Mineral Specimens - page 6
France

TFR88AP9: Group of sharp rhombohedral Siderite crystals, translucent, lustrous, brown with golden reflections, and with small Pyrite crystals on the surfaces of the faces.
A French classic that comes from the Grégoire de Bodinat.
Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage, Vizille, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.8 × 6.6 cm = 3.43” × 2.68” × 2.60”

Main crystal size: 5 × 3.1 cm = 1.97” × 1.22”

ETT66AO1: Group of tabular twinned Bournonite crystals, with very sharp crystal forms, of a good size for the species, lustrous, and on a base of Tetrahedrite crystals.
This specimen comes from a locality from which few specimens of this quality are known, and was in the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage, Vizille, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.5 × 2 cm = 1.30” × 0.98” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 0.4 cm = 0.75” × 0.16”

TV48AN2: Group of Quartz crystals with a very well defined La Gardette habit, elongated, transparent, colorless, very lustrous and with small inclusions, on matrix. An excellent French classic, from a locality not as well known as other famous Quartz localities in the area.
Les Rivoirands, Vizille, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2000)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.4 × 7.2 cm = 2.91” × 1.73” × 2.83”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 0.7 cm = 1.61” × 0.28”

TMP37AN6: Group of very sharp crystals, one of them with a very sharp Japan-law twin, very transparent and lustrous, colorless, and on matrix.
This piece comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Les Rivoirands, Vizille, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2010)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.9 × 5.9 cm = 3.03” × 2.32” × 2.32”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.6 cm = 0.75” × 0.63”

MBE47AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Antimony as a crystalline aggregate with very well defined parallel growths, very aerial and sparkly. The specimen, from one of the great classic localities for the species, comes from the old collection of Dr. Bartnik, from Leipzig, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Allemond (Allemont), Oisans-Romanche, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.2 × 1.7 cm = 2.05” × 1.26” × 0.67”

TC2140EEB: Parallel growth of two transparent, lustrous and colorless Quartz crystals, with inclusions of very bright lamellar Hematite crystals.
The specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Freney d'Oisans, Le Bourg d'Oisans, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 6 × 2.6 × 2.2 cm = 2.36” × 1.02” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 4.9 × 1.4 cm = 1.93” × 0.55”

TC2260EAA: Group of water-clear Quartz crystals, one of them dominant with a flattened habit and a very visible "faden" thread.
The specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Le Freney-d'Oisans, Oisans-Romanche, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1980)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 7.7 × 5.6 cm = 3.66” × 3.03” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 8 × 4.1 cm = 3.15” × 1.61”

TC2140ETV: Group of Quartz crystals on matrix, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated, water-clear and very lustrous. The specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Les Deux Alpes, Saint Christophe en Oisans, Le Bourg d'Oisans Comune, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3 ×3.6 cm = 2.01” × 1.18” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 0.7 cm = 1.61” × 0.28”

ERM27AN5: Parallel growth of flattened Quartz crystals, all of them doubly terminated, traversed inside by a very distinct faden growth. They are shiny, transparent, colorless and rich in Chlorite (Group) inclusions.

Plan-du-Lac, Saint Christophe en Oisans, Le Bourg d'Oisans Comune, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±1995)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.4 × 1 cm = 2.05” × 1.34” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 1.5 cm = 2.05” × 0.59”

TZA37AN4: Group of Quartz crystals with diverse morphologies, very transparent, lustrous and colorless, with inclusions, one of them very showy with a green coating, probably Chlorite.
This high-quality specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, and previously the collection of A. Berlioz, and was displayed in the Bourg d'Oisans mineral museum.
Val Fournel, Le Freney-d'Oisans, Oisans-Romanche, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1997)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 3.6 × 2.3 cm = 2.52” × 1.42” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 5.7 × 2.4 cm = 2.24” × 0.94”

TZM16AN4: Druse of Quartz crystals with a very sharp La Gardette habit, elongated, transparent, colorless, very lustrous and with small inclusions.
An excellent French classic from the Alain Martaud collection.
Lac Blanc, Huez, Grenoble, Isère Departament, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±1980)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 8.6 × 5.7 cm = 4.02” × 3.39” × 2.24”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.38” × 0.71”

TLX96AP9: Twinned crystal of Chalcopyrite with the dominant forms of the trapezohedron, very sharp, lustrous and on a Quartz crystal with the typical La Gardette habit. Some crystals of Chalcopyrite from this locality, a minority, are yellow as they are not pseudomorphed by Malachite.
The specimen comes from the Gérard Forquet collection (number 903).
La Gardette Mine, La Gardette mining area, Villard-Notre-Dame, Le Bourg d'Oisans, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2 × 1.8 cm = 1.73” × 0.79” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.7 cm = 0.75” × 0.67”

ETB91AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystal with very well defined faces and edges, fine polycrystalline growths, good luster and intense yellow color, more vivid than what is usually seen from La Gardette, and of considerable size. Accompanied on its rear by transparent and bright Quartz crystals with the typical habit of the locality.
The specimen comes from finds made between 2018 and 2019
À Giraud Mine, La Gardette mining area, Villard-Nôtre-Dame, Le Bourg d'Oisans, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2018-2019)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.97” × 1.81” × 0.94”

EFX66AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals with well defined faces and edges, good luster and intense yellow color, more vivid than what is usually seen from La Gardette, on a matrix of transparent and lustrous Quartz crystals, with the typical habit of that locality.
The specimen comes from finds made between 2018-2019
À Giraud Mine, La Gardette mining area, Villard-Nôtre-Dame, Le Bourg d'Oisans, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2018-2019)

Specimen size: 13.2 × 12.7 × 4.4 cm = 5.20” × 5.00” × 1.73”

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

HM1500LH: Druse, on matrix, of extraordinarily transparent and lustrous, water-clear Quartz crystals. A classic of French mineralogy that comes to us from the Philippe Morelon collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
À Giraud Mine, La Gardette mining area, Villard-Nôtre-Dame, Le Bourg d'Oisans, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 14.5 × 14.3 × 3.3 cm = 5.71” × 5.63” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.5 cm = 0.94” × 0.20”

EXT37AP3: A good size druse of elongated, transparent, colorless and very lustrous Quartz crystals with a very well defined La Gardette habit, associated with partially altered disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals. An important find from one of the great classic French localities.
À Giraud Mine, La Gardette mining area, Villard-Nôtre-Dame, Le Bourg d'Oisans, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2018-2019)

Specimen size: 16 × 14.2 × 6.1 cm = 6.30” × 5.59” × 2.40”

Main crystal size: 5.7 × 1 cm = 2.24” × 0.39”

LN58AK0: Very sharp crystal with very marked parallel growths, a tabular-laminar habit, bright and transparent to translucent, with inclusions and with the edges profiled by a snowy white geometric zoning. The specimen, found on an area near the old Le Mure mine, is from the Philippe Morelon collection (number 349) whose label, which includes more information on the back, will be sent to the buyer.
La Mure area, La Mure, Matheysine-Trièves, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (04/2012)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 7.6 × 0.6 cm = 3.82” × 2.99” × 0.24”

ERM69AO7: Group of tetrahedral crystals of Tetrahedrite with very distinct polycrystalline growths. Lustrous, on matrix with lenticular crystals of Siderite and coatings of Chalcopyrite microcrystals.
The specimen is excellent for the locality both for its quality and for the size of the crystals.
La Mure coal mines, La Mure, Matheysine-Trièves, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.6 × 3.5 cm = 2.01” × 1.42” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2 cm = 1.06” × 0.79”

TV46AM8: Group of complex equant crystals of Sphalerite, very transparent and lustrous, with an intense color and a vivid interior "fire", on a matrix of lenticular crystals of Siderite with a very light cream color, and twinned Bournonite crystals.
La Mure coal mines, La Mure, Matheysine-Trièves, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±1970)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.3 × 1.6 cm = 2.56” × 1.69” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.59”

ERM68AP2: Flattened lenticular Siderite crystals, translucent, lustrous, and light brown in color, uniform, with golden tones. On matrix, with white lenticular Calcite crystals and small Pyrite crystals.
An excellent French classic,
La Mure coal mines, La Mure, Matheysine-Trièves, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 16.2 × 9.8 × 5.3 cm = 6.38” × 3.86” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.3 cm = 1.06” × 0.51”

LM94AK4: Group of flattened lenticular crystals of Siderite, translucent, bright and of uniform brown color, on matrix, with small water-clear crystals of Quartz. An excellent French classic from the Philippe Morelon collection (No. 362), whose label we will send to the buyer.
La Mure coal mines, La Mure, Matheysine-Trièves, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±1994)

Specimen size: 18.4 × 7.2 × 4.4 cm = 7.24” × 2.83” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2.4 cm = 1.38” × 0.94”

EF37AL9: Prehnite crystals with sharp edges and well defined faces. With very marked curvatures and polycrystalline growths, translucent, shiny, and with an intense green color. On matrix, with Calcite and small, very sharp crystals of Epidote, transparent, very lustrous and with deep color. Excellent French classic from one of the typical localities for the species.
La Combe de la Selle, Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans, Le Bourg d'Oisans Comune, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±1990)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.4 × 2.9 cm = 1.69” × 1.34” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

EGH87AN5: Polycrystalline aggregate of lustrous Prehnite with very well defined faces and edges, and with curvatures, on matrix. It is associated with Epidote and felty aggregates of Actinolite (variety byssolite). Excellent French classic.
The specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
La Combe de la Selle, Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans, Le Bourg d'Oisans Comune, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1990)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.3 × 3.6 cm = 3.07” × 2.48” × 1.42”

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

MBA96AP5: Prehnite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, with curvatures and very marked polycrystalline growths, translucent, lustrous, and with an intense green color. The Prehnite is on matrix, with prismatic Epidote crystals and felty Actinolite aggregates (byssolite variety). A French classic from one of the typical localities for the species.
La Combe de la Selle, Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans, Le Bourg d'Oisans Comune, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 9.9 × 5.4 × 2.4 cm = 3.90” × 2.13” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.8 cm = 0.59” × 0.31”

MRB87AP3: Very aerial group of Prehnite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, with curvatures and very distinct polycrystalline growths. They are translucent, shiny, and a uniform green, on matrix, with small white crystals of Orthoclase (adularia variety) and felted aggregates of Actinolite (byssolite variety). Excellent French classic from a typical locality for the species.
La Combe de la Selle, Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans, Le Bourg d'Oisans Comune, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 10.7 × 6.5 × 3.9 cm = 4.21” × 2.56” × 1.54”

B9RV6: Group of elongated, clear and shiny crystals, with "faden" growths in them.
Lignarre Valley, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1991)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 5.2 × 3.4 cm = 2.48” × 2.05” × 1.34”

R57FV6: Very unusual distorted Quartz, extra-flat and apparently with broken areas, although "in person" it is clear that all faces are complete and undamaged.
Lignarre Valley, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1991)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.6 × 1.7 cm = 3.03” × 2.60” × 0.67”

TLA87AO6: Groups of flattened Axinite-(Fe) crystals, very sharp, transparent, with good luster and excellent color. On matrix, with Quartz and fine prismatic Epidote crystals. A French classic.
The specimen comes from the collection of Jean-Louis Goux.
Rochers de l'Armentier, Le Bourg d'Oisans, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 8.8 × 6.4 × 2.6 cm = 3.46” × 2.52” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.63” × 0.24”

TXY67AP9: White globular growths of Aragonite, on a limonite matrix, associated with acicular crystals of transparent, colorless and very lustrous Calcite.
This classic French specimen comes from the collection of Alain Martaud, whose label we will send the buyer.
Gergovie, La-Roche-Blanche, Veyre-Monton, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±1985)

Specimen size: 11.4 × 11.2 × 7.9 cm = 4.49” × 4.41” × 3.11”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.1 cm = 0.79” × 0.04”

SM220LEZ: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals between transparent and translucent, with good luster and an intense yellow color with violet tones. Of great quality for what are known at this mine, it comes from a very localized find.
This specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Saint-Ours, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (12/2019)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.4 × 2 cm = 1.89” × 1.34” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.2 cm = 0.63” × 0.47”

ETM66AN7: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and an intense yellow color with a fine geometric zoning on the violet edges. Of great quality for what is known at this mine, it comes only from one specific find.
La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Saint-Ours, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (09/2020)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.7 × 2.3 cm = 1.97” × 1.46” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.43”

EFT27AO0: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and an intense yellow color with a fine geometric zoning of blue-violet color on the edges. Of great quality for what is known at this mine, it comes from a very limited find.
La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Saint-Ours, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (09/2020)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.5 × 2.4 cm = 2.40” × 2.17” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”

EFM91AN5: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and an intense blue color with a fine geometric violet zoning on the edges.
This specimen, with crystals of unusual size for the locality and of a dominant blue color, is rare for what is known from this mine and comes from one specific find that was part of the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Saint-Ours, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2020)

Specimen size: 12.2 × 6.7 × 5.1 cm = 4.80” × 2.64” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 2.3 cm = 1.30” × 0.91”

ELJ94AP2: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and a yellow core and bluish green outer areas. High quality and size for what is known from this mine, it comes from a limited find made in 2019
La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Saint-Ours, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2019)

Specimen size: 17.4 × 14.7 × 6.8 cm = 6.85” × 5.79” × 2.68”

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

EFJ50AO0: Group of Fluorite crystals with a cubic shape and polycrystalline forms on some of their faces. Between transparent and translucent, with the particularly intense and uniform blue color characteristic of Puy-St-Gulmier, on the also characteristic base of crystalline Fluorite in lilac tones. The color is really exceptional.
Puy-Saint-Gulmier, Saint-Ours, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5 × 5.2 cm = 2.80” × 1.97” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2  cm = 1.18” × 0.79”

TC2190EMR: Group of transparent crystals with a cubic shape and an intense and vivid yellow color. The specimen has an unusual colour for the locality, and comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Le Beix Mine, Saint-Germain-près-Herment, Herment, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.6 × 3.9 cm = 3.23” × 2.60” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 3.1 cm = 1.38” × 1.22”

EXL66AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with excellent luster and an extraordinarily intense blue color, with the mauve tones typical in specimens from this locality. With traces of white Quartz matrix.
The specimen comes from the collection of Michel Maigrot.
Le Beix Mine, Saint-Germain-près-Herment, Herment, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 13.2 × 11.4 × 9.7 cm = 5.20” × 4.49” × 3.82”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.9 cm = 1.22” × 1.14”

TC2230EMD: Group of three very sharp Baryte crystals, between transparent and translucent, very lustrous, with a very dense and uniform honey color, with geometric contact shapes on the back. The specimen, which is excellent for the locality, comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Côte d'Abot, Saint-Saturnin, Saint-Amant-Tallende, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1985)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 5.2 × 2.5 cm = 3.78” × 2.05” × 0.98”

TMB66AN4: Group of very sharp Baryte crystals, between lamellar and tabular, transparent, very lustrous and with an intense yellow color. This high-quality specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection and is unusual for the locality, which is characterized by larger but less ‘fine’ Baryte crystals than this one.
Croiseur vein, Liauzun Ravine, Olloix, Saint-Amant-Tallende, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 3.2 × 3 × 2 cm = 1.26” × 1.18” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 0.87” × 0.59”

TLM96AP9: Fine miniature with a very aerial group, in a scepter, of very sharp Baryte crystals with sharp crystal forms. Transparent, with good luster and an intense and uniform color.
This classic French specimen comes from the discoveries made by Lisarde between 1974 and 1990, and it was in the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Croiseur vein, Liauzun Ravine, Olloix, Saint-Amant-Tallende, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1974-1990)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.1 × 2.4 cm = 1.42” × 0.83” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2 cm = 1.18” × 0.79”

XM2190TRR: Thick tabular Baryte crystal, translucent, with a transparent upper termination, a very deep and uniform yellowish tone, and perfectly defined faces and edges.
The specimen, a French classic, comes from the Lisarde collection.
Olloix, Saint-Amant-Tallende, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.6 × 3.6 cm = 2.13” × 1.81” × 1.42”

TAF86AN4: Group of very sharp Baryte crystals, between lamellar and tabular, transparent, very lustrous and with an intense yellow color. This high-quality specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection and is unusual for the locality, which is characterized by larger but less ‘fine’ Baryte crystals than this one.
Croiseur vein, Liauzun Ravine, Olloix, Saint-Amant-Tallende, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.4 × 2.6 cm = 2.17” × 1.34” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.63” × 0.55”

TJH90AP9: Baryte crystal with very sharp crystal forms, transparent, with glossy luster and an intense and uniform color with golden tones.
This classic French specimen comes from the discoveries made by Lisarde between 1974 and 1990. It was in the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer
Croiseur vein, Liauzun Ravine, Olloix, Saint-Amant-Tallende, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1974-1990)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 6.7 × 4.2 cm = 3.86” × 2.64” × 1.65”

TPQ86AP9: Group of Baryte crystals with very sharp crystal forms. Transparent, with good luster and an intense and uniform color with golden tones.
This specimen, a French classic of great quality and large size, comes from the finds made by Lisarde between 1974 and 1990, and was in the collection of Alain Martaud, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Croiseur vein, Liauzun Ravine, Olloix, Saint-Amant-Tallende, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1974-1990)

Specimen size: 16.4 × 11.4 × 14.4 cm = 6.46” × 4.49” × 5.67”

Main crystal size: 6.4 × 5.8 cm = 2.52” × 2.28”

TTA14AN4: Group of very sharp lamellar Baryte crystals, translucent, with good luster and a uniform yellow color.
The specimen, of high quality for the locality, comes from the Alain Martaud collection.
La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Saint-Ours, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1997)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.3 × 2.4 cm = 2.56” × 2.09” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.87” × 0.43”

ERB97AN6: Druse of thick tabular Baryte crystals with very sharp crystal forms. They are transparent to translucent, with a very bright luster and an intense and uniform yellow color. One of the best known for the locality.
The specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Châtel-Guyon, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±1997)

Specimen size: 13.6 × 8.2 × 2.3 cm = 5.35” × 3.23” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1 cm = 0.83” × 0.39”

MTM13AO3: Gastropod (Helix ramondi) fossilized in Opal-CT (lussatite variety) translucent, with a pearly luster and colors between white and sky-blue. In its original matrix, without reinforcements or repairs of any kind.
Les Rois Mine, Mur-sur-Allier, Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 1.3 × 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.51” × 0.47” × 0.20”

MTX86AO3: Gastropod (Helix ramondi) fossilized in Opal-CT (lussatite variety) translucent, with a pearly luster and colors between white and sky-blue.
Very good quality for the deposit, a French classic.
Les Rois Mine, Mur-sur-Allier, Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.9 × 1.5 cm = 0.83” × 0.75” × 0.59”

MLR86AP3: Gastropod (Helix ramondi) fossilized in translucent Opal-CT (variety lussatite), with pearly luster and colors between white and sky blue. It is in its original matrix, without stabilization or repair of any kind. Of very good quality for the deposit, a French classic.
Les Rois Mine, Mur-sur-Allier, Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.7 × 2 cm = 2.09” × 1.85” × 0.79”

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

ERB86AP0: Three gastropods (Helix ramondi) fossilized in Opal-CT (lussatite variety) translucent, with a pearly luster and colors varying between white and sky-blue. In its original matrix, without repairs or stabilization of any kind.
Of the best quality for this deposit, a French classic.
Les Rois Mine, Mur-sur-Allier, Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±2015)

Specimen size: 10.6 × 7.1 × 6.6 cm = 4.17” × 2.80” × 2.60”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.9 cm = 0.79” × 0.75”

EX27AM2: Very sharp Fluorite crystals, transparent, shiny, yellow in color and rich in inclusions. On matrix with coatings of white Quartz microcrystals and relict forms of disappeared cubic Fluorite crystals.
The specimen is from the prestigious Pierre-Marie Guy fluorite collection.
Langeac, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1975-1976)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5.3 × 4 cm = 2.17” × 2.09” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.51”

TAW98AN3: Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit, very sharp and lustrous, transparent and with a yellowish green color, with Sphalerite inclusions and on a matrix of Quartz crystals.
The specimen, from a 1995 find at this locality, comes from the Alain Martaud collection.
Marsanges Mine, La Grande Faille, Langeac, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1995)

Specimen size: 12.7 × 11.6 × 5.5 cm = 5.00” × 4.57” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.59” × 0.47”

TLM16AP2: Aggregate of Baryte crystals with a tabular habit, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated, with a slight bluish color and more transparent areas towards the termination of the crystal. The specimen has a somewhat higher quality than what is usually found in that mine, where Baryte is not the most prominent species.
This specimen comes from the collection of Alain Martaud whose label we will send to the buyer.
Marsanges Mine, La Grande Faille, Langeac, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±1965)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.5 × 3.2 cm = 2.91” × 1.77” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2.6 cm = 1.34” × 1.02”

TXL92AP9: Parallel growth of two Quartz crystals, one of them left-handed and clearly dominant, doubly terminated, with one of the terminations polycrystalline, transparent, lustrous, with inclusions and deep and uniform smoky tones. Complete doubly terminated quartzes like this one are very rare in this alpine area.
Pointe des Périades, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2003-2008)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.7 × 5.6 cm = 3.03” × 2.24” × 2.20”

TJB51AP9: Doubly terminated Quartz crystal with two different terminations, one of them clearly polycrystalline, transparent, lustrous, with inclusions and deep and uniform smoky tones. Complete doubly terminated quartzes like this one are very rare in this alpine area.
Pointe des Périades, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2003-2008)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 4.9 × 4.8 cm = 3.62” × 1.93” × 1.89”

TXA56AP9: Very aerial growth of Quartz crystals (smoky variety) with parallel growths and very distinct gwindel, transparent, with good luster and pale smoky tones, and with Chlorite inclusions.
A monumental piece of one of the alpine vein classics: the gwindel variety of Quartz
Glacier de l'Argentière, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 11.3 × 10.6 × 7.5 cm = 4.45” × 4.17” × 2.95”

Main crystal size: 8.4 × 8.2 cm = 3.31” × 3.23”

TCH92AP9: Coating of octahedral Fluorite crystals, sharp, translucent and with a uniform pink color, which cover a Quartz crystal (smoky variety), transparent, with brilliant luster and a very clear color. Beautiful association.
Mont Dolent, Glacier de l'Argentière, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.7 × 3.4 cm = 2.99” × 2.24” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”

ERB36AP0: Group of Quartz crystals (smoky variety) with very sharp crystal forms, with right-handed growth, very transparent and lustrous, and with deep and uniform smoky tones. On matrix, with Albite crystals.
A French and European classic that comes from the Gérard Bertrand collection.
North side Les Courtes, Bassin du Talèfre, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.65” × 1.42” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1 cm = 0.98” × 0.39”

TF98AN0: Group of Quartz crystals, smoky variety, with very sharp crystal forms and distinct parallel growths, very transparent and lustrous, with deep and uniform smoky tones. A great French and European classic.
Aiguille de l'Eboulement, Les Petites Jorasses, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2015)

Specimen size: 17 × 15.6 × 12.3 cm = 6.69” × 6.14” × 4.84”

Main crystal size: 13.3 × 7.2 cm = 5.24” × 2.83”

TC1100TP: Large group of Quartz crystals (smoky variety), one of them clearly dominant, with very visible twists and parallel gwindel-like growths, with good luster and a deep color and good transparency.
Aiguille de l'Eboulement, Les Petites Jorasses, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2015)

Specimen size: 20.7 × 11.4 × 10.6 cm = 8.15” × 4.49” × 4.17”

Main crystal size: 17.4 × 8.1 cm = 6.85” × 3.19”

EJK99AO1: Octahedral Fluorite crystals, translucent, with good luster and a uniform pink color. On a parallel growth of partially doubly terminated Quartz crystals (smoky variety). An alpine classic which comes from the Ginette Verax collection.
Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.1 × 1.5 cm = 1.61” × 1.22” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”

ER48AL9: Group of octahedral Fluorite crystals with polycrystalline growths, translucent, with good luster and an intense and uniform color. On an Albite matrix, with recrystallizations. A classic French Alpine specimen, very aesthetic and of high quality, the specimen is from the prestigious collection of Fluorite by Pierre-Marie Guy.
Aiguille Verte, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±2010)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.6 × 2.6 cm = 2.09” × 1.81” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.8 cm = 0.79” × 0.71”

TXM27AN3: Fluorite crystals of unusual habit and color for alpine specimens, dominated by cube forms, beveled by the rhombic dodecahedron. Transparent, with a violet color, on a matrix of smoky Quartz crystals.
The specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
Aiguille Verte, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2015)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.9 × 3.4 cm = 1.69” × 1.54” × 1.34”

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

MF46AA9: Single crystal with very well defined faces and edges, a reddish-brown color and on a matrix with fine parallel growths of Baryte crystals. Very good for the locality.
Lantignié, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.4 × 4.4 cm = 1.34” × 0.94” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”

EJL2AO1: Matrix group of complex equant Calcite crystals, with very sharp scalenohedron and flattened rhombohedron forms, very aerial, translucent and lustrous. The specimen has a light pink hue, is of high quality and is very different from what is generally known from this locality, since it comes from the first very superficial prospecting in an area relatively far from the current workings. As an added documentary detail, the name of the person who found it, a miner named Lucien Schaguene, has been preserved. Exceptional for the locality.
Largentière Mines, Largentière, Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±1970)

Specimen size: 10 × 8.5 × 6.6 cm = 3.94” × 3.35” × 2.60”

Main crystal size: 5.9 × 5 cm = 2.32” × 1.97”

TP90AG5: Group of translucent crystals with very elongated prisms and dipyramidal terminations forming a scepter, and with cyclic twins. The shape is different and better defined than usual for samples from the locality.
Lescure Mine, Mayres, Thueyts, Largentière, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (± 2014)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 4 × 1.7 cm = 1.10” × 1.57” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1 cm = 0.83” × 0.39”

TQ27AG5: Group of translucent crystals with very elongated prisms and dipyramidal terminations with the cyclic twin. The shape is different and better defined than usual for samples from the locality.
Lescure Mine, Mayres, Thueyts, Largentière, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (± 2014)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 1.8 × 1 cm = 1.26” × 0.71” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.87” × 0.20”

EX14AI4: Aggregate on a limonite matrix of white acicular Cerussite crystals with a silky luster and fibrous aspect resembling the so-called “jackstraw” variety. It is from a locality where samples of such quality are very scarce.
Lescure Mine, Mayres, Thueyts, Largentière, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.4 × 1.5 cm = 2.13” × 1.34” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.55” × 0.16”

TXE27AP9: Group of Quartz crystals partially coated by Chlorite, elongated crystals of very lustrous Anatase, and aggregates of lustrous red acicular Rutile crystals. A curious alpine combo.
Entre-deux-Roches, La Lauzière Massif, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.4 × 4 cm = 3.43” × 2.91” × 1.57”

EXL37AN6: Doubly terminated floater crystal of Anatase, extraordinarily elongated due to multiple parallel growth - a known but rare habit. Lustrous and with very sharp crystal forms. The specimen is undoubtedly among the longest known from this find.
Pointe du Rozet, La Lauzière Massif, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 4.3 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm = 1.69” × 0.20” × 0.20”

NC14AK5: From a collection displayed for the first time at Munich 2019: Group of very sharp Quartz crystals with visible Dauphine-law twinning, transparent, brilliant, and rich in Chlorite inclusions.
The sample is from the Miguel David Martínez collection (No. 78), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Maurienne Valley, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1999)

Specimen size: 6 × 2.7 × 3.4 cm = 2.36” × 1.06” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 5.7 × 1 cm = 2.24” × 0.39”

EFM46AP0: Very aerial group of Quartz crystals on matrix, some of them doubly terminated, with very sharp crystal forms. Transparent, lustrous, very rich in light green Chlorite inclusions, and with Albite crystals.
The specimen comes from the Gérard Bertrand collection.
Grand Châtelar, Jarrier, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 9.1 × 4.9 × 2.5 cm = 3.58” × 1.93” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 2.5 cm = 1.73” × 0.98”

TPB27AP6: Floater group of Azurite crystals with a flattened habit and very distinct polycrystalline growths, with good luster and intense color.
A French classic, from the type locality for the species.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.91” × 0.47” × 0.28”

EE96AI1: Floater growth of very sharp equant Azurite crystals that have the false appearance of cubes. They are bright and have a very vivid color.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2005-2009)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 1.02” × 0.94” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.3 cm = 0.67” × 0.51”

TQF14AP6: Floater group of very sharp Azurite crystals, with very distinct polycrystalline growths, with bright luster and intense color.
A French classic, from the type locality for the species.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 1.14” × 0.83” × 0.59”

EB77AF8: Group of very sharp and flattened crystals with the dominant faces of a rhombohedron, with very well defined faces and edges and a clearer color than usual for the Chessy pieces. The sample is from recent and surprising finds at the old dumps area at that mine.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2010)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.3 × 1.4 cm = 1.26” × 0.91” × 0.55”

TFB90AP5: Group of very sharp flattened Azurite crystals with a bright luster and vivid color, with Malachite coatings. This specimen, which is of high quality for the locality, the type locality for Azurite, comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon, whose handwritten label we will send to the buyer.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3 × 1.1 cm = 1.34” × 1.18” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.47” × 0.20”

TC440LA: Spheroidal aggregate of short prismatic crystals, almost equidimensional, very sharp and with well defined faces and edges, very marked polycrystalline growths and a more vivid color than usual in specimens from Chessy, the type locality for the species. The specimen is from the Philippe Morelon collection (number 1489), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2014)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3.1 × 2.4 cm = 1.34” × 1.22” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”

ED8AF8: Group of very sharp equant rhombohedral crystals with a more vivid color than usual for the Chessy pieces. The sample is from recent and surprising finds at the old dumps area at that mine.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2009)

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

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.55” × 0.39”

EQ96AD9: Floater aggregate with rosette growths of tabular crystals with very well defined faces and edges and quite large for the locality. It has an intense and deep blue color and has a small spherulitic microcrystalline Malachite growth. A French classic.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3 × 3 cm = 1.46” × 1.18” × 1.18”

TF86T3: Rosette growths with very well defined faces and edges and with a classic (for Chessy) crystal of Malachite pseudomorph after Cuprite and with minor matrix on its base.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.1 × 2.8 cm = 1.50” × 1.22” × 1.10”

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

EBY57AO1: Floater group of short prismatic Azurite crystals, almost equant, with very sharp crystal forms, good luster and a more vivid blue color than usual for the locality. The classic French type locality for the species.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2005-2009)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.1 × 2.4 cm = 1.61” × 1.22” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.8 cm = 0.87” × 0.71”

EM86AG9: Group of Azurite crystals with a short prismatic shape, some of them doubly terminated, with parallel growths and with small Quartz crystals and Malachite coatings. A good French classic.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2017)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.81” × 1.42” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”

ET96AD9: Floater aggregate with rosette growths of equant crystals with very well defined faces and edges and with an intense and vivid blue color.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2013)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.4 × 3 cm = 1.85” × 1.34” × 1.18”

MHX47AO2: Group of very sharp tabular Azurite crystals, with polycrystalline growths on their faces, with good luster and a deeper and more vivid color than usual in specimens from this locality. With small white tabular Baryte crystals.
From the type locality for the species.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.8 × 2.5 cm = 1.85” × 1.50” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1 cm = 0.71” × 0.39”

TLM33AO8: Complete floater spheroidal nodule of Azurite crystals with sharp crystal forms, with bright luster and a more vivid color than usual in specimens from the locality, which is the type locality for Azurite.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.5 × 4.3 cm = 1.85” × 1.77” × 1.69”

EM96AL4: Group of sharp, equidimensional Azurite crystals, with marked parallel growths and slight curvatures and with a more bluish color than usual in Chessy specimens. On matrix, with small Malachite coatings. The specimen comes from relatively recent finds in the old dumps of the mine.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2010-2012)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.4 × 3.6 cm = 1.97” × 1.34” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 0.9 cm = 0.75” × 0.35”

EK69AM3: Group of Azurite crystals with very sharp crystal forms and a very vivid color, with Malachite pseudomorphs after Cuprite crystals with the dominant forms of octahedron and dodecahedron. A French classic.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.4 × 3.3 cm = 2.09” × 1.34” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.51”

SM260TRM: Floater group of Azurites with two spheroidal aggregates of flattened crystals, with well defined faces and slightly curved edges. Vivid blue in color and with the characteristic Malachite pseudomorphs after octahedral Cuprite crystals. A French classic from the type locality for the species.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.8 × 4.6 cm = 2.13” × 1.89” × 1.81”

TC220EB: Group of short prismatic crystals, almost equidimensional, sharp and with very well defined faces and edges. A French classic from the type locality for the species.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1995-1998)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.9 × 2.8 cm = 2.20” × 1.54” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.28”

EB90AL5: Floater group of rhombohedral Azurite crystals, with very marked polycrystalline growths, with a very deep color and intense luster. Good crystal size for the locality.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1989-1995)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.4 × 3.7 cm = 2.28” × 1.73” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2.1 cm = 0.87” × 0.83”

MB50AE2: Botryoidal and spheroidal aggregates of small rhombohedral crystals that are bright and have a very vivid and uniform color. A French classic of great quality.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.7 × 3.3 cm = 2.40” × 1.85” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.9 cm = 0.79” × 0.75”

MLT74AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Floater spheroidal aggregate of flattened Azurite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, with a vivid blue color and with small coatings of Malachite crystals pseudomorphing cuprite. A French classic of high quality that comes from the type locality for the species.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 7 × 5.5 × 5.4 cm = 2.76” × 2.17” × 2.13”

MHV90AO2: Polycrystalline growths of very sharp, translucent, lustrous, equant Azurite crystals with a deeper color and brighter than usual in specimens from this locality. With small white tabular Baryte crystals.
From the type locality for the species.
Mine Blue, Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 8.1 × 5.1 × 4.3 cm = 3.19” × 2.01” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”

TM26AF8: Druse of rhombohedral Azurite crystals with polycrystalline growths and a very vivid color and luster on matrix with fibrous Malachite that has a silky luster. The sample, from a not well-known collection, is very old and has the characteristics of the Azurites that were from the “Mine bleue,” typical of the XIX century.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 9.4 × 6.6 × 2.6 cm = 3.70” × 2.60” × 1.02”

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

NT26AN2: Malachite pseudomorph after a complete floater crystal of Cuprite, very sharp, octahedral, and beveled by dodecahedron forms. A quality French classic.
This piece comes from the Ignacio Gaspar collection (number CUP-7), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 1 × 1 × 1.2 cm = 0.39” × 0.39” × 0.47”

EM14AN2: Malachite pseudomorphs after a complete floater group of dodecahedral Cuprite crystals, one of them clearly dominant.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 2 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.79” × 0.63” × 0.55”

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

LK73AL6: Malachite pseudomorphs after octahedral crystals of Cuprite, very large for the locality, aerial, with deep hopper growths and implanted on an Azurite matrix from the type locality for this species.
A French classic from the Philippe Morelon collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1980)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 4.1 × 3.1 cm = 1.61” × 1.61” × 1.22”

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

EFM14AO1: Centered aggregates on matrix of acicular Orthoserpierite crystals, with bright luster and a bluish green color. The specimen, a rare hydrated calcium, copper and zinc sulfate, is from the type locality for the species and comes from the collection of Alain Martaud, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 6.9 × 5 × 3.9 cm = 2.72” × 1.97” × 1.54”

TVX27AP5: Botryoidal growths with microcrystals of yellowish brown Arseniosiderite with a fibrous appearance, on matrix.
An oddity from the type locality for this species.
Romanèche-Thorins, Distrito Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté  France

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.9 × 1.4 cm = 2.52” × 1.93” × 0.55”

TZP96AN3: Group of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit, pale yellow in color with coatings of an intense yellow, almost orange, and partially covered by Quartz crystals with inclusions of Goethite and small white lamellar crystals of Baryte. Unusual!
The specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
L'Argentolle Mine, L'Argentolle, Saint-Prix, Saint-Léger-sous-Beuvray, Autun District, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté  France

Specimen size: 5.6 × 5.5 × 5.3 cm = 2.20” × 2.17” × 2.09”

MD990AL4: Aggregate of highly profiled Baryte crystals with well defined faces and edges, translucent and with good luster. From a classic French locality. In excellent condition.
Maine Mine, Les Reclesnes, Cordesse, Lucenay-l'Évêque, Autun District, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté  France

Specimen size: 11,6 × 8.7 × 5.6 cm = 4.33” × 3.43” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 6.4 × 1.2 cm = 2.52” × 0.47”

TXH46AP5: Group of twinned Cassiterite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with sharp crystal forms, lustrous, on matrix, something not very common in specimens from this classic locality.
The specimen comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
La Villeder, Le Roc-Saint-André, Vannes, Morbihan, Brittany/Bretagne  France

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.7 × 2 cm = 1.10” × 1.06” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.87” × 0.47”

TTE46AP5: Twinned Cassiterite crystal with sharp crystal forms, lustrous, on matrix, something not too common in specimens from this classic locality.
The specimen comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon, whose handwritten label
we will send to the buyer.
La Villeder, Le Roc-Saint-André, Vannes, Morbihan, Brittany/Bretagne  France

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3 × 2.4 cm = 1.34” × 1.18” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 2 cm = 0.83” × 0.79”

TG47AL6: Galena pseudomorphs after a group of prismatic Pyromorphite crystals, one of them clearly dominant. As can be seen by the tiny cleavages at the base of the specimen, the substitution of Pyromorphite by Galena is complete. A great French classic, very hard to come by.
Huelgoat, Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany/Bretagne  France

Specimen size: 2 × 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.79” × 0.55” × 0.39”

EG69AH9: A kind of novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2018, where it appeared to the collectible trade for the first time. Gold forms very bright laminar growths and coatings on an aggregate of deformed Quartz crystals. The locality, as is usual for a lot of novelties, is approximate and generic, so we are waiting for some more precise data.
Loudéac, Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany/Bretagne  France

Specimen size: 2.1 × 2 × 1 cm = 0.83” × 0.79” × 0.39”

MV54AI5: A kind of novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2018, where this Gold appeared to the collectible trade for the first time. It forms very bright laminar growths and coatings on an aggregate of Quartz crystals very much more defined than usual for the locality. The locality, as is usual for a lot of novelties, is approximate and generic, so we are waiting for some more precise data.
Loudéac, Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany/Bretagne  France

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2.1 × 1.3 cm = 0.91” × 0.83” × 0.51”

MR30AI5: A kind of novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2018, where this Gold appeared to the collectible trade for the first time. It forms very bright laminar growths and coatings on an aggregate of Quartz crystals very much more defined than usual for the locality. The locality, as is usual for a lot of novelties, is approximate and generic, so we are waiting for some more precise data.
Loudéac, Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany/Bretagne  France

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm = 0.98” × 0.43” × 0.43”

ER56AM2: Sharp transparent Fluorite crystals, very rich in white inclusions, with thin platy Baryte crystals and partially covered by small greenish yellow crystals of Pyromorphite. From a classic French mine.


Chaillac Mine, rossignol vein, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire  France

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.1 × 2.1 cm = 1.89” × 1.61” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”

EXM57AO0: Coatings of Pyromorphite crystals with a tapered shape with pyramidal terminations, transparent, with good luster and an intense and uniform green color and covering a matrix of transparent and very lustrous cubic Fluorite crystals. High quality for the deposit.
Chaillac Mine, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire  France

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.2 × 2.1 cm = 2.13” × 1.65” × 0.83”

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

TC2380LNK: Group of Fluorite crystals, between transparent and translucent and with an intense yellow color, with a group of Baryte crystals with sulphide microcrystal coatings. The specimen comes from the collection of Philippe Morelon (number 1121), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Chaillac Mine, rossignol vein, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire  France (1995)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.9 × 4.6 cm = 3.07” × 2.72” × 1.81”

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

EF51AM5: Group of Fluorite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, translucent and purple in color with geometric color zoning, more intense on the edges. The brown coatings of Pyromorphite formed by a multitude of crystals that cover a good part of the Fluorite crystals are noteworthy. This specimen, from a classic French mine, comes from the George Bouvet collection (Grenoble)
Chaillac Mine, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire  France (±1985)

Specimen size: 11.8 × 5.4 × 4.3 cm = 4.65” × 2.13” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3 cm = 1.57” × 1.18”

LM68AK0: Group of crystals with very marked polycrystalline growths on the surface of the faces, transparent and bright, with inclusions and a very marked color change due a phantom growth, yellowish at the nucleus of the crystals and colorless-reddish on the surface. A French classic. The sample is from the Philippe Morelon collection (number 980) whose label, which includes more information on the back, will be sent to the buyer.
Chaillac Mine, rossignol vein, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire  France (1995)

Specimen size: 12.4 × 9.8 × 3.1 cm = 4.88” × 3.86” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.6 cm = 0.71” × 0.63”

ET86AG7: Aggregate of cubic crystals with polycrystalline growths on their faces. They are between transparent and translucent and have a variable color, more reddish on the edges and between yellow and brown on the core area. The sample is of an extraordinary quality compared with the usual Fluorite from this mine, famous for Pyromorphite.
It was personally collected by Christophe Marot (cat. nr. C8-2)
Chaillac Mine, rossignol vein, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire  France

Specimen size: 16.3 × 11 × 6.3 cm = 6.42” × 4.33” × 2.48”

Main crystal size: 5.1 × 3.8 cm = 2.01” × 1.50”

TDM26AP9: Druse of Fluorite crystals between transparent and translucent and bordered by fine lamellar pink crystals of Baryte.
This very unusual specimen, of great quality for the locality, comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Chaillac Mine, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire  France (±1990)

Specimen size: 20.8 × 15.2 × 13.7 cm = 8.19” × 5.98” × 5.39”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.4 cm = 1.18” × 0.94”

EB49AM0: Group of Fluorite crystals, with two distinct growth phases, a polycrystalline exterior with an intense yellow color and a gray to colorless interior. Its characteristics are different from the usual ones in better known specimens from the Chaillac mining district. With lenticular crystals of Baryte. A specimen rescued from the past from the Les Redoutières Mine, less well known than other mines in the same mining district.
Les Redoutières Mine, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire  France (±1997)

Specimen size: 9.1 × 7.4 × 4.5 cm = 3.58” × 2.91” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.2 cm = 1.26” × 0.87”

EC87AM0: Group of Fluorite crystals with two very marked growth phases with a yellow polycrystalline exterior and a violet interior. With characteristics different from the usual in better known specimens from the Chaillac mining area. A specimen rescued from the past from the Les Redoutières Mine, less well known than other mines in the same mining district.
Les Redoutières Mine, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire  France (±1997)

Specimen size: 11.8 × 7.1 × 4 cm = 4.65” × 2.80” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 2.9 cm = 1.46” × 1.14”

ET88AM0: Group of Fluorite crystals with two distinct growth phases, with a polycrystalline exterior of yellow color and a greenish-colorless interior, with characteristics different from the usual ones in better known specimens from the Chaillac mining district. A specimen rescued from the past from the Les Redoutières Mine, less well known than other mines in the same mining district.
Les Redoutières Mine, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire  France (±1997)

Specimen size: 13.2 × 8.6 × 3.6 cm = 5.20” × 3.39” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 3 cm = 1.65” × 1.18”

EA99AM0: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with a color between yellow and pink and with small lenticular crystals of Baryte. With characteristics different from the usual ones in the better known specimens from the Chaillac mining district. A specimen rescued from the past from the Les Redoutières Mine, less well known than other mines in the same mining district.
Les Redoutières Mine, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire  France (±1997)

Specimen size: 13.8 × 7.7 × 3 cm = 5.43” × 3.03” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.5 cm = 1.02” × 0.98”

EB56AC9: Parallel aggregates of Cerussite crystals with a fibrous aspect, a white color and small black Goethite coatings. Good quality for the locality.
Chaillac Mine, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire  France (±1980)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 2.5 × 1.6 cm = 1.77” × 0.98” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 4 × 1.7 cm = 1.57” × 0.67”

MF99AF1: Very aerial aggregate of flattened crystals with a very well defined twin. Their white color contrasts with the brown of the oxide inclusions. The sample is from a classic French locality and has great quality.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2017, page 84
Chaillac Mine, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire  France (± 1980)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.6 × 2.2 cm = 2.52” × 2.20” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”

EFL27AO2: Fluorite crystals with the forms of a cube and a rhombododecahedron, with polycrystalline growths and an intense violet color. In matrix.
The specimen is from a not very well known deposit from which it is currently very difficult to obtain quality specimens.
Bois le Duc, Foisches, Charleville-Mézières District, Ardennes, Grand Est  France

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.4 × 2.6 cm = 1.42” × 0.94” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 2 cm = 0.83” × 0.79”

TFA16AO0: Fluorite crystals with a cubic shape and stepped edges, translucent, with good luster and an intense violet color, on a Quartz matrix.
This specimen, from a not so usual locality, comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Bois le Duc, Foisches, Charleville-Mézières District, Ardennes, Grand Est  France (±1980)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 8.6 × 4.2 cm = 3.70” × 3.39” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.59” × 0.43”

EFA97AO0: Fluorite crystals, on matrix, with dodecahedron and cube shapes, translucent, with a uniform green color with areas of intense violet color.
The specimen, from a not so usual locality, comes from an old French collection.
Bois le Duc, Foisches, Charleville-Mézières District, Ardennes, Grand Est  France

Specimen size: 13.4 × 7.7 × 5.1 cm = 5.28” × 3.03” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 4 × 2 cm = 1.57” × 0.79”

ED17AM1: Group of sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with a pale green color, on matrix with white Quartz crystals. The specimen comes from a local find that produced very few well-crystallized specimens.
Montagnes des Coltes, Urbeis, Sélestat, Sélestat-Erstein, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est  France (2018)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 7.2 × 4 cm = 3.66” × 2.83” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 3.7 cm = 1.69” × 1.46”

EC97AM1: Group of sharp crystals of Fluorite, translucent and pale green in color. The specimen comes from a local find that produced very few well-crystallized specimens.
Montagnes des Coltes, Urbeis, Sélestat, Sélestat-Erstein, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est  France (2018)

Specimen size: 11.1 × 8.4 × 5.6 cm = 4.37” × 3.31” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 5 × 4.5 cm = 1.97” × 1.77”

TEL27AP9: Very aerial growth of Aragonite, with a coraloidal habit and very white.
A rarity of French mineralogy from the Alain Martaud collection.
Sapin Vert Mine, Altenberg Peak, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Colmar-Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est  France (1984)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4.1 × 3.4 cm = 1.81” × 1.61” × 1.34”

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

TYB37AO8: Fine aggregate of copper-bearing Aragonite with very aesthetic coralloidal growths and especially intense and uniform sky-blue areas. It comes from the legendary town of Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines.
Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Colmar-Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est  France

Specimen size: 7.6 × 4.4 × 3.4 cm = 2.99” × 1.73” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 0.8 cm = 1.73” × 0.31”

EPR46AO1: Quartz crystals with small Hematite crystals forming a 'cast' (coating) with very bright crystalline forms of Hematite in the inner part of that 'cast'.
A classic from the Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines area.
Bernardstein, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Colmar-Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est  France

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.1 × 2 cm = 2.91” × 1.61” × 0.79”

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 × 8.4 × 4.7 cm = 3.66” × 3.31” × 1.85”

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

TFA90AN9: Group of equant Hematite crystals, of very considerable size for this deposit, very lustrous and with an intense black color.
The specimen 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 (1985)

Specimen size: 15.3 × 7.3 × 3.7 cm = 6.02” × 2.87” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4  cm = 0.59” × 0.55”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”