Superb piece resulting from a recent discovery (2020) of only a few specimens.The initial shape, reminiscent of a butterfly, is due to a tangle of barite or azurite crystals pseudomorphosed into chrysocolla partially covered with iron oxides. The whole is subtly sprinkled with brilliant quartz...
Front and back crystallized piece : on the front, well individualized crystals of colorless and translucent hexagonal calcite accompanied by colorless and shiny flakes of hemimorphite contrast nicely with the underlying brown matrix ; on the back : numerous crystals of the same hexagonal calcite,...
Small apatite crystal (0.6 cm long) colorless to very slightly green, bright and translucent, on a matrix composed of quartz needles and a little pyrite with a nice metallic luster. Piece in perfect condition. It will be difficult to find similar specimens, this type of piece being uncommon...
Crystal of colorless to very slightly green apatite on some small quartz, accompanied by microcrystals of chalcopyrite. Minor flaws. This type of piece is not very common because it is probably quite old. 4 x 2 x 2 cm. Reference : 1934-LM2T
Biterminated crystal of colorless to very slightly green apatite on some small quartz. This type of piece is not very common because it is probably quite old. 2 x 2 x 1 cm. Reference : 1933-LM2T
Group of brilliant stilbite crystals accompanied by heulandite, the whole of a beautiful architecture and without damage.8 x 5,5 x 4 cm.Reference : 1930-LM2T
Rare mottled diaspore crystals, both with a very nice luster, gemmy and perfectly finished, and presenting a pinkish to slightly green color depending on the angle and the light. No damage is to be deplored, which is not so common! The only "flaws" that can be noted are some contact points with...
Fibrous malachite in mamelinated concretions on the front and small spheres of velvet luster set in a matrix of limonite providing a nice contrast. Piece of an uncommon locality !12 x 9 x 5,5 cm.Reference : 1914-LM2T
A brown, very bright, undamaged single crystal associated with small flakes of hematite with a nice metallic luster. These Iranian zunyites were discovered in 2018 and have the particularity of being plurimillimetric, even centimetric, which is large for the species.0,8 x 0,8 x 0,8 cm....
Red single crystal (the most sought after), very bright, no damage, associated with small flakes of hematite with a nice metallic luster. These Iranian zunyites were discovered in 2018 and have the particularity of being plurimillimetric, even centimetric, which is large for the species.0,7 x...
Rare zunyite on hematite gangue. The crystal, of 0,8 cm of edge, and of brick red color (the most sought-after), is perfectly intact. It has naturally truncated edges, shiny faces, and small hematite flakes in inclusion. Specimens on matrix are rarer than isolated crystals because the latter...
Rare zunyite crystals on hematite gangue. The piece contains no less than 8 brown crystals of all sizes, the largest (located on the side, mottled), measuring 1.1 of edge. The surfaces are not very clean (they have many natural asperities), but no damage is noted. Specimens on matrix are rarer...
Uncommon specimen associating beige tabular barite with white borders, mimetite and a few touches of minium which remind us that the provenance of this piece is rather known for its lead minerals (mimetite and wulfenite).7,5 x 4 x 3,5 cm.Reference : 1895-LM2T
Perfect floating crystal of light yellow translucent barite, with a very shiny surface, accompanied by some small marcasite crystals4,5 x 4 x 0,4 cm.Reference : 1879-LM2T
Sparkling Azurite of a beautiful royal blue associated with a little malachite on the back. The pseudo triangular shape can make one think of a pseudomorphosis of azurite into tetrahedrite, rare for the locality, but of which we possess some specimens. If it is "only" azurite and malachite, this...
Exceptional piece because of its rarity and its aestheticism : it is a group of tetrahedrites pseudomorphosed in azurite on a small base of mamelonned malachite, the whole in excellent condition. This piece comes from the Giraud mine, close to the famous La Gardette mine, known worldwide for its...
Rare group of well-formed crystals of legrandite (arsenic mineral) with a very airy architecture. 3,5 x 1,5 x 5 cm. Reference : 1494-LM2T
Bright black tourmaline veneer, with fibroradial critallisation. The piece presents well. 12 x 7 x 2 cm. Reference : 1430-LM2T
Group of black tourmaline (schorl) crystals, some perfectly terminated, with a nice brilliance, and associated with muscovite sheets and some garnets on the back of the specimen. 6,5 x 2 x 2 cm. Reference : 1334-LM2T
! Very small piece ! Very fine amethyst, brilliant, intact, speckled with hematite, and coming from Karur in India. 1,8 x 0,3 x 03 cm. Reference : 1273-LM2T
Crystal of olivine, pole forsterite, called "peridot", showing some fine black needles in inclusion (ludwigite ?). The quality is insufficient for the size, but it is nevertheless a very correct crystal for the collection. 2 x 1,2 x 0,5 cm. Reference : 1269-LM2T
Very bright brown vesuvianite crystals contrasting with some small white calcite crystals. 3 x 3 x 1,5 cm. Reference : 1268-LM2T
Floating single crystal of zunyite, perfectly formed, with hematite inclusions. It comes from the 2018 discovery in Iran, having highlighted the existence of zunyite crystals larger than a few millimeters, maximum size known until then. This one measures 1.1 cm of edge. 1,1 x 1,1 x 1,1 cm....
Single crystal of brown to green epidote of good quality.4,5 x 1 x 1 cm.Reference : 1225-LM2T
