SV89AE3: A scalenohedral Calcite crystal partially doubly terminated, with polycrystalline growths at its base. It is very sharp and large, between translucent and transparent and has a very intense, deep uniform color. A great French classic.
The sample is with a label from the Stoppani collection that we’ll send to the buyer. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Glageon Quarry, Avesnes-sur-Helpe, Nord, Hauts-de-France  France

Specimen size: 14.4 ×  11.5 × 10.8 cm = 5.67” × 4.53” × 4.25”

TMV14AO6: Floater group of acute rhombohedral Calcite crystals with sand inclusions.
An excellent French classic.
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm = 1.38” × 0.98” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 1.7 cm = 1.38” × 0.67”

TRM27AO6: Floater group of acute rhombohedral Calcite crystals with sand inclusions.
An excellent French classic.
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.2 × 2.9 cm = 1.42” × 0.87” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1 cm = 0.51” × 0.39”

TPV76AO6: Floater group of acute rhombohedral Calcite crystals with sand inclusions.
An excellent French classic.
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.73” × 1.38” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 0.71” × 0.67”

SV180TRT: Floater group of acute rhombohedral Calcite crystals with inclusions of sand formed by Quartz grains included in the Calcite crystals. An excellent French classic.
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 4.4 × 4.1 × 3 cm = 1.73” × 1.61” × 1.18”

TMD27AO5: Floater group of acute rhombohedral Calcite crystals with sand inclusions. An excellent French classic.
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 4.4 × 4.1 × 3.5 cm = 1.73” × 1.61” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.55” × 0.47”

TA96N9: A French “super-classic”. Group of acute rhombohedral crystals of calcite that have grown including white sand. It comes from the Palix collection but it does not have its original label.
Forêt Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France (XIX Century)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.3 × 3 cm = 1.85” × 1.30” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.67” × 0.59”

TJR27AO4: Floater group of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with pinacoidal terminations and sand inclusions. An excellent French classic.
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.9 × 3.9 cm = 2.01” × 1.54” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.63”

TMA14AO5: Floater group of acute rhombohedral Calcite crystals with sand inclusions. An excellent French classic.
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.3 × 3 cm = 2.01” × 1.69” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2.1 cm = 0.94” × 0.83”

EMR86AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Spheroidal floater aggregate of acute rhombohedral Calcite crystals with inclusions of sand. An excellent French classic.
Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.9 × 4.8 cm = 2.01” × 1.93” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.31” × 0.24”

TBR86AO4: Floater group of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with pinacoidal terminations and sand inclusions. An excellent French classic.
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.1 × 3 cm = 2.05” × 1.61” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.46” × 0.94”

TMC96AO5: Floater group of acute rhombohedral Calcite crystals with sand inclusions. An excellent French classic.
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.8 × 2.9 cm = 2.13” × 1.50” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 1.4 cm = 1.14” × 0.55”

TMB66AO5: Floater group of acute rhombohedral Calcite crystals with sand inclusions. An excellent French classic.
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.6 × 2.9 cm = 2.20” × 1.42” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.3 cm = 1.26” × 0.91”

TAB47AO6: Floater group of acute rhombohedral Calcite crystals with sand inclusions. An excellent French classic.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the 'What’s New on the Internet Reports' section, report 64, July 3, 2022 edition, page 9

Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.8 × 3.7 cm = 2.28” × 1.50” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.4 cm = 0.75” × 0.55”

TXJ87AQ0: Complete floater group of very sharp, acute rhombohedral Calcite crystals with sand inclusions.
A French classic of excellent quality.
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 6 × 4.7 × 4.1 cm = 2.36” × 1.85” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.47”

TBM88AO4: Floater group of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with pinacoidal terminations and sand inclusions. An excellent French classic.
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 6 × 4.9 × 4.1 cm = 2.36” × 1.93” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.02” × 0.83”

TLP47AO4: Floater group of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with pinacoidal terminations and sand inclusions. An excellent French classic.
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 6.2 × 3.7 × 2.4 cm = 2.44” × 1.46” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.3 cm = 0.87” × 0.51”

TRB17AP2: Floater group of acute rhombohedral Calcite crystals with sand inclusions. An excellent French classic.
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 6.8 × 3.1 × 2.8 cm = 2.68” × 1.22” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.5 cm = 0.75” × 0.59”

EEX90AQ1: Floater group of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with small pinacoidal terminations and with sand inclusions.
An excellent French classic of good size and nice architecture.
Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6 × 5.8 cm = 2.83” × 2.36” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.06” × 0.87”

ERW86AO1: Arborescent growth of Copper crystals with the dominant crystal forms of the octahedron, almost completely pseudomorphed by Malachite, with a very deep green color. From a virtually unknown deposit in the world of collecting.
Mérétrice Mine, Diahot River Valley, Northern Province, New Caledonia  France

Specimen size: 7 × 2.7 × 0.8 cm = 2.76” × 1.06” × 0.31”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.24” × 0.12”

EA96AC9: The sample, a floater, is a fossil sponge covered by crystals of Pyrite with very well defined and bright dominant octahedral faces and smaller cube faces. Very unusual, both for its composition and for the locality.
Boulonnais, Manche, Normandie  France

Specimen size: 8 × 4.3 × 4 cm = 3.15” × 1.69” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”

EBT47AO1: Group, on a small matrix, of Pyromorphite crystals, some of them doubly terminated. With sharp crystal forms, with parallel growths and very deep hopper terminations, with a very bright luster and a simply extraordinary “Farges green” color.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.83” × 0.63” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.5 cm = 0.35” × 0.20”

TTV86AN5: Group of Pyromorphite crystals, on matrix, with strongly curved faces and edges, with very bright luster and a yellow color with green reflections.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label stating that it was previously in the Sullivan collection.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.9 × 1.2 cm = 0.91” × 0.75” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.20” × 0.12”

MH46AN0: Group of Pyromorphite crystals with very sharp prismatic and pyramidal crystal forms, the latter rare at the locality, with good luster and a very pronounced color zoning, yellowish brown in the prism and yellow in the terminations.
We will ship the specimen, which comes from a classic French locality for the species, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, stating that it was previously in the Sullivan collection.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2 × 1.1 cm = 1.14” × 0.79” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.1 cm = 0.12” × 0.04”

SV2490TMB: Group of Pyromorphite crystals with a prismatic habit and hexagonal outline, in matrix, with greater development in the upper part of the piece forming divergent crystal aggregates and flat terminations, with great luster and the best green color for specimens from the locality of origin, the Les Farges mine, in France.
A very fine and elegant piece.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.7 × 2.8 cm = 1.34” × 1.06” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”

MQR87CD3: Aggregate of very lustrous prismatic Pyromorphite crystals, with flat pinacoidal terminations. Very sharp, with very deep and uniform apple-green color, and with the largest crystals exhibiting hopper growths. A classic of French mineralogy.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3 × 1.6 cm = 1.42” × 1.18” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.20” × 0.12”

TH16H6: Magnificent and unusual greenish-yellow color of the prismatic crystals, very sharp and bright and having perfect flat terminations. The esthetics of this miniature is emphasized by the contrast between the color of the crystals and the matrix.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France (1976-1980)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.4 × 2.2 cm = 1.46” × 1.34” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.20” × 0.08”

TF39: A great oldie from Les Farges. Although usually we expect really green Pyromorphite from this locality, some other ones with very interesting colors appear from time to time, such as this one which is intensely brown with yellow tips. It is a floater, complete and its form is as nice as the photo suggests.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France (1976)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.7 × 2 cm = 1.50” × 1.06” × 0.79”

TP36AM9: Two generations of Pyromorphite crystals with different habits, one of them with small acicular crystals of a greenish yellow color and the other with thicker and larger crystals, with very well defined faces and edges, many with a hopper termination, intense green and lustrous.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 4 × 2.9 × 2.6 cm = 1.57” × 1.14” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.20” × 0.08”

MA96AL7: Floater group of Pyromorphite crystals many of them doubly terminated, with slight curvatures on the faces and edges, lustrous and with the green color that characterizes the best specimens from this locality.
The specimen comes from the Wendell E. Wilson collection, as attested by the label on the back of the specimen. We will send the buyer the original collection tag.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2 × 2.1 cm = 1.61” × 0.79” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”

MH57AJ1: Aerial group of very well defined Pyromorphite crystals with a tapered shape due to slight curvatures of faces and edges. They have a neat color change between the brownish green prism faces and the flat terminal pinacoids that are lemon yellow. A French classic.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.1 × 1.9 cm = 1.73” × 0.83” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.28” × 0.16”

TBB68CD4: Floater piece with natural cavities that is very characteristic of the Des Farges Mine, both for the morphology of the crystals, being slightly tapered and curved prisms with flat ends, as well as the excellent luster and yellow color (somewhat greenish), with more color zoning deep in the center of the crystals.
A classic of French mineralogy from Henri Jammot's collection.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.4 × 2.9 cm = 1.73” × 0.94” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.20”

TFM98AO6: Pyromorphite crystals, with a tapered prismatic shape due to slight curvatures of the faces and edges, on a Baryte matrix. With very pronounced color zoning, a yellowish brown tone in the prism and yellow at the terminations.
The specimen comes from the Santiago Jiménez collection, basically dedicated to Spanish localities but with good specimens from other countries too.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.73” × 1.42” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.24” × 0.12”

NC50C9: Real Les Farges green in this specimen. Form, color, luster, perfection: all perfect in this unquestionable specimen. The collector who buys this one will always be happy with it, in my opinion.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4 × 3 cm = 1.77” × 1.57” × 1.18”

TP90T0: Very aerial group of prismatic crystals, most of them doubly terminated, slightly tapered, of green color zoned on the terminations , where they are clearer. A great European classic.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 4.6 × 2.8 × 2.3 cm = 1.81” × 1.10” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.39” × 0.12”

TFL97AO4: Pyromorphite crystals with a very unusual habit and color for Des Farges, with strong curvatures on the faces and edges, doubly terminated, with bright luster and an orange color. On a Baryte matrix.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4.1 × 2.3 cm = 1.81” × 1.61” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.24” × 0.12”

TF36H6: The sample forms arborescent growths of crystals with hopper terminations. They have the deep green color that made famous the Pyromorphite from this locality.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France (1976-1980)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.2 × 3 cm = 1.89” × 1.26” × 1.18”

NW37AM4: Arborescent growths of Pyromorphite crystals with tapered habit and hopper terminations. With good luster and an intense grass-green color.
A French classic that comes from the Ignacio Gaspar collection (number PIF-58), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France (±1974)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.2 × 3 cm = 1.97” × 1.26” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.24” × 0.08”

MG26AJ0: Arborescent growths of crystals with a spindled shape, and with very deeply hoppered terminations. The very bright crystals have an unusually intense orange color. A French classic, but different from the usual.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 5 × 4.8 × 3.1 cm = 1.97” × 1.89” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”

TYE28AO4: Elongated prismatic Pyromorphite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, translucent, with a good luster and very vivid green color. On a matrix of small white Quartz crystals.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 5 × 4.9 × 2.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.93” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.3 cm = 0.35” × 0.12”

NC69AL5: Groups of crystals with slightly curved edges, many of them doubly terminated, extraordinarily bright, with a very vivid and uniform color and on a Calcite matrix. A French classic which stands out for its color.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.3 × 4.1 cm = 2.01” × 1.69” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”

TPA1ASN1: Arborescent growths of Pyromorphite crystals with tapered habit, radiated arrangement, and very deep hoppered terminations of very intense brown tone but with more yellowish terminations.
This very aesthetic and high-quality specimen is practically a floater, although it has a small remnant of matrix on which the crystals have grown.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.5 × 4.3 cm = 2.01” × 1.77” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.9 cm = 0.63” × 0.35”

EL14AD6: Aggregates of Pyromorphite crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are translucent, very bright and have a very vivid and uniform green color. They are on a matrix of Quartz crystals, very uncommon at Les Farges and probably from a recent find in zones near the old mines.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 5.2 × 5 × 3.9 cm = 2.05” × 1.97” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”

TV94X7: Bundled aggregates of prismatic crystals with hollow terminations. They have a very deep and uniform green color. An excellent classic, of great quality, from Les Farges.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.9 × 1.8 cm = 2.13” × 1.54” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.3 cm = 0.43” × 0.12”

MD67AD1: Crystals with very well defined faces and edges, and with an intense green color very typical for Les Farges, coating a group of very sharp white Baryte crystals.
A French classic, with an excellent quality, from the Gaudry collection.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.2 × 2.8 cm = 2.17” × 1.26” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.20” × 0.12”

TFB68AP1: Pyromorphite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, with good terminations, some of them doubly terminated. The crystals, on a Baryte matrix, have slight curvatures on the faces and edges, and have good luster with an orange-brown color in the prism and intense yellow on the terminations, a typical combination in some of the specimens from this locality.
An excellent French classic from the Alain Martaud collection.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.4 × 3 cm = 2.17” × 1.73” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.39” × 0.12”

EZ47AL5: Very aerial group of Pyromorphite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, with an intense deep green color, on matrix, with Quartz. The shape of the crystals, very elongated, on matrix, makes this specimen different from other Pyromorphites from this classic French deposit.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 5.6 × 2.4 × 1.8 cm = 2.20” × 0.94” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.1 cm = 0.24” × 0.04”

EH98AK1: Pyromorphite crystals with a very intense and vivid color, translucent, bright and on a Baryte matrix coated by small white Quartz crystals. A French classic, different from the usual.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.1 × 4 cm = 2.24” × 1.61” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”

EG9AI7: Exquisite cluster of small elongated crystals with good, acute or flat pinacoidal terminations. They are bright with an extraordinarily deep and uniform green color and are on a Baryte matrix. An excellent French classic.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5.1 × 3.4 cm = 2.24” × 2.01” × 1.34”

HM360LG: Group of Pyromorphite crystals with a tapered habit produced by the curvatures on the faces and edges and with very deep hopper terminations. These lustrous crystals have the olive-brown color so typical of many specimens from the locality..
This specimen is from the Philippe Morelon collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 5.9 × 3.7 × 3.8 cm = 2.32” × 1.46” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.7 cm = 0.43” × 0.28”

EF52AI7: Exquisite cluster of small elongated crystals with good, acute or flat pinacoidal terminations. They are bright, with an extraordinarily deep and uniform green color and are on a Baryte matrix. An excellent French classic.
The sample is from the Paul Zerfass collection (reg. 462) whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 6 × 5.1 × 4.1 cm = 2.36” × 2.01” × 1.61”

TXA50CD5: Arborescent growths of prismatic Pyromorphite crystals ending in a hopper termination, and with the intense green color that has given so much fame to the pyromorphites from this locality, a classic of French mineralogy.
As if that were not enough, these crystals grow on a rock matrix, an aspect that gives good balance to the entire specimen.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 6.4 × 6 × 4.9 cm = 2.52” × 2.36” × 1.93”

TXL67ASN1: A curious Pyromorphite specimen from the Les Farges Mine, formed by two generations of crystals with different habits. The original generation features aerial aggregates of hexagonal crystals with the well-known brown-yellowish color from this mine and hopper growths on leafy Baryte crystals covered with limonite. The second generation consists of much finer, radiating crystals that stand out for their grass-green tone, providing a clear color contrast.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 6.5 × 2.4 × 1.3 cm = 2.56” × 0.94” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.20” × 0.08”

LT46AK0: Druse of Pyromorphite crystals on a Quartz matrix with very well defined faces and edges, some of them doubly terminated, with slightly curved edges and perfect terminal faces, translucent, very bright and a grass green color that is extraordinarily intense and very uniform. The sample is from the Philippe Morelon collection (number 1479) whose label, which includes more information on the back, will be sent to the buyer.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.2 × 2.9 cm = 2.56” × 1.65” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.2 cm = 0.28” × 0.08”

ED29AM3: Pyromorphite crystal growths with a tapered habit and shiny hopper terminations with an intense grass-green color. We highlight the unusualness of the globular forms of the matrix. A French classic.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.3 × 3.9 cm = 2.68” × 2.09” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.1 cm = 0.12” × 0.04”

TC280TH: Tapered Pyromorphite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, with good luster and a very vivid green color, on a matrix of white lenticular Baryte crystals.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.5 × 3 cm = 2.68” × 2.17” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”

TV50X7: Flattened parallel growths and very well defined crystals with good terminations and geometrical color zoning, clearer at the crystal terminations. There are two different shades of color on the sample, deep and uniform green on most on them and yellowish green in some minor areas.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 6.9 × 6.5 × 3.3 cm = 2.72” × 2.56” × 1.30”

EBR99AO0: Pyromorphite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, some with very deep hopper terminations and many of them doubly terminated. Brilliant, with the characteristic brown-greenish color in Des Farges, on a group of very sharp white Baryte crystals.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 7 × 4.7 × 3.8 cm = 2.76” × 1.85” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.5 cm = 0.35” × 0.20”

EPB89AP0: Pyromorphite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, many of them doubly terminated, with good luster and an intense orange color, on matrix. The specimen was published on page 21 of the French magazine Le Régne Minèral, Hors-série of the year 2009 (“Mine des Farges” monograph) and was previously in the collections of Denis Boël (number 979) and Alain Martaud, whose labels we will send to the buyer.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.1 × 2.9 cm = 2.80” × 2.01” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.8 cm = 0.55” × 0.31”

TC180EM: Aggregate of prismatic crystals of Pyromorphite, some of them doubly terminated. The crystals, on a Baryte matrix, have slight curvatures on the faces and edges, are bright and have a brown-yellow color on the prism and an intense yellow on the terminations, a typical combination in many specimens from the locality. An excellent French classic.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.1 × 2.3 cm = 2.83” × 2.01” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.5 cm = 0.04” × 0.20”

TD47AH2: Tapered prismatic crystals with curvatures on the prism edges, with very well defined faces and edges, a lot of them doubly terminated. They are on a Quartz matrix. The luster and the color, intense and uniform green, is extraordinary. An excellent French classic.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.6 × 1.8 cm = 2.95” × 2.60” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”

TFM46AP3: Spheroidal aggregates of lustrous Pyromorphite crystals, with an intense and uniform deep green color, on a Baryte matrix. There is a methacrylate base configured so that the piece fits into it. It comes from the Alain Tuel collection.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 8.1 × 3.6 × 3.4 cm = 3.19” × 1.42” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

TBB16AP1: Pyromorphite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, some of them doubly terminated. The crystals, on a Baryte matrix, have slight curvatures on their faces and edges, are lustrous, and have an orange-brown color in the prism and intense yellow in the terminations, a typical combination in some of the local specimens.
An excellent French classic.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 9.3 × 6.7 × 5.2 cm = 3.66” × 2.64” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.4 cm = 0.43” × 0.16”

LCX16AP3: Two generations of crystals coexist in this specimen, an earlier generation with elongated crystal forms, lustrous and brown, and a second with crystals of a shorter prismatic shape, with very bright luster and a vivid and uniform green color. On Baryte matrix. An excellent French classic.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 10.2 × 7.6 × 7.1 cm = 4.02” × 2.99” × 2.80”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”

ET74Z8: Irregular aggregate of simple prismatic crystals on matrix. A lot of the crystals are doubly terminated and have a good size, have slightly curved faces and edges, are a very bright olive-green color on the prism with intense yellow shades on their terminations, so typical of some of the samples from Les Farges. A very elegant French classic.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 11.6 × 8.5 × 3.5 cm = 4.57” × 3.35” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”

EF61AL8: Efflorescent aggregates of Pyromorphite crystals with curvatures on their faces and edges, bright, with an intense green color and on a matrix of “book-like” Baryte crystals. A French classic.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 12.3 × 8.7 × 4.6 cm = 4.84” × 3.43” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.1 cm = 0.28” × 0.04”

EM71AD5: Aggregates of crystals with a very uncommon shape and color for Les Farges, with curved faces and edges, doubly terminated, bright, with an orange color and on a matrix of white Baryte crystals.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 13.5 × 9.3 × 5.2 cm = 5.31” × 3.66” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.24” × 0.12”

AA59AM7: Large druse of Pyromorphite crystals on matrix with very sharp crystal forms and deeply hoppered terminations, with good luster and an intense and lively grass-green color.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 13.7 × 11.8 × 10 cm = 5.39” × 4.65” × 3.94”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”

EB86J5: Different from the usual habit for the locality. The crystals, of excellent luster, are prismatic, relatively short and a lot of them are doubly terminated. The color, apple-green, is different for the locality.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France (±1970)

Specimen size: 14.5 × 8.5 × 4.5 cm = 5.71” × 3.35” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16”

PC96G0: Due to the crystal habit, we thought it could be Mimetite. Analysis indicates that every individual is formed from an inner crystal of Pyromorphite covered, in a second phase, with Mimetite. Completing the specimen, a little orange crystal of Wulfenite stands on the top. As we normally do in these cases we will send the buyer a copy of the analysis.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France (1972)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.9 × 3 cm = 1.73” × 1.54” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.1 cm = 0.20” × 0.04”

ERM16AP1: Two floater twinned crystals of Aragonite with very sharp crystal forms, translucent in part, and partially coated by small red Quartz crystals (hematoide variety). High quality for the locality.
Bastennes, Dax District, Landes Department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 7.3 × 6.4 × 5.6 cm = 2.87” × 2.52” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 4.2 cm = 1.73” × 1.65”

TRM16AN4: Very sharp crystals of Fluorite, transparent, with good luster and a very distinct geometric color zoning, on matrix.
This specimen, from a little-known locality, comes from the Alain Martaud collection.
Birrity Quarry, Arbouet-Sussaute, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France

Specimen size: 8.8 × 7.2 × 3.7 cm = 3.46” × 2.83” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16”

SV150EBX: Very elongated Gypsum floater crystal, perfectly terminated and transparent, with well-defined faces and edges and coming from a quarry exploited for clays, and where crystals longer than 1 meter have been found.
Carresse Quarry, Carresse-Cassaber, Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France (1975)

Specimen size: 13.4 × 0.9 × 0.4 cm = 5.28” × 0.35” × 0.16”