Several colorless centimetric calcites of fine quality and well-defined faces, scattered amidst small crystals of bright white dolomite and a few brown sphalerites, all on a matrix of gray dolomite, typical of this ancient Gard deposit. 14 x 12 x 6 cm. Reference : 3663-LM2T
A bush of epidotes in long, well-terminated, brilliant crystals from this classic French deposit. 7 x 4 x 5,2 cm. Reference : 3652-LM2T
Granite slab sprinkled with small crystals of colorless to yellow fluorite with violet centers. Bright surfaces and well-defined edges. Note the presence of white star-shaped barite. This atypical shape is natural, due to an obstacle having prevented their growth; the entire bottom of the piece...
Goethite, very finely crystallized on the surface, with attractive brilliance, from a small locality in the Tarn region, in the commune of Montredon-Labessonnié. 8 x 8 x 3 cm. Reference : 3649-LM2T
Pretty little brilliant quartz, known as "diamond", from Saint-Jean-de-Valériscle in the Gard. 2,3 x 2,7 x 2,2 cm. Reference : 3645-LM2T
Blue fluorite nestled in small iron oxide-colored quartz, deliberately left in to preserve this pleasant contrast. 8 x 5 x 4 cm. Reference : 3641-LM2T
A locality that has produced some of France's finest prehnites! Here the byssolite is not developed, but the prehnites are brilliant and in very good condition. 4,5 x 3,5 x 2 cm. Reference : 3639-LM2T
A turquoise-blue chrysocolla plate that has pseudomorphosed a mineral that may resemble azurite (?), partially covered with microquartz giving the piece a certain sparkle (especially on the reverse). Small groups of dark-green, highly lustrous malachite crystals, scattered throughout the piece,...
Floating piece featuring a perfectly terminated translucent green tourmaline, set in a flat quartz with a glossy surface and whitened by the presence of kaolin inclusions. A superb collector's item! 6 x 5 x 2 cm. Reference : 3628-LM2T
Piece composed of fluorite with shiny surfaces, embedded in white barite covered with small calcite petals of the same hue. The grayish color of the fluorite is probably due to the presence of hydrocarbons, common in this Tunisian deposit. 7,5 x 6 x 2 cm. Reference : 3624-LM2T
Bright, well-formed, deep-green demantoid garnets in very good condition. 4 x 3,5 x 2 cm. Reference : 3621-LM2T
Small, very airy set of colorless, lustrous calcite. Unfortunately, the tips are not intact, but the piece remains very attractive. 5 x 5 x 1,5 x 1,9 cm. Reference : 3620-LM2T
Fine, colorless, lustrous fusiform calcite. 5 x 0,9 x 0,7 cm. Reference : 3619-LM2T
4 x 4 x 2 cm. Reference : 3618-LM2T
Dark-green epidote hedgehog. The crystals are brilliant. A few bumps. 5,5 x 4 x 3 cm. Reference : 3600-LM2T
Red zunyite crystal with truncated edges on hematite matrix. The zunyite is damaged at the back, hence the low price. 3,5 x 2,2 x 2,5 cm. Reference : 3599-LM2T
Magnificent airborne cluster of bright axinite (the largest crystal measures 1.7 cm) from an unusual yet classic locality: the former Obira copper mine in Japan. 4,2 x 4 x 2,5 cm. Reference : 3349-LM2T
Here's a brilliant axinite from an unusual yet classic locality: the former Obira copper mine in Japan. 2 x 2 x 1,5 cm. Reference : 3348-LM2T
Small cluster of bright green pyromorphite. A pretty little piece typical of the deposit. 1,6 x 1,5 x 0,9 cm. Reference : 3340-LM2T
Very airy stilbite on apophyllite. 7 x 6 x 3,2 cm. Reference : 3336-LM2T
Several bright, gemmy axinite crystals with feldspar. One crystal is unfortunately damaged, but the piece remains of fine quality for this Pyrenean locality. 4,5 x 2,5 x 2,5 cm. Reference : 3324-LM2T
Floating, brilliant tourmaline crystal with a much more yellow top. 3 x 2,5 x 1,8 cm. Reference : 3320-LM2T
Bright, well-crystallized garnet crystals of the hessonite variety from rodingites in the Nonza region of Haute-Corse. 5 x 2,5 x 2,3 cm. Reference : 3313-LM2T
