Good sample of brilliant hematoid quartz, red orange in color, on a matrix with volumes.It comes from the L'Argentolle mine, Saint-Prix, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.Weighing 516 grams, this mineral is 9.5 cm long, 9 cm wide and 5.5 cm thick.Despite a discreet touch according...
Piece combining, under an orange coating, yellow fluorite (main crystal with a 4 cm edge) and quartz tips.Sample with touches but still very significant for the deposit.It comes from the L'Argentolle mine, Saint-Prix, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.Weighing 447 grams, this...
Sample with a natural presentation of vanadinite on goethite.It comes from Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.This piece measures 14.9 cm long by 5.3 cm high and 7.6 cm wide.Its weight is 638 grams.Reference: 0759Additional photos and online ordering on the DGminéraux...
Beautiful presentation for this classic of German mineralogy, a beige-on-pink crested baryte, sprinkled with chalcopyrite crystals.It comes from a deposit inaccessible since 2004, the Dreislar mine, Medebach, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, Germany.This specimen measures 7 cm long by 6.6 cm wide...
Floating cluster of slightly yellow cerussite crystals.This good sized piece comes from the M'Fouati mine, Bouenza department, Republic of Congo.It measures 7 cm wide by 5.8 cm high and 5.1 cm at the thickest.Its weight is 349 grams.Reference: 0755Additional photos and online ordering on the...
Fully crystallized stalactite of bright quartz with inclusion-rich crystals, probably goethite.Piece from Aouli, Mibladen, Province of Midelt, Region of Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco.It measures 10 cm high, 10 cm long at the base and 4.9 cm thick (2.3 cm for the stalactite).Its weight is 351...
Shiny quartz hedgehog with crystals rich in inclusions (probably goethite), surmounted by a barite tassel.Piece from Aouli, Mibladen, Province of Midelt, Region of Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco.It measures 8.9 cm wide by 7.6 cm thick and 6 cm wide.Its weight is 503 grams.Reference: 0751Additional...
Infrequent matrix sample of sturmanite, a secondary mineral in manganese-bearing deposits.It comes from N'Chwaning Mine, Kuruman, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.This specimen measures 8 cm long by 4.6 cm wide and 3.4 cm thick.Weight of 251 grams.Reference: 0746Additional photos and online...
Sample of Fuchsite, a variety of muscovite containing chromium, with transparent quartz crystals.This piece comes from Peru, from Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Pallasca P, Áncash.It measures 10.2 cm long by 7.2 cm high and 5.9 cm thick.Its weight is 387 grams.Reference: 0745Additional photos and...
Piece of blond spherosiderite on solid quartz, covered with a crystallization of calcite.Siderite from the Laguépie aggregate quarry, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie, France.It measures 10.7 cm long by 4.6 cm wide and 3 cm thick.Its weight is 147 grams.Light traces of contact.Reference:...
Prehnite helmet, a classic for the species and the alpine mineralogy.It comes from La Combe de la Selle, St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.This sample measures 2.9cm long by 2.3cm wide and 1.8cm thick.Measurements off base.Reference: 0734Additional...
Polysynthetic manganocalcite sample with two main terminations.Quasi-floating part with a strong reaction to long UV rays.It comes from the Dalnegorsk Mining District, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia.Weighing 89 grams, this specimen is 8.6 cm long, 3.3 cm wide and 3.1 cm...
Towering light mauve colored amethyst crystal on matrix with slightly skeletal growth and reconsolidated fracture marks.It comes from Mexico, from the Las Vigas sector, Vera Cruz state.This piece measures 9.5 cm long by 8 cm wide and 5.8 cm at the thickest.It weighs 313 grams.Reference:...
Sample containing numerous native bisthmut inclusions with a good metallic luster.This piece comes from the Schneeberg area in Germany, a mining region exploited for 500 years for silver, bisthmut and more recently uranium.It measures 3.9 cm high by 3.3 cm wide and 2.6 cm thick.Weight of 56...
Translucent smithsonite piece with rhombohedral crystals on matrixSpecimen from the Tsumeb mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia.It measures 3.7 cm high, 3.7 cm wide and 3.1 cm thick.Its weight is 52 grams.(Measurements off base)Reference: 0710Additional photos and online ordering on the DGminéraux...
Nice piece of epidote with quartz on a matrix of rough sphalerite and epidote.It comes from the district of Pampa Blanca, Province of Castrovirreyna, Huancavelica, Peru.This specimen measures 5.4 cm wide by 7.9 cm high and 4.1 cm at the thickest.Its weight is 157 grams.A few discreet touches to...
Pleasant presentation for this azurite crystal finished in deep blue color on its brown matrix.It comes from the mining district of Touissit-Bou Beker, Province of Jerada, Oriental Region, Morocco.Weighing 46 grams, this specimen measures 5 cm wide by 3.4 cm high and 1.8 cm at the...
Pretty baryte with brilliant blue crystals on a beige baryte gangue.It comes from the Cavnic mine, Maramures, Romania.This piece comes in at 9.5cm long by 7.1cm wide and 5.1cm at its thickest.Its weight is 493 grams.Reference: 0702Additional photos and online ordering on the DGminéraux...
Pseudomorphosis of copper after a crystallized cluster of aragonite.Specimen from the Coro Coro mines, Province of Pacajes, La Paz, Bolivia.This sample showing a remnant of aragonite measures 1.3 cm in diameter.Reference: 0698Additional photos and online ordering on the DGminéraux...
Copper pseudomorph after hexagonal aragonite crystal.Specimen from the Coro Coro mines, Province of Pacajes, La Paz, Bolivia.This sample in good condition measures 0.9 cm in diameter and 0.5 cm thick.Reference: 0697Additional photos and online ordering on the DGminéraux...
Piece associating on matrix pyrite and gray and striated crystals of andorite measuring up to 5 mm.Specimen from the San José mine, Oruro, Cerdaco province, Bolivia.It measures 3.5 cm wide by 1.9 cm high and 1.8 cm thick.Its weight is 15 grams.Reference: 0691Additional photos and online ordering...
Tabular crystal of andorite with several terminations and typical striae. One side has a light beige coating of cervantite or stibiconite.Specimen from the November 2004 discovery made at the San José mine, Oruro, Cerdaco province, Bolivia.It measures 1.6 cm wide by 1.4 cm high and 0.5 cm...
Piece with a pink matrix of rhodochrosite surmounted by finely crystallized white calcite, then crystals of tetrahedrites measuring up to 8 mm.It comes from the Boldut mine, Cavnic, Maramures, Romania.Specimen measuring 7 cm long by 4.2 cm wide and 4.1 cm thick.Its weight is 191 grams.Reference:...
Floating crystal of chalcopyrite with a bronze patina and fairly marked streaks.This specimen comes from the district of Kambove, Haut Katanga, Republic of Congo.Traces of shock suggest recovery in a crusher-melter.It measures 3.6 cm long by 3.3 cm wide and 2.8 cm long.Its weight is 60...
