The Core of Expominer Show Virtual 2022

XM2160ERF

Group of prismatic Aragonite crystals, elongated and transparent and with some crystals coated with a second generation of small yellowish crystals of Aragonite, on an ignimbrite matrix.

Mamsa, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region Morocco (04/2022)

Specimen size: 6.5 x 6 x 5.1 cm

Main crystal size: 2.7 x 0.9 cm

XM2190MEX

Pair of thick, prismatic, elongated doubly terminated, transparent-translucent Aragonite crystals, with small remnants of ignimbrite matrix.

Mamsa, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region Morocco (04/2022)

Specimen size: 6.7 x 4.9 x 2 cm

Main crystal size: 6.7 x 2.1 cm

XM295EAR

Group of prismatic Aragonite crystals, elongated and transparent and with some crystals coated with a second generation of small yellowish crystals of Aragonite, on an ignimbrite matrix.

Mamsa, Sidi Ayad (Sidi Ayed), Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region Morocco (04/2022)

Specimen size: 5.9 x 3.2 x 3 cm

Main crystal size: 1.2 x 0.3 cm

XM290MFF

Elongated crystals of Azurite with a very vivid electric-blue color and good luster, with small remnants of green Malachite crystals, all on a quartzitic rock matrix. From a truly classic French locality.

Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Toulon, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur France

Specimen size: 5.2 x 4.4 x 3 cm

Main crystal size: 0.3 x 0.2 cm

XM2160MMF

Floater group of sharp rhombohedral Calcite crystals with abundant inclusions of sand which is also formed of small Calcite crystals, some of them more developed.
This specimen, reminiscent of the best-known pieces from Fontainebleau, comes from a different deposit, Cabrerets, which is characterized precisely by these larger size sand grains.

Cabrerets, Lauzès, Cahors, Lot Department, Occitanie France

Specimen size: 7.7 x 5.7 x 4.3 cm

Main crystal size: 4.5 x 2.4 cm

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

XM295EXH

Transparent and lustrous floater crystal of Fluorite with well defined faces and edges and polycrystalline growths on the crystal faces. From a locality from which only few quality specimens are known.
The specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.

Font d'Arques, Cabrières-Péret mining district, Mèze, Béziers District, Hérault, Occitanie France (2021)

Specimen size: 3.2 x 3.1 x 2.5 cm

Former collection of Alain Martaud