Specimen featuring "sea urchin"-like aragonite clusters and spherical calcite formations on a basalt matrix.This mineral was found in Gergovie, Auvergne, France.Dimensions: 6.6 x 5.6 x 3.6 cmThe specimen weighs 80 grams.Additional photos and online ordering available on the DGminéraux...
A beautiful, well-formed, and highly lustrous phosgenite crystal—ranging from translucent to transparent and measuring approximately 9 mm—set on a black galena matrix.This specimen was found at the Monteponi Mine in Sardinia, Italy.It measures 3 x 2.9 x 2.7 cm.The piece weighs 69...
A fine association featuring numerous steel-gray tetrahedrite crystals with a metallic luster—well-crystallized and shiny—accompanied by small golden pyrite crystals and quartz.This specimen comes from the Cavnic mine in the Maramureș region of Romania.Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 2.8 cm (maximum...
A piece of bright, vibrant green fuchsite—a green variety of muscovite colored by chromium.Specimen from the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.1 x 4.4 cmThis specimen weighs 188 grams.Additional photos and online ordering available on the DGminéraux...
Crystallized torbernite on matrix, featuring shiny, millimeter-sized crystals. As this is a uranium-bearing mineral, it requires appropriate storage.This specimen was discovered at Les Bois Noirs, St-Priest-Laprugne, France.It measures 7.9 x 4.6 x 4.4 cm.The specimen weighs 170 grams.Additional...
A cluster of bi-colored "whistle" barite crystals from a deposit that is completely inaccessible today. Note the contact marks in various places.This specimen was found in Maine-Reclesne, in the Saône-et-Loire region of France.The piece measures 7.9 x 6.3 x 4.8 cm.The specimen weighs 443...
A remarkable goethite specimen showing a coating over quartz points.It was collected at the Montroc quarry in the Tarn region of France.This specimen measures 7.4 x 6 x 4 cm.The piece weighs 72 grams.Additional photos and online ordering available on the DGminéraux...
"Mandarin" quartz—named for the beautiful orange color resulting from surface oxides.This specimen was found in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.Its dimensions are 8 x 7.3 x 2.9 cm.The piece weighs 103 grams.Additional photos and online ordering available on the DGminéraux...
Complete lithophysa nodule, sawn and polished to showcase the patterns within the chalcedony.This specimen originates from the Esterel Massif in the Var region of France.It measures 6.7 x 4.1 x 3.9 cm.The specimen weighs 130 grams.Additional photos and online ordering available on the DGminéraux...
A specimen featuring a well-defined carrollite crystal on calcite—an association typical of the deposit—accompanied by raw chalcopyrite.This specimen comes from a sought-after locality: Kambove, Haut-Katanga, Congo.It measures 6.4 x 5 x 4.7 cm.The sample weighs 186 grams.Additional photos and...
Nice presentation for this piece, with prismatic erythrite crystals overhanging a carpet of pink picropharmacolite spheres.It comes from the mine of Bou Azzer, province of Ouarzazate in Morocco.Specimen measuring 6.2 cm long by 4.6 cm wide and 3.1 cm at the thickest.Its weight is 107...
"Grape agate" is the common name for this botryoidal chalcedony. The specimen shown here is a high-quality floater, featuring a bicolored purple and green appearance.This specimen originates from Mamuju, in the West Sulawesi region of Indonesia.The mineral measures 14.5 x 5.6 x 4.9 cm.The...
A delicate specimen of mammillary goethite, covered in yellow-green goethite needles that create a velvety appearance. This fragile carpet of needles must not be touched.Specimen from Montroc, a mineralogical site in the Tarn department of France.Dimensions: 3.7 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm(Measurements...
Lustrous Peruvian pyrite with octahedral crystals, accompanied by sphalerite.This specimen originates from the Huaron Mine in the Pasco region of Peru.Dimensions: 6 x 4.6 x 3 cmThe specimen weighs 168 grams.Additional photos and online ordering available on the DGminéraux...
A beautiful epidote specimen forming dense clusters, featuring olive-green to dark green hues and a highly sparkling luster. Some crystals show old, well-patinated fractures that bear witness to the piece's history.This specimen was discovered in Hakkâri, in the Hakkâri region of Turkey.It...
A well-developed glendonite forming a star-shaped aggregate, displaying beautifully on a spherical rock concretion. It is the result of the pseudomorphosis of ikaite into calcite; the term "glendonite" specifically refers to this type of pseudomorph.This mineral was discovered at Solenitsa, in...
A floater fluorite specimen featuring a distinctively melted appearance typical of this locality and a deep purple color.This specimen comes from the Boltry quarry in the Seilles region of Belgium.It measures 6.2 x 4.3 x 4 cm.The specimen weighs 125 grams.Additional photos and online ordering...
Gypsum displaying a beautiful red color, caused by the ferric ions it contains.Specimen from Chelva, a mineral locality in Valencia, Spain.It measures 8.7 x 5.2 x 3.9 cm.The specimen weighs 150 grams.Additional photos and online ordering available on the DGminéraux...
Lovely peach-colored stilbite featuring numerous bladed crystals and the beginnings of overgrowth crystallization.This specimen originates from Jalgaon, in the state of Maharashtra, India.It measures 9 x 6.4 x 2.9 cm.The specimen weighs 177 grams.Additional photos and online ordering available on...
This fibrous malachite specimen features an attractive presentation, a beautiful color, and a lustrous finish, with crystallization extending all around its perimeter.It originates from the Mindigi Mine in the Haut-Katanga region of the Congo.It measures 7.7 x 3.7 x 2.4 cm.The specimen weighs 77...
Hemimorphite richly covered with crystals on both sides, accompanied by some white calcite.It was collected at the Ojuela Mine, located in the Mapimí region of Durango, Mexico.Dimensions: 8 x 7.9 x 4.2 cmThe weight of this specimen is 253 grams.Additional photos and online ordering available on...
Specimen from the Mâlain mine in Burgundy, France, featuring a salmon-colored gypsum nodule.This mine—now closed to access—contains rare nodule formations embedded in clayey marl.The nodules were painstakingly extracted from the surrounding matrix, then polished and varnished.Dimensions: 7.3 x...
Azurite with a beautiful color contrasting against the reddish-brown of a limonitic matrix.This specimen comes from a sought-after locality: Touissit-Bou Beker, Jerada, Morocco.It measures 6.3 x 4.9 x 2 cm.The piece weighs 62 grams.Note that the back bears old traces of mounting putty.Additional...
Purple erythrite crystals on matrix.This specimen comes from the Bou Azzer mine, Ouarzazate, Morocco.Its dimensions are 4 x 3.4 x 2.2 cm.The weight of this specimen is 40 grams.(Measurements exclude the base)Additional photos and online ordering available on the DGminéraux...
