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Pyromorphite on Baryte

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TC21600EER

Pyromorphite crystal coatings with very well defined faces and edges, some with deep hopper terminations and many of them doubly terminated. The crystals, which are lustrous and have the classic shade of intense green from Des Farges, are on a Baryte matrix.

Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrčze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine France

Specimen size: 10.2 x 9.7 x 10 cm

Main crystal size: 0.2 x 0.1 cm

€1600 / US$1794 / ¥207420 / AUD$2486

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Quartz (variety rose quartz)

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TC2120EJK

Spheroidal growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and intense pink Quartz crystals, whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is their natural color.

Huancayo Province, Junín Department Peru (2021)

Specimen size: 7.9 x 5.7 x 3.9 cm

€120 / US$120 / ¥16520 / AUD$175

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Quartz (variety rose quartz)

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TC2120EXM

Clustered growths on matrix of elongated, translucent, and lustrous Quartz crystals with an intense pink color, whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is their natural color.

Huancayo Province, Junín Department Peru (2021)

Specimen size: 8.7 x 5.5 x 3.8 cm

€120 / US$120 / ¥16520 / AUD$175

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Quartz (variety rose quartz)

TC2100EPA

Clustered growths on matrix of elongated, translucent, and lustrous Quartz crystals with an intense pink color, whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is their natural color.

Huancayo Province, Junín Department Peru (2021)

Specimen size: 7.7 x 4.6 x 3.9 cm

€100 / US$100 / ¥13760 / AUD$145

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Quartz (variety rose quartz)

TC290ERE

Clustered growth on matrix of elongated, translucent, and lustrous Quartz crystal with an intense pink color, which color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is its natural color.

Huancayo Province, Junín Department Peru (2021)

Specimen size: 4.7 x 3.4 x 2.9 cm

€90 / US$90 / ¥12390 / AUD$131

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Quartz (variety rose quartz)

TC290EBL

Clustered growths on matrix of elongated, translucent, and lustrous Quartz crystals with an intense pink color, whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is their natural color.

Huancayo Province, Junín Department Peru (2021)

Specimen size: 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.1 cm

€90 / US$90 / ¥12390 / AUD$131

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Gypsum (sand-filled)

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TC2110TRF

Group of very sharp Gypsum crystals with good luster and a reddish color, totally filled with sand inclusions. A geological curiousity.

Great Salt Plains, Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma USA

Specimen size: 8.6 x 7.8 x 6.3 cm

Main crystal size: 5.3 x 4.6 cm

€110 / US$117 / ¥17790 / AUD$180

Calcite

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TC2240TFM

Group of complex Calcite crystals very rich in crystal forms, with a spheroidal shape, transparent, with good luster and an intense yellow orange color.

Berry Materials Corp. Quarry, North Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana USA

Specimen size: 6 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm

Main crystal size: 2.2 x 2 cm

Former collection of A. Mayor

€240 / US$256 / ¥38820 / AUD$400

Fluorapatite with Arsenopyrite and Chlorite

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TC2230TRP

Very aerial group of transparent Fluorapatite crystals, with excellent luster and an intense green color with geometric zoning in different shades. The group sits on a matrix with Arsenopyrite crystals and coatings of some Chlorite (Group)

Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal

Specimen size: 5.6 x 5.6 x 3.5 cm

Main crystal size: 1.8 x 1.6 cm

€230 / US$252 / ¥29730 / AUD$348

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Quartz with hydrocarbon inclusions

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TC2190EFG

Group formed by two doubly terminated Quartz crystals, one of them showing an unusual crystal habit. The crystals are transparent, lustrous, and have abundant highly visible hydrocarbon inclusions. An excellent Spanish classic.

Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain

Specimen size: 9 x 5.8 x 4.7 cm

€190 / US$202 / ¥30730 / AUD$310

Dolomite

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TC2180NMB

Very aerial group of Dolomite crystals with two rhombohedra forming an interpenetrating twin, transparent and lustrous, on matrix.

Asturreta Quarry, 'el pozo', Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auņamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre) Spain

Specimen size: 6.4 x 5.6 x 3.4 cm

Main crystal size: 2.4 x 2.3 cm

€180 / US$192 / ¥29110 / AUD$302

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Pyromorphite

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TC2190NDJ

Druse of Pyromorphite crystals with a prismatic shape and good terminations, with lustrous crystals of an intense green color. These types of specimens can already be considered historic.

Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Allerdale, former Cumberland, Cumbria England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 6.5 x 5.6 x 3.9 cm

Main crystal size: 0.2 x 0.1 cm

€190 / US$202 / ¥30730 / AUD$310

Mimetite with Calcite

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TC2230EEB

Group of scalenohedral Calcite crystals with inclusions, largely covered by very elongated Mimetite crystals, with bright luster and an intense yellow color.
The specimen comes from the Michel Perraudin collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.

Megala Pefka Mines, Legrena Valley, Lavrion, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture Greece

Specimen size: 5.3 x 3.3 x 3.1 cm

Main crystal size: 0.2 x 0.1 cm

Former collection of Michel Perraudin

€230 / US$263 / ¥30360 / AUD$366

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Cerussite

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TC21200ELA

Group on matrix of flattened Cerussite crystals, very sharp, twinned, translucent and lustrous. A very old specimen from a historic locality, which comes to us from the Michel Perraudin collection, with a considerable pedigree supported by the collection of accompanying labels, among them that of having been chosen to be in the 'Prestige' exhibition of the Ste. Marie Show, 2019 edition.

Friedrichssegen Mine, Frücht, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz Germany (XIX)

Specimen size: 7.1 x 5.1 x 3.8 cm

Main crystal size: 1.1 x 1 cm

Former collection of Michel Perraudin

Expo Ste. Marie 2019

€1200 / US$1372 / ¥158440 / AUD$1911

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Galena with Quartz
Galena with Quartz
Front
Galena with Quartz
Rear

TC2220ERC

Groups of cubo-octahedral Galena crystals with very balanced and lustrous crystal forms, on a matrix of Quartz crystals.

Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis District, Gießen Region, Hesse/Hessen Germany

Specimen size: 4.4 x 3.5 x 2.8 cm

Main crystal size: 1 x 1 cm

Former collection of Michel Perraudin

€220 / US$237 / ¥30540 / AUD$325

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Calcite

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TC2230EGB

Vug with an individual crystal of Calcite, on matrix, rich in crystal forms with a predominant scalenohedron, transparent and lustrous. From a little-known French locality.
This specimen has been sawn on the back to reduce the matrix. It comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.

Damparis, Dole, Jura Department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté France (2005)

Specimen size: 7.4 x 6.6 x 3.6 cm

Main crystal size: 2.9 x 2 cm

Former collection of Alain Martaud

€230 / US$257 / ¥29810 / AUD$357

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Hematite

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TC2280EPQ

Vug with thick tabular crystals of very bright Hematite, in matrix, with small Quartz crystals (smoky variety). The specimen, from a little-known French locality, comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.

Brézouard, Les Vosges Massif, Lapoutroie, Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est France

Specimen size: 9.3 x 8.4 x 4.7 cm

Main crystal size: 0.2 x 0.1 cm

Former collection of Alain Martaud

€280 / US$299 / ¥45290 / AUD$470

Fluorite

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TC2240EXM

Fluorite crystal with a very sharp cubic shape, translucent and with a honey-orange color, with much darker, geometric blue-green color zoning on the edges. We highlight its size, unusual for the locality.

Valzergues Mines, Valzergues, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie France (±1983)

Specimen size: 8.9 x 8.5 x 6.6 cm

€240 / US$266 / ¥37830 / AUD$396

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Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) with Dolomite and Dissakisite-(Ce)/Allanite-(Ce)

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TC2220APH

Parallel aggregate of lamellar Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) crystals, very sharp, transparent and with an intense orange color. On matrix, with white rhombohedral crystals of Dolomite and prismatic crystals of the isomorphic Dissakisite-(Ce)/Allanite-(Ce) Series. Trimouns specimens formerly considered to be Bastnäsite-(Ce), have now been definitively classified as Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce)

Trimouns Mine, Luzenac, Haute-Aričge, Foix, Aričge Department, Occitanie France

Specimen size: 4.6 x 3.4 x 2.4 cm

Main crystal size: 1.2 x 0.6 cm

€220 / US$246 / ¥28520 / AUD$341

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Hematite with Anatase, Quartz and Chlorite inclusions

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TC290TML

Sharp lamellar Hematite crystals, on matrix, with small Quartz crystals with inclusions of Chlorite and small Anatase crystals with Chlorite coatings.
The specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.

Plan-du-Lac, Saint Christophe en Oisans, Le Bourg d'Oisans Comune, Isčre, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France (1980-1990)

Specimen size: 5.8 x 4.9 x 4.7 cm

Former collection of Alain Martaud

€90 / US$102 / ¥11710 / AUD$141

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Hematite (variety iron rose)

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TC2490EXY

Groups of lamellar Hematite crystals on matrix, very sharp and lustrous and that form rosette growths.
An alpine classic that comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.

Stahlberg Mountain, Rimbach-prčs-Masevaux, Thann-Guebwiller, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est France

Specimen size: 8.5 x 8.4 x5.1 cm

Main crystal size: 1.2 x 0.7 cm

Former collection of Alain Martaud

€490 / US$555 / ¥63790 / AUD$771

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Quartz with inclusions

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TC21200LRT

This specimen, very fine and elegant and very balanced, displays a group of Quartz crystals on matrix with a very well defined La Gardette habit, elongated, transparent, colorless, very lustrous and with small inclusions.
This specimen, a French classic, comes from the collection of Philippe Morelon (number 600), whose label we will send to the buyer.

Ā Giraud Mine, La Gardette mining area, Villard-Nôtre-Dame, Le Bourg d'Oisans, Grenoble, Isčre, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France

Specimen size: 18.8 x 11.4 x 8 cm

Main crystal size: 4.7 x 0.8 cm

Former collection of Philippe Morelon

€1200 / US$1359 / ¥156450 / AUD$1873

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