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...
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...
Pretty chalcedony of good quality, with a well marked purple color, a silky and shiny appearance.She comes from Mamuju, Province of West Sulawesi, Indonesia.This chalcedony measures 11.6 cm long by 10.8 cm wide and 3.6 cm thick.Its weight is 391 grams.Reference: 1199Additional photos and online...
Sample of crystallized dioptase on its upper part, contrasted by a slight darker coating.This piece comes from Renéville, Republic of Congo.It measures 3.1 cm long by 1.6 cm wide and 2 cm high.Its weight is 15.8 grams.(Measurements off base)Reference: 1200Additional photos and online ordering on...
Scalenohedra of Chinese calcite, covered with violet yttrofluorite. This variety of fluorite takes its name from its composition rich in yttrium (a metal).This piece is from Qinglong Mine (Dachang Mine), Qianxinan, Guizhou, China.This piece measures 7.5 cm long by 5.1 cm wide and 3.1 cm high.Its...
Two-tone quartz sample, with pink crystals on the left of the piece and white quartz on the rightThis piece comes from Araçuaí in the State of Minas Gerais in Brazil.It measures 2.6 cm high, 3.8 cm wide and 1 cm thick.(Measurements off base)Reference: 1202Additional photos and online ordering on...
Peruvian pyrite with a cubic crystallization on a rather massive gangue.It comes from the mine of Huanzala, Huallanca, Ancash, Peru.This pyrite is 7.6 cm long, 6.5 cm wide and 4.6 cm thick.Its weight is 428 grams.Reference: 1203Order online on the DGminéraux...
Bright white calcite with more transparent endings.This specimen comes from Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua in Mexico.It measures 6.4 cm high by 2.9 cm wide and 2.8 cm thick.Its weight is 25 grams.(Measurements off base)Note some very discreet breaks.Reference: 1204Additional photos and online ordering...
White and shiny calcite entirely crystallized on the whole of the piece.This aesthetic specimen comes from Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua in Mexico.It measures 5.4 cm high, 4 cm wide and 2.3 cm thick.Its weight is 29 grams.(Measurements off base)Note some very discreet breaks.Reference: 1205Additional...
Nice group of transparent quartz perched on a gray matrix, with flat crystals and bi-determined.It comes from L'Alpe d'Huez, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.This sample measures 6 cm wide by 6 cm high and 4 cm thick.Its weight is 125 grams.Reference: 1206Additional photos and online...
Floating aesthetic of hematoid quartz crystals, with a shiny side and a grainier side, offering two different exposures.It comes from Tinejdad, Province of Errachidia, Region of Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco.This piece measures 5 cm long by 4.5 cm wide and 3.2 cm high.Its weight is 40...
Very nice sample of skeletal vanadinite, two-tone and shiny, having a barrel shape.It comes from Mibladen, Aït Oufella Caïdat, Midelt, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco.This piece measures 3 cm long by 2.8 cm high and 2.2 cm wide.Its weight is 48 grams.Reference: 1208Additional photos and online ordering...
Tangle of quartz crystals with a thin coating of calcite and pyrite.This quartz comes from the San Diego mine, Santa Barbara, Chihuahua, Mexico.This piece measures 4.5 cm long by 4.4 cm wide and 4.2 cm high.Its weight is 36 grams.Reference: 1190Additional photos and online ordering on the...
Here is a small, very finely crystallized piece with prismatic brown-green crystals of vanadinite (rare, usually orange on the deposit) resting on calcite rhombohedrons.She is originally from Mexico, Apex Mine, San Carlos, Chihuahua, Mexico.This piece measures 4.2 cm long by 3.2 cm wide and 1.6...
A well-contrasted piece bearing on a matrix of limonite yellow mimetite spheres and rhombohedral calcite.This sample crystallized on both sides comes from the mining district of Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico.It measures 5.3 cm long by 4.6 cm wide and 2.8 cm thick.Its weight is...
Blue anhydrite from Naïca, municipality of Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico.A few calcite crystals can be found on the coin.This mineral measures 4.6 cm long, 2.1 cm wide and 0.8 cm thick.Its weight is 14 grams.(Measurements off base)Reference: 1193Additional photos and online ordering on the...
Aesthetic two-tone goethite, crystallized throughout, bearing a shiny calcite plate.This sample comes from the mining district of Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico.It measures 4.3 cm high, 3.4 cm wide and 2.8 cm thick.Its weight is 63 grams.(Measurements off base)Reference:...
A richly crystallized piece bearing spheres of yellow to brown mimetite on rhombohedral crystals of calcite.This sample crystallized on both sides comes from the mining district of Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico.It measures 4.5 cm long by 3.3 cm wide and 1.6 cm thick.Its weight...
Pretty amethyst with a sheaf of crystals at its base, from which a large crystal slightly sceptered.This aesthetic piece comes from Mexico, from the Las Vigas sector, Vera Cruz state.It measures 5.9 cm long by 3.8 cm wide and 3.5 cm thick.Its weight is 17 grams.(Measurements off base)Reference:...
Interesting piece, associating galena on fluorite and brown pyromorphite crystals.It comes from the nightingale mine in Chaillac, Indre, France.Specimen measuring 5.2 cm long by 3.7 cm wide and 2.4 cm at the thickest.Its weight is 81 grams (with base).Reference: 1180Additional photos and online...
Sample combining calcite and prismatic crystals of orange-red vanadinite.It comes from the Apex Mine (San Carlos mine), San Carlos, Manuel Benavides, Chihuahua, Mexico.This piece measures 4.2 cm long by 3.5 cm wide and 1.7 cm thick.Its weight is 40 grams.Reference: 1182Additional photos and...
Typical piece from this Lyons deposit combining many orange wulfenite crystals on crested barite and a fluorite crystal.It comes from Lantignié, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, France.This piece measures 4.4 cm long by 4 cm wide and 2.1 cm thick.Its weight is 53 grams.Note that the wulfenite is...
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...
