Mineral Specimens - page 6
France

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”

ET37AM3: Growth of transparent Quartz crystals, very lustrous and slightly yellow in color due to the presence of iron oxides. Good quality and in perfect condition.
Les Rivoirands, Vizille, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2010)

Specimen size: 11.6 × 7.7 × 5.3 cm = 4.57” × 3.03” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 6 × 1.1 cm = 2.36” × 0.43”

TBY26AN3: Very aerial group of doubly terminated Quartz crystals, extremely flattened, with parallel growths and a very visible “faden” growth. They are also water-clear and very lustrous.
The specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
Le Freney-d'Oisans, L'Oisans-Romanche, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.7 × 1.3 cm = 1.34” × 1.06” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.34” × 0.55”

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, L'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”

TYR27AN4: Druse of Quartz crystals with very sharp scepter growths, transparent, colorless, very lustrous and with small inclusions.
An excellent French classic from the Alain Martaud collection.
Val Ferrand, Clavans-en-Haut-Oisans, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±1980)

Specimen size: 11.4 × 8 × 6.6 cm = 4.49” × 3.15” × 2.60”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.3 cm = 1.02” × 0.51”

TG96AI5: Druse of Quartz crystals on a chalcedony matrix. They are very clear and colorless, very bright, rich in faces and have the typical shape that relates to the name of the mine. An extraordinary sample, very fine and carefully preserved, from a classic French locality for Quartz. We’ll send to the buyer the label from the Jean-Pierre Gilian collection.
La Gardette Mine, Brides gallery, Villard-Notre-Dame, Le Bourg d'Oisans, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2015)

Specimen size: 20 × 8.5 × 11 cm = 7.87” × 3.35” × 4.33”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1 cm = 1.18” × 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”

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”

ETB87AO0: Lenticular and very flattened crystals of Siderite, with the typical curvatures and undulations seen in specimens from this deposit, with good luster and a very light and uniform brown color. On matrix, with Quartz crystals. An excellent French classic.
La Mure coal mines, La Mure, Matheysine-Trièves, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 12.4 × 6.1 × 2.5 cm = 4.88” × 2.40” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 0.67” × 0.47”

EJM27AN7: Druse on matrix of flattened lenticular crystals of Siderite, translucent, with good luster and a light and uniform brown color with golden tones. An excellent French classic.
La Mure coal mines, La Mure, Matheysine-Trièves, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 13.2 × 7.4 × 3 cm = 5.20” × 2.91” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.22” × 0.87”

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”

EF66AM3: Prehnite crystals with very well defined faces and edges. With distinct curvatures and polycrystalline growths, translucent, lustrous, and of an intense green color. On matrix, with Calcite and felted aggregates of Actinolite (variety byssolite). 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

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.5 × 2.3 cm = 1.69” × 0.98” × 0.91”

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

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”

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”

EGH56AN5: Druse 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.
From a limited find of great quality for what is known from this mine.

La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Saint-Ours, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (12/2019)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.7 × 1.6 cm = 1.54” × 1.06” × 0.63”

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

EFF46AN7: 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: 5.6 × 4 × 2.8 cm = 2.20” × 1.57” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.9 cm = 0.31” × 0.35”

EGF76AN5: Druse 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.
From a limited find of great quality for what is known from this mine.
La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Saint-Ours, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (12/2019)

Specimen size: 6 × 3 × 2.5 cm = 2.36” × 1.18” × 0.98”

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

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”

EMP27AN5: Druse 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.
From a limited find of great quality for what is known from this mine.
La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Saint-Ours, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (12/2019)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.6 × 3.3 cm = 2.36” × 1.81” × 1.30”

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

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”

EPF69AN5: Druse 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, and also with light blue crystals, which were rare from this find.
A limited find, of great quality for what is known from this mine.
La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Saint-Ours, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (12/2019)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 5.8 × 2.9 cm = 3.27” × 2.28” × 1.14”

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

TRA70AN4: Very sharp Fluorite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, transparent and with very distinct geometric color zoning, with blue bands around the edges and yellow in the heart of the crystal. The Fluorite is on matrix with white Quartz coatings.
An excellent French ‘modern classic’ from the Alain Martaud collection.
La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Saint-Ours, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2019)

Specimen size: 14.3 × 9.7 × 3.3 cm = 5.63” × 3.82” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2 cm = 0.94” × 0.79”

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”

LA96AK8: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, very lustrous and extraordinarily intense and uniform blue. The fluorite grew in the void left by a scalenohedral Calcite crystal with some relict faces covered by epitactic Quartz.
The specimen is from the Philippe Morelon collection (number 962), 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 (1980)

Specimen size: 11.3 × 6.2 × 4.7 cm = 4.45” × 2.44” × 1.85”

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

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”

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”

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”

EP27AM2: Gastropod (Helix ramondi) fossilized in translucent Opal-CT (variety lussatite), with a pearly luster and colors ranging from white to sky blue. No reconstruction or repairs of any kind. This French classic is very good quality for the locality.
Les Rois Mine, Mur-sur-Allier, Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 1.4 × 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.55” × 0.43” × 0.39”

MRR57AO3: 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 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 0.79” × 0.71” × 0.67”

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”

MFL86AO3: 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 stabilization or repairs of any kind.
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: 2.4 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.94” × 0.63” × 0.55”

EF89AM2: Gastropod (Helix ramondi) fossilized in translucent Opal-CT (variety lussatite), with a pearly luster and colors ranging from white to sky blue. No reconstruction or repairs of any kind. This French classic is very good quality for the locality.
Les Rois Mine, Mur-sur-Allier, Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.1 × 1.9 cm = 1.02” × 0.83” × 0.75”

EF99AL7: Gastropod (Helix ramondi) fossilized in Opal-CT (variety lussatite) translucent, with a pearly luster and colors varying from white to sky blue. In its original matrix, without glue or repairs of any kind. Very good quality for the locality, 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: 6.9 × 5.1 × 3.2 cm = 2.72” × 2.01” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2 cm = 0.87” × 0.79”

ME26AL3: Botryoidal growth of lussatite, a variety of Opal-CT of volcanic origin, translucent, shiny and with dominant blue tones, replacing a fossil. The specimen is of good quality for what is known at this locality.
Mur-sur-Allier, Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.3 × 2.2 cm = 1.89” × 1.30” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 0.5 cm = 0.83” × 0.20”

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, Pratclos (Pratclaux) vein, 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”

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”

TX98AL5: Octahedral crystal of Fluorite very rich in polycrystalline growths, transparent, bright, unusually intense in color and with Chlorite inclusions. A high quality French alpine classic.
Aiguille Verte, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±2010)

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

EFG90AN5: Octahedral Fluorite crystal with very sharp crystal forms, doubly terminated, with good luster and a pink, almost red color, unusually intense and uniform.
The specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Aiguille du Chardonnet, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2018)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3 × 1.9 cm = 1.30” × 1.18” × 0.75”

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”

TDC27AN3: Group of Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, doubly terminated, with very sharp scalenohedron forms and a very sharp interpenetration twin. Translucent, lustrous and on matrix.
This specimen, which is exceptional for the locality, comes from the Alain Martaud collection.
Largentière Mines, Largentière, Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±1980)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 6.1 × 5.7 cm = 2.99” × 2.40” × 2.24”

Main crystal size: 7 × 4.4 cm = 2.76” × 1.73”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

EB16AI1: Druse of equant Azurite crystals with a very vivid and intense bright color. They have some Malachite growths with a silky luster that replaced Cuprite crystals.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2005-2009)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.9 × 2.5 cm = 1.54” × 1.54” × 0.98”

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”

EC68AL3: Group of flattened and highly profiled crystals with sharp faces and edges and polycrystalline surfaces with a very intense, deep and uniform color. Higher quality than usual in Chessy-les-Mines, type locality of the species.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1995-1998)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.2 × 2.1 cm = 1.77” × 1.26” × 0.83”

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

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”

EP93AM1: Group of very sharp Azurite crystals with a lenticular habit, with fine polycrystalline growths, very well defined faces and edges and more vivid color, transparency and luster than usual in Chessy specimens.
The specimen, from the type locality for the species, comes from the Alain Martaud collection whose label we will send to the buyer. This high-quality specimen is from a find from 1820.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±1820)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.6 × 2.8 cm = 1.85” × 1.02” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.6 cm = 1.18” × 0.63”

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”

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”

EC96AI1: Rosette growths of Azurite crystals with a thick tabular shape. They are very sharp and bright with a vivid color and have Malachite growths with a silky luster that replaced Cuprite crystals, and they also are with small Quartz fragments.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2005-2009)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.5 × 3.2 cm = 1.97” × 1.38” × 1.26”

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

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”

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”

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”

EF66AN1: Floater group of Malachite pseudomorphs after Cuprite crystals with one of the crystals clearly dominant and with a sharp octahedral habit. Partially covered by groups of small Azurite crystals, an association that is not so frequent in Chessy, type locality for that species.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.67” × 0.63” × 0.51”

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

EH14AE8: Aggregate of Malachite replacing dodecahedral Cuprite crystals. The former Cuprite crystals are very well defined, with smooth faces, a uniform green color and are on matrix.
A French classic that is with an old German label from an unknown collector that we’ll send to the buyer.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.7 × 2.2 cm = 0.87” × 0.67” × 0.87”

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

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”

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”

EX74AG7: Aggregate of very sharp Baryte crystals, translucent, bright and with an intense color.
A sample of great quality from the Christophe Marot collection (cat. nr. C5-1), on whose label that we’ll send to the buyer is that is was acquired from the Frederic Delporte collection.
Maine Mine, Les Reclesnes, Cordesse, Lucenay-l'Évêque, Autun District, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté  France

Specimen size: 12.8 × 12 × 7 cm = 5.04” × 4.72” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 1 cm = 1.38” × 0.39”

TFR26AN4: Group of twinned Cassiterite crystals with sharp crystal forms, lustrous and on matrix, something not common in specimens from this classic locality.
This piece is from the Alain Martaud collection.
La Villeder, Le Roc-Saint-André, Vannes, Morbihan, Brittany/Bretagne  France (±1900)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 2.8 × 4.4 cm = 2.05” × 1.10” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.4 cm = 0.79” × 0.55”

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”

EJB48AO0: 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: 3.8 × 3.1 × 3.2 cm = 1.50” × 1.22” × 1.26”

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

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”

EFG56AN9: Coatings of Pyromorphite crystals with a tapered habit, some with hopper terminations, with good luster and an intense and uniform green color, on a matrix of transparent and very lustrous cubic Fluorite crystals. High quality for the deposit.
Chaillac Mine, rossignol vein, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire  France

Specimen size: 5.9 × 5.4 × 2.6 cm = 2.32” × 2.13” × 1.02”

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

EFR97AN5: Pyromorphite crystals, some doubly terminated, with sharp crystal forms and slightly curved edges, on a group of colorless Fluorite crystals, between translucent and transparent.
A French classic that comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Chaillac Mine, rossignol vein, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire  France

Specimen size: 8.4 × 4 × 3 cm = 3.31” × 1.57” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.39” × 0.16”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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.
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”

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”

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”

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.
Des Farges Mine (Les 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.
Des Farges Mine (Les 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.
Des Farges Mine (Les 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”

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.
Des Farges Mine (Les 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.
Des Farges Mine (Les 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”

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.
Des Farges Mine (Les 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”

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.
Des Farges Mine (Les 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”

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.
Des Farges Mine (Les 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.
Des Farges Mine (Les 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.
Des Farges Mine (Les 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.
Des Farges Mine (Les 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”

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.
Des Farges Mine (Les 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”

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.
Des Farges Mine (Les 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”