complex history, very interesting to observe with a magnifying glass,...

Rare tetrahedrite probably pseudomorphosed into limonite (considering the lightness of the piece) then covered with azurite and even malachite. The initial shape of the tetrahedrite is very well preserved. This piece comes from the Giraud mine, close to the famous La Gardette mine, known...

Native gold crystallized in flattened octahedrons and showing the spinel twin, on quartz. The "feather", with a curved end, has a total length of about 2.2 cm. Some white quartz relics are present between the crystals. Another small gold crystal is present in the quartz at the back of the...

Superb bouquet of fine aquamarine crystals, as if "frosted" at the 3/4 from the base, and gems at the top. The terminations are perfect and the brilliance extra. Floating piece also composed of albite at the base. 4 x 4,5 x 2,5 cm. Reference : 2228-LM2T

Superb bouquet of fine aquamarine crystals, as if "frosted" at the 3/4 from the base, and gems at the top. The terminations are perfect and the brilliance extra. A few small colorless quartz crystals and some albite are present at the base. 4,5 x 2,9 x 2,5 cm. Reference : 2227-LM2T

Bright stibine crystals, with some slight imperfections but the "twisted" growth creates an original architecture that does not leave indifferent!11 x 4 x 1,7 cm.Reference : 2126-LM2T

Single crystal of colorless, slightly smoky quartz, in perfect condition. The surfaces are smooth and very shiny on half of the quartz, and rough and less shiny on the other half (related to a beginning of natural dissolution). The interior shows many iridescences! 4 x 2,8 x 2,3 cm. Reference :...

Well-crystallized stibine, with nice endings, from a recent discovery (May 2021) at the old Forges mine in the Puy-de-Dôme (see Règne Minéral n°161). The yellow color of some terminations is due to a pseudomorphosis of stibine into stibiconite 10,5 x 7 x 3,5 cm. Reference : 2088-LM2T

Single crystal of vesuvianite in elongated prism relatively large for the locality, of a translucent, brilliant green-brown, from the rodingites of Bellecombe in the Aosta Valley (Italy).1,6 x 1 x 0,8 cm.Reference : 2006-LM2T