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Carles Curto Text: Carles Curto (formerly curator of the Geology Museum, Barcelona) & Jordi Fabre
Alfredo Petrov Translation: Alfredo Petrov
Assistance from John S. White (former Smithsonian curator) John S. White


AUVERGNE - RHÔNE - ALPES

Siderite with Pyrite
Siderite with Pyrite. Front
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Siderite with Pyrite. Side
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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”

Former collection of Grégoire de Bodinat



Bournonite on Tetrahedrite

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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”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Bournonite on Tetrahedrite.
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Quartz
Quartz. Quartz.
 

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”




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Quartz (japan law twin)

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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”




Quartz (japan law twin). Front
Front
Quartz (japan law twin). Side
Side
Quartz (japan law twin).
Antimony
Antimony.

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Antimony
 

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”




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Quartz with Hematite inclusions

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Quartz with Hematite inclusions
 

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”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Quartz with Hematite inclusions.
Quartz (variety faden)
Quartz (variety faden).
Quartz (variety faden).

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Quartz (variety faden)
 

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”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Quartz (doubly terminated)

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Quartz (doubly terminated)
 

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”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Quartz (doubly terminated).
Doubly terminated Quartz (variety faden) with Chlorite
Doubly terminated Quartz (variety faden) with Chlorite. Front
Front
Doubly terminated Quartz (variety faden) with Chlorite. Rear
Rear

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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”




Quartz
 

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”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Quartz. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Quartz. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Quartz. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
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Quartz
Quartz. Front
Front
Quartz. Rear
Rear
Quartz. Side
Side

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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”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



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Chalcopyrite with Malachite and Quartz

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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”

Former collection of Gérard Forquet



Chalcopyrite with Malachite and Quartz. Front
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Chalcopyrite with Malachite and Quartz. Rear
Rear
Chalcopyrite with Malachite and Quartz.
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Chalcopyrite
Chalcopyrite. Front
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Chalcopyrite. Rear
Rear

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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”




Chalcopyrite on Quartz

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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”




Chalcopyrite on Quartz. Front
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Chalcopyrite on Quartz. Side
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Chalcopyrite on Quartz. Side
Side
Chalcopyrite on Quartz.
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Quartz
Quartz. Front
Front
Quartz. Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Quartz. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén

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Quartz
 

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”

Former collection of Philippe Morelon



Quartz with Chalcopyrite

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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”




Quartz with Chalcopyrite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Quartz with Chalcopyrite. Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Quartz with Chalcopyrite. Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Siderite with Quartz and Chalcopyrite
Siderite with Quartz and Chalcopyrite. Siderite with Quartz and Chalcopyrite.

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Siderite with Quartz and Chalcopyrite
 

SV2150TBY: Aesthetic specimen formed by sharp lenticular crystals of zoned brown Siderite, randomly arranged on a rock matrix totally carpeted by snow-white Quartz crystals offering a nice contrast of colors. Several brightly colored Chalcopyrite crystals, golden and very shiny, adorn the piece.
The specimen comes from the former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and, most surprisingly, was found in the area of some coal mines, west of La Mure, which were closed in 1997.
Le Villaret pit, Susville, Matheysine-Trièves, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 11.7 × 4.9 × 4.8 cm = 4.61” × 1.93” × 1.89”

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

Former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon



Baryte with inclusions
 

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”

Former collection of Philippe Morelon



Baryte with inclusions. Front
Front
Baryte with inclusions. Rear
Rear
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Tetrahedrite with Siderite
Tetrahedrite with Siderite. Front
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Tetrahedrite with Siderite. Side
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Tetrahedrite with Siderite. Side
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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”




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Sphalerite with Bournonite and Siderite
 

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”




Sphalerite with Bournonite and Siderite. Sphalerite with Bournonite and Siderite.
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Siderite with Calcite
Siderite with Calcite. Front
Front
Siderite with Calcite. Rear
Rear

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Siderite with Calcite
 

SV2160TGM: Group of very sharp lenticular crystals of Siderite with different shades of brown, some of them very aerial and more developed. On the back of the piece a delicate group of very fine tabular Calcite crystals with a pale cream color adorns the piece.
It is amazing that the specimen came from an area of coal mines, at La Mure.
La Mure coal mines, La Mure, Matheysine-Trièves, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 6.6 × 3.6 × 4.5 cm = 2.60” × 1.42” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 3.2 cm = 2.05” × 1.26”




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Siderite with Calcite and Pyrite

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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”




Siderite with Calcite and Pyrite. Siderite with Calcite and Pyrite.
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Siderite with Quartz
Siderite with Quartz. Siderite with Quartz.

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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”

Former collection of Philippe Morelon



Prehnite with Epidote and Albite
 

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”


minID: 5CD-PFW



Prehnite with Epidote and Albite. Prehnite with Epidote and Albite.
Prehnite with Epidote and Actinolite (variety byssolite)
Prehnite with Epidote and Actinolite (variety byssolite). Front
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Prehnite with Epidote and Actinolite (variety byssolite). Side
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Prehnite with Epidote and Actinolite (variety byssolite).

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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”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Prehnite with Epidote and Actinolite (variety byssolite)

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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”




Prehnite with Epidote and Actinolite (variety byssolite). Front
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Prehnite with Epidote and Actinolite (variety byssolite). Rear
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Prehnite with Orthoclase (variety adular) and Actinolite (variety byssolite)
Prehnite with Orthoclase (variety adular) and Actinolite (variety byssolite). Prehnite with Orthoclase (variety adular) and Actinolite (variety byssolite).
Prehnite with Orthoclase (variety adular) and Actinolite (variety byssolite).

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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”




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Calcite (variety papierspat)

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EMJ56AQ1: Floater group of extraordinarily flattened transparent Calcite crystals, sharp and rich in inclusions.
Unusual for this locality.
La Combe de la Selle, Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans, Le Bourg d'Oisans Comune, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2022)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 6.5 × 0.4 cm = 3.11” × 2.56” × 0.16”

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Calcite (variety papierspat). Front
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Calcite (variety papierspat). Rear
Rear
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Axinite-(Fe) with Albite
Axinite-(Fe) with Albite. Front
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Axinite-(Fe) with Albite. Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Axinite-(Fe) with Albite. Side
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Axinite-(Fe) with Albite.

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EPX89AQ1: A novelty from Sainte Marie 2023.
Fine aerial growth of very sharp Axinite-(Fe) crystals, transparent, lustrous, brown with mauve tones, and with small white Albite coatings. No axinites like these were previously known from this locality.

Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans, Le Bourg d'Oisans Comune, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2019-2020)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 4.9 × 4 cm = 3.27” × 1.93” × 1.57”

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




Quartz (variety faden)
 

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”




Quartz (variety faden).
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Quartz (variety faden)
Quartz (variety faden). Front
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Quartz (variety faden). Rear
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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”




Axinite-(Fe) with Epidote

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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”

Former collection of Jean-Louis Goux



Axinite-(Fe) with Epidote. Front
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Axinite-(Fe) with Epidote. Side
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Axinite-(Fe) with Epidote. Axinite-(Fe) with Epidote.
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Aragonite with Calcite
Aragonite with Calcite. Aragonite with Calcite.

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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”

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Former collection of Alain Martaud



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Fluorite

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Fluorite
 

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”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Fluorite. Front
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Fluorite. Side
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Fluorite
Fluorite. Fluorite.

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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”

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Fluorite with Baryte

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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”




Fluorite with Baryte. Fluorite with Baryte.
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Fluorite
Fluorite. Front
Front
Fluorite. Side
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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”

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Former collection of Alain Martaud



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Fluorite

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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”

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Fluorite. Front
Front
Fluorite. Side
Side
Fluorite. Fluorite.
Fluorite
Fluorite. Fluorite.
Fluorite.

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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”




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Fluorite

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Fluorite
 

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”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Fluorite.
Fluorite with Quartz
Fluorite with Quartz. Fluorite with Quartz.

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TFR67AQ0: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, very transparent and lustrous, of intense and uniform light blue color, on matrix, with Quartz. With the characteristic deep violet banding that is typical of Fluorite from this locality.
Le Beix Mine, Saint-Germain-près-Herment, Herment, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 9.2 × 6.9 × 5.4 cm = 3.62” × 2.72” × 2.13”

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Fluorite with Quartz

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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”

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former collection of Michel Maigrot



Fluorite with Quartz. Fluorite with Quartz.
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Baryte
Baryte.
Baryte.

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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”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Baryte
 

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”

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Former collection of Alain Martaud



Baryte.
Baryte
Baryte.

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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”

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Former collection of Alain Martaud



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Baryte

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Baryte
 

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”

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Former collection of Lisarde



Baryte.
Baryte. Top
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Baryte
Baryte. Baryte.
 

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”

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Former collection of Alain Martaud



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Baryte

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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”

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Former collection of Alain Martaud



Baryte.
Baryte
Baryte. Baryte.

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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”

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Former collection of Alain Martaud



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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”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Baryte. Baryte.
Baryte
Baryte. Front
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Baryte. Side
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Baryte. Baryte.

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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”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



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Opal-CT (variety lussatite) after fossil (Helix ramondi)

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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”

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Opal-CT (variety lussatite) after fossil (Helix ramondi). Front
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Opal-CT (variety lussatite) after fossil (Helix ramondi). Rear
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Opal-CT (variety lussatite) after fossil (Helix ramondi)
Opal-CT (variety lussatite) after fossil (Helix ramondi). Front
Front
Opal-CT (variety lussatite) after fossil (Helix ramondi). Rear
Rear

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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”

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Opal-CT (variety lussatite) after fossil (Helix ramondi)

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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”

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Opal-CT (variety lussatite) after fossil (Helix ramondi). Opal-CT (variety lussatite) after fossil (Helix ramondi).
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Opal-CT (variety lussatite) after fossil (Helix ramondi)
Opal-CT (variety lussatite) after fossil (Helix ramondi). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Opal-CT (variety lussatite) after fossil (Helix ramondi). Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Opal-CT (variety lussatite) after fossil (Helix ramondi). Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén

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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”

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Fluorite with Quartz after Fluorite
 

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”

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Former collection of Pierre-Marie Guy



Fluorite with Quartz after Fluorite. Fluorite with Quartz after Fluorite.
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Fluorite with Quartz and Sphalerite
Fluorite with Quartz and Sphalerite. Fluorite with Quartz and Sphalerite.

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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”

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Former collection of Alain Martaud



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Baryte

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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”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Baryte.
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Quartz (doubly terminated variety smoky quartz) with Quartz
Quartz (doubly terminated variety smoky quartz) with Quartz. Front
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Quartz (doubly terminated variety smoky quartz) with Quartz. Side
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Quartz (doubly terminated variety smoky quartz) with Quartz. Bottom
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Quartz (doubly terminated variety smoky quartz) with Quartz. Rear
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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”




Quartz (doubly terminated variety smoky quartz) with Quartz

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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”




Quartz (doubly terminated variety smoky quartz) with Quartz. Front
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Quartz (doubly terminated variety smoky quartz) with Quartz. Bottom
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Quartz (doubly terminated variety smoky quartz) with Quartz. Rear
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Quartz (variety smoky quartz) with Albite
Quartz (variety smoky quartz) with Albite. Front
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Quartz (variety smoky quartz) with Albite. Side
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Quartz (variety smoky quartz) with Albite
 

SV3760EGA:

We couldn't reach the end of this edition without one of the most classic of classics: an 'alpine' quality smoky Quartz, with its small matrix of Albite, and, like the mountains in which it forms, standing tall, pointing towards the sky.
Pointe des Périades, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±1995)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 6.9 × 5.4 cm = 4.53” × 2.72” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 11.5 × 4.4 cm = 4.53” × 1.73”




Quartz (variety smoky and gwindel) with Chlorite

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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”




Quartz (variety smoky and gwindel) with Chlorite. Front
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Quartz (variety smoky and gwindel) with Chlorite. Rear
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Quartz (variety smoky and gwindel) with Chlorite. Top
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Fluorite (octahedral) with Quartz (variety smoky quartz)
Fluorite (octahedral) with Quartz (variety smoky quartz). Front
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Fluorite (octahedral) with Quartz (variety smoky quartz). Side
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Fluorite (octahedral) with Quartz (variety smoky quartz). Side
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Fluorite (octahedral) with Quartz (variety smoky quartz).

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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”




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Quartz (variety smoky) with Albite

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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”

Former collection of Gérard Bertrand



Quartz (variety smoky) with Albite. Quartz (variety smoky) with Albite.
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Quartz (variety smoky)
Quartz (variety smoky). Quartz (variety smoky).

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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”




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Quartz (variety smoky and variety gwindel)

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Quartz (variety smoky and variety gwindel)
 

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”




Quartz (variety smoky and variety gwindel).
Quartz (variety smoky and variety gwindel).
Fluorite (octahedral) with Quartz (variety smoky)
Fluorite (octahedral) with Quartz (variety smoky). Fluorite (octahedral) with Quartz (variety smoky).
Fluorite (octahedral) with Quartz (variety smoky).

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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”

Former collection of Ginette Verax



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Octahedral Fluorite on Albite

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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”

Fluorescent long UV & minor fluorescence short UV

minID: NKF-E26



Octahedral Fluorite on Albite. Octahedral Fluorite on Albite.
Octahedral Fluorite on Albite.
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Fluorite on Quartz (variety smoky)
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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”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Alain Martaud



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Wulfenite on Baryte
 

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”




Wulfenite on Baryte. Wulfenite on Baryte.
Calcite
Calcite.

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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”

Very fluorescent long & short UV



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Cerussite
 

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”

Fluorescent long & short UV



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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”

Fluorescent long & short UV



Cerussite
 

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”

Minor fluorescence short UV



Cerussite.
Quartz (variety faden)
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Quartz (variety faden)
 

SV295TMX: Group of translucent and very lustrous Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant, arranged parallel to each other and oriented preferentially, flattened and doubly terminated, with a very marked longitudinal faden perpendicular to the crystal growth axis.
A typical specimen of alpine fissures.
La Lauzière Massif, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.3 × 1.9 cm = 2.28” × 1.69” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.5 cm = 1.22” × 0.98”




Quartz with Chlorite, Anatase and Rutile

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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”




Quartz with Chlorite, Anatase and Rutile. Quartz with Chlorite, Anatase and Rutile.
Quartz with Chlorite, Anatase and Rutile. Quartz with Chlorite, Anatase and Rutile.
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Anatase
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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”




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Quartz with Chlorite inclusions
 

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”

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez



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Quartz
 

SV2120TTD: Floater group of Quartz crystals between transparent and translucent, one of them clearly dominant and very peculiar by displaying a marked twist reminiscent of a dolphin's leap.
From an alpine peak more than 2,000 meters above sea level.
Grand Châtelar, Jarrier, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.6 × 4.4 cm = 2.52” × 2.20” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 2.1 cm = 2.44” × 0.83”




Quartz with Chlorite inclusions and Albite

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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”

Former collection of Gérard Bertrand



Quartz with Chlorite inclusions and Albite. Quartz with Chlorite inclusions and Albite.
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Azurite (double terminated)
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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”

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Azurite with Malachite after Cuprite

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Azurite with Malachite after Cuprite
 

SV290TTX: Floater group of Azurite crystals of flattened habit forming a rosette with marked polycrystalline growths with uniform and deep blue color, all adorned by a crown of Malachite pseudomorphic after Cuprite crystals.
From the type locality for Azurite.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2 × 0.7 cm = 0.91” × 0.79” × 0.28”

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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”

Type locality



Azurite

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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”

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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”

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Azurite with Malachite

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Azurite with Malachite
 

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”

Type locality

Former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon



Azurite with Malachite. Azurite with Malachite.
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Azurite.
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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”

Type locality

Former collection of Philippe Morelon



Azurite
 

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”

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Azurite. Azurite.
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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”

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Azurite with Malachite after Cuprite
 

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”

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Azurite with Malachite after Cuprite. Azurite with Malachite after Cuprite.
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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”

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Azurite with Malachite and Baryte
 

EM86AG9: Group of Azurite crystals with a short prismatic shape, some of them doubly terminated, with parallel growths and with small Baryte 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”

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Azurite with Malachite and Baryte. Azurite with Malachite and Baryte.
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Azurite
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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”

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Azurite with Baryte

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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”

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Azurite with Baryte. Azurite with Baryte.
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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”

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Azurite with Malachite

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Azurite with Malachite
 

EPX51AQ1: Vug of equant Azurite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, partially pseudomorphed by Malachite, and on matrix.
An excellent -and old- French classic of high quality and from the Azurite type locality.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.4 × 3.4 cm = 1.93” × 1.73” × 1.34”

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

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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”

Type locality

minID: 9UH-FL5



Azurite with Malachite after Cuprite
 

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”

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Azurite with Malachite after Cuprite
 

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”

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Azurite
Azurite  

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”

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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”

Type locality

minID: FWN-EG8



Azurite
 

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”

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Azurite. Azurite.
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Azurite with Malachite after Cuprite
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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”

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Azurite with Baryte

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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 Bleu, 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”

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Azurite with Malachite
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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”

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Malachite after Cuprite
Malachite after Cuprite  

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”

Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar



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Malachite after Cuprite
Malachite after Cuprite.
 

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”




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Malachite after Cuprite with Azurite

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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”

Type locality

Former collection of Philippe Morelon

minID: TE8-CVF



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Orthoserpierite
Orthoserpierite. Orthoserpierite.

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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”

Type locality

Former collection of Alain Martaud



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BOURGOGNE - FRANCHE-COMTÉ

Arseniosiderite

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Arseniosiderite
 

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”

Type locality



Arseniosiderite. Arseniosiderite.
Fluorite with Quartz, Goethite and Baryte
Fluorite with Quartz, Goethite and Baryte. Front
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Fluorite with Quartz, Goethite and Baryte.
 

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”

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Former collection of Alain Martaud



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Baryte
 

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”

Fluorescent long & short UV

minID: T20-C7F



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BRITTANY / BRETAGNE

Cassiterite with Quartz and Mica
Cassiterite with Quartz and Mica.

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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”

Former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon



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Cassiterite with Quartz and Mica

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Cassiterite with Quartz and Mica
 

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”

Former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon



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Cassiterite with Quartz
 

SV2180TJD: Complex Cassiterite crystal showing polycrystalline growths on the faces of the crystal with dark brown tones, embedded in a matrix of Quartz.
It comes from an already extinct deposit exploited for beryllium, molybdenum and tin, and worked since Roman times. A real oldie.
La Villeder, Le Roc-Saint-André, Vannes, Morbihan, Brittany/Bretagne  France (±1900)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4 × 2.5 cm = 2.05” × 1.57” × 0.98”

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




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Galena after Pyromorphite (variety sexangulite)
 

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”


minID: CP5-29K



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Galena after Pyromorphite (variety sexangulite)
Galena after Pyromorphite (variety sexangulite). Galena after Pyromorphite (variety sexangulite).

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Galena after Pyromorphite (variety sexangulite)
 

EMJ49AQ1: Galena pseudomorphs after Pyromorphite (sexangulite variety)
Aerial prismatic crystals of Pyromorphite pseudomorphed by Galena (variety sexangulite), on matrix. An old specimen, a rarity with "pedigree" and subjected to numerous avatars, as evidenced by the extensive accompanying labels. From the collection of Ferdinand Gonnard it went to the École de Mines in Paris, and from there to a German collector whose name was not preserved, to be, later, commercialized and passed successively to Frédéric Bonnet, Maxime Tomljanovic, Thierry Buléon, and Benjamín Carballo. This type of specimen is so difficult to obtain that it is not surprising that it moved through so many collections.

Huelgoat, Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany/Bretagne  France

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.6 × 1.8 cm = 1.42” × 1.02” × 0.71”

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

Former collection of Ferdinand Gonnard

Former collection of Maxime Tomljanovic



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Gold with Quartz

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EXL99AQ1: Group of generally hooked Gold crystals, some with crystal forms deformed by curvatures.
The specimen comes from a find at the end of the 19th century in a locality practically unknown by the Gold seekers of the time, although reported subsequently in scientific and popular publications, and was discovered by chance among the minerals for sale at a local merchant.
Hennebont, Lorient, Morbihan, Brittany/Bretagne  France (±1880)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.67” × 0.47” × 0.20”

Weight: 2.5 grams



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Gold with Quartz. Front
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Gold with Quartz.
 

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”




Gold with Quartz
 

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”

Weight: 9.8 grams



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Gold with Quartz.
Gold with Quartz
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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”

Weight: 4.1 grams



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Gold with Quartz

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EPQ17AQ1: Dendritic growths of generally hooked Gold crystals, some with crystal forms deformed by curvatures, on Quartz matrix.
The specimen comes from a find at the end of the 19th century in a location practically unknown by the Gold seekers of the time, although it was later reported in scientific and popular publications, and was discovered by chance among the minerals for sale at a local merchant.

Hennebont, Lorient, Morbihan, Brittany/Bretagne  France (±1880)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 1.18” × 0.87” × 0.59”




Gold with Quartz. Gold with Quartz.
Gold with Quartz.
Gold on Quartz
Gold on Quartz. Front
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Gold on Quartz.

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EYP3AQ1: Dendritic growths of generally hooked crystals, some with crystal forms deformed by curvatures, on Quartz matrix.
The specimen comes from a find at the end of the 19th century in a location practically unknown by the Gold seekers of the time, although it was later reported in scientific and popular publications, and was discovered by chance among the minerals for sale at a local merchant.
Hennebont, Lorient, Morbihan, Brittany/Bretagne  France (±1880)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.61” × 0.98” × 0.87”




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CENTRE - VAL DE LOIRE

Fluorite with Pyromorphite and Baryte
 

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”

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Pyromorphite with Fluorite
Pyromorphite with Fluorite. Pyromorphite with Fluorite.
Pyromorphite with Fluorite.

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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”




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Fluorite with Baryte

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Fluorite with Baryte
 

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”

Former collection of Philippe Morelon



Fluorite with Baryte.
Fluorite with Pyromorphite
Fluorite with Pyromorphite. Front
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Fluorite with Pyromorphite. Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
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Fluorite with Pyromorphite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
 

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”

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Former collection of George Bouvet



Fluorite with inclusions
 

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”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Philippe Morelon



Fluorite with inclusions. Fluorite with inclusions.
Fluorite with Baryte
Fluorite with Baryte. Front
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Fluorite with Baryte. Light behind
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Fluorite with Baryte.
Fluorite with Baryte  

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”

Former collection of Christophe Marot

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Fluorite with Baryte

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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”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Fluorite with Baryte. Front
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Fluorite with Baryte.
Fluorite with Baryte
Fluorite with Baryte. Front
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Fluorite with Baryte.
 

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”

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minID: KX0-DJ3



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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”

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minID: UJC-X8V



Fluorite. Fluorite.
Fluorite
Fluorite. Fluorite.
 

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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

minID: JWE-KK3



Fluorite with Baryte
 

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”

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minID: 98G-7VA



Fluorite with Baryte. Fluorite with Baryte.
Cerussite
Cerussite. Front
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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”

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Cerussite
 

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”

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Cerussite. Cerussite.
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GRAND EST

Fluorite
Fluorite. Front
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Fluorite. Side
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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”




Fluorite with Quartz

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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”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Fluorite with Quartz . Fluorite with Quartz .
Fluorite
Fluorite. Fluorite.

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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”




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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”

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minID: L86-P5N



Fluorite with Quartz.
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Fluorite.

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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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

minID: PYK-JF6



Aragonite

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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”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Alain Martaud



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Aragonite (variety Cu-bearing aragonite)
Aragonite (variety Cu-bearing aragonite). Front
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Aragonite (variety Cu-bearing aragonite). Side
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Aragonite (variety Cu-bearing aragonite).

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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”




Hematite with Quartz

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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”




Hematite with Quartz. Front
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Hematite with Quartz. Rear
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Hematite with Quartz.
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Hematite
Hematite.
Hematite.

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Hematite
 

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”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Hematite

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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”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Hematite. Hematite.
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ÎLE-DE-FRANCE

Calcite with sand inclusions
Calcite with sand inclusions. Front
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Calcite with sand inclusions. Rear
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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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Calcite with sand inclusions

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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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Calcite with sand inclusions. Front
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Calcite with sand inclusions
Calcite with sand inclusions. Front
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Calcite with sand inclusions. Rear
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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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Calcite with sand inclusions

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Calcite with sand inclusions
 

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”




Calcite with sand inclusions. Front
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Calcite with sand inclusions
Calcite with sand inclusions. Front
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Calcite with sand inclusions. Rear
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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”

Fluorescent long & short UV



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Calcite with sand inclusions

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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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Calcite with sand inclusions. Front
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Calcite with sand inclusions. Rear
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Calcite with sand inclusions
Calcite with sand inclusions. Front
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Calcite with sand inclusions. Rear
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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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



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Calcite with sand inclusions

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

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

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

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV



Calcite with sand inclusions. Front
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Calcite with sand inclusions. Side
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Calcite with sand inclusions
Calcite with sand inclusions. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Calcite with sand inclusions. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén

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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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



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Calcite with sand inclusions

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Calcite with sand inclusions
 

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

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

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Moutet (Marseille)



Calcite with sand inclusions. Front
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NEW CALEDONIA

Malachite after Copper
Malachite after Copper.

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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”




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NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE

Pyromorphite

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

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

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




Pyromorphite.
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Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
 

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

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

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

Minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of Bob Noble



Pyromorphite

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Pyromorphite
 

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

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

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
 

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

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

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




Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite  

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

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

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

Zoned fluorescence long & short UV

minID: Y2G-8U0



Pyromorphite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Pyromorphite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Pyromorphite. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
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Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite. Front
Front
Pyromorphite. Side
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Pyromorphite.

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

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

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

Former collection of Santiago Jiménez García



Pyromorphite

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

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

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
 

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

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

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




Pyromorphite with Quartz

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

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

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




Pyromorphite with Quartz. Front
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Pyromorphite with Quartz. Rear
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Pyromorphite with Quartz.
Pyromorphite on Calcite
Pyromorphite on Calcite. Pyromorphite on Calcite.
 

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

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

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

Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV

minID: LDT-5LH



Pyromorphite with Baryte

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

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

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

Minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Pyromorphite with Baryte. Front
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Pyromorphite with Baryte. Rear
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Pyromorphite with Baryte.
Pyromorphite with Baryte
Pyromorphite with Baryte. Front
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Pyromorphite with Baryte. Rear
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Pyromorphite with Baryte.
 

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

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




Pyromorphite

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Pyromorphite
 

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

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

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

Former collection of Philippe Morelon



Pyromorphite.
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Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
 

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

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

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




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Pyromorphite with Baryte

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

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

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




Pyromorphite with Baryte. Pyromorphite with Baryte.
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Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.

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

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

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Denis Boël, number 979

Former collection of Alain Martaud



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Pyromorphite with Baryte
Pyromorphite with Baryte  

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

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

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




Pyromorphite with Baryte.
Pyromorphite with Baryte.
Pyromorphite with Quartz
Pyromorphite with Quartz. Pyromorphite with Quartz.

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

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

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




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Pyromorphite with Baryte

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

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

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




Pyromorphite with Baryte. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Pyromorphite with Baryte. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Pyromorphite with Baryte. Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén
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Pyromorphite with Baryte
Pyromorphite with Baryte. Pyromorphite with Baryte.

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

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

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

Minor fluorescence short UV



Pyromorphite with Baryte

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

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

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

Former collection of Philippe Morelon



Pyromorphite with Baryte. Front
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Pyromorphite with Baryte. Side
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Pyromorphite with Baryte.
Pyromorphite with Quartz
Pyromorphite with Quartz. Pyromorphite with Quartz.
Pyromorphite with Quartz.

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

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

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




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Aragonite with Quartz (variety hematoide)

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

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

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




Aragonite with Quartz (variety hematoide). Front
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Aragonite with Quartz (variety hematoide). Side
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Gypsum
Gypsum.

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Gypsum
 

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

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




Fluorite
 

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

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

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

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Fluorite. Fluorite.
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Fluorite
Fluorite.

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Fluorite
 

XM295EXH: Transparent and lustrous floater crystal of Fluorite with well defined faces and edges and polycrystalline growths on the crystal faces. From a locality from which only few quality specimens are known.
The specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Font d'Arques, Cabrières-Péret mining district, Mèze, Béziers District, Hérault, Occitanie  France (2021)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 3.1 × 2.5 cm = 1.26” × 1.22” × 0.98”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Fluorite
 

TTK64AN3: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, transparent, with good luster and a pale sky-blue color. From a locality from which few quality specimens are known.
This specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
Font d'Arques, Cabrières-Péret mining district, Mèze, Béziers District, Hérault, Occitanie  France (2021)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3 × 3.4 cm = 1.30” × 1.18” × 1.34”

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Former collection of Alain Martaud



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Fluorite
Fluorite. Front
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Fluorite. Top
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TVL96AN3: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, transparent, lustrous, colorless and very rich in inclusions. From a locality from which few high-quality specimens are known.
The specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
Font d'Arques, Cabrières-Péret mining district, Mèze, Béziers District, Hérault, Occitanie  France (2021)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.6 × 3.4 cm = 2.13” × 1.42” × 1.34”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Malachite on Baryte

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TBL14AO4: Centered groups of primary Malachite crystals, with a very deep color, lustrous, and scattered on a group of Baryte crystals with a superficial yellow tint of oxides.
The specimen, from a little-known French locality, comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Font d'Arques, Cabrières-Péret mining district, Mèze, Béziers District, Hérault, Occitanie  France (2021)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.65” × 1.26” × 0.67”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Malachite on Baryte. Front
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Baryte
Baryte. Front
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Baryte. Side
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TMX69AN3: Very aerial group of lustrous sharp lenticular crystals of Baryte, with translucent edges and a uniform snow-white color. High quality for the locality.
The specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
Font d'Arques, Cabrières-Péret mining district, Mèze, Béziers District, Hérault, Occitanie  France (2019)

Specimen size: 14.3 × 11.2 × 6 cm = 5.63” × 4.41” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 7 × 3.5 cm = 2.76” × 1.38”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



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Fluorite with Quartz

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TBX86AQ0: Fluorite crystals with a flattened shape, between transparent and translucent, and on a matrix of thick Quartz crystals.
Recent work at this little-known historical mine has yielded some interesting specimens like this one.
La Boule Mine, Le Kaymar, Lunel, Montpellier, Hérault Department, Occitanie  France (2023)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.9 × 2.4 cm = 2.56” × 2.32” × 0.94”

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

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Fluorite with Quartz. Fluorite with Quartz.
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Quartz
Quartz.

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EBB16AP3: Druse of Quartz crystals with poorly developed prisms, translucent, lustrous and uniform white. The specimen comes from recent finds around the old mines of La Boule, which have not been active for a long time.
La Boule Mine, Le Kaymar, Lunel, Montpellier, Hérault Department, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 9.3 × 6.2 × 2.7 cm = 3.66” × 2.44” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 4.4 cm = 2.05” × 1.73”




Calcite (twinned) with Sphalerite

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ELR87AP3: Group of Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and very aerial, formed by a dominant scalenohedron, terminated by rhombohedron faces, clearly twinned, translucent, lustrous and on matrix, with Sphalerite microcrystals. The specimen, of high quality for the locality, is from an old find made in 1971. The piece comes from the collection of Pierre-Marie Guy who was the one who found it.
Trèves Mine, Fournels Valley, Trèves, Gard, Occitanie  France (1971)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 8.3 × 6.2 cm = 3.35” × 3.27” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 7.1 × 3 cm = 2.80” × 1.18”

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Calcite (twinned) with Sphalerite. Calcite (twinned) with Sphalerite.
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Galena with Siderite
Galena with Siderite. Galena with Siderite.

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ELM67AP3: Group of cubo-octahedral Galena crystals partially coated by botryoidal aggregates of dark brown lenticular Siderite crystals. This very old specimen is of optimal quality for the locality.
Trèves Mine, Fournels Valley, Trèves, Gard, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 8 × 4.6 × 3.2 cm = 3.15” × 1.81” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 3.2 cm = 1.30” × 1.26”




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Baryte on Sphalerite

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TXC47AP9: Oval shaped aggregate formed by tabular Baryte crystals, lustrous and snow-white. On matrix and with transparent, lustrous and very sharp Sphalerite crystals. The specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
It is relatively unusual since the 'pom-pom' barytes from this locality do not usually appear associated with Sphalerite.
Les Cèdres Mine, Les Malines mining district, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Le Vigan, Gard Department, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 11.8 × 6.6 × 5 cm = 4.65” × 2.60” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 6 × 3.4 cm = 2.36” × 1.34”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Baryte on Sphalerite. Front
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Baryte on Sphalerite.
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Chalcopyrite with Baryte
Chalcopyrite with Baryte. Chalcopyrite with Baryte.
 

TXA14AN4: Druse of white lamellar Baryte crystals, sharp, and partially covered by small twinned Chalcopyrite crystals. Curiously, Chalcopyrite is a rare species at this well-known locality.
This specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
Les Cèdres Mine, Asce. 32, Les Malines mining district, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Le Vigan, Gard Department, Occitanie  France (±1990)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 6.8 × 3.4 cm = 2.91” × 2.68” × 1.34”

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

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Baryte with Sphalerite
 

EF50AM3: Group of very sharp Baryte crystals, lustrous and with a snow-white color. On matrix, with small transparent, lustrous and sharp Sphalerite crystals. The matrix has been sawn at the base and reduced on the sides to give the piece a more appropriate size.
Les Malines mining district, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Le Vigan, Gard Department, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 11 × 9.4 × 6.6 cm = 4.33” × 3.70” × 2.60”

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Baryte with Sphalerite. Baryte with Sphalerite.
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Baryte with Sphalerite
Baryte with Sphalerite. Baryte with Sphalerite.

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LRX53AP4: Small twinned crystals of Sphalerite, translucent and very lustrous, bordered by groups of white lamellar Baryte crystals.
A French classic, of great quality for the locality, which comes from the Philippe Morelon collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Les Malines mining district, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Le Vigan, Gard Department, Occitanie  France (±1979)

Specimen size: 14.5 × 12.7 × 5.8 cm = 5.71” × 5.00” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.3 cm = 0.91” × 0.51”

Former collection of Philippe Morelon



Baryte with Sphalerite

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Baryte with Sphalerite
 

TC2740LMN: Spheroidal growths of lustrous lamellar Baryte crystals, with a snow-white color and implanted on a matrix covered with small Sphalerite crystals.
The specimen comes from the collection of Philippe Morelon (number 479), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Les Malines mining district, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Le Vigan, Gard Department, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 22.4 × 14.2 × 6.9 cm = 8.82” × 5.59” × 2.72”

Former collection of Philippe Morelon



Baryte with Sphalerite.
Baryte with Sphalerite.
Fluorite
Fluorite. Fluorite.
Fluorite  

TP89X7: Aggregate of cubic crystals, of large size for the locality, between translucent and transparent, bright and showing well defined phantom growths. Very notable for the locality.
Durfort Mines, Durfort-et-Saint-Martin-de-Sossenac, Sauve, Le Vigan, Gard Department, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 10.5 × 9.7 × 5.7 cm = 4.13” × 3.82” × 2.24”

Main crystal size: 5.4 × 2.7 cm = 2.13” × 1.06”

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Former collection of Gilles Emringer



Azurite with Cerussite
Azurite with Cerussite  

SG96AC0: Spheroidal Azurite aggregates, one of them clearly dominant, that are bright and with a very deep color. They are on a rocky matrix, with small but very well defined and bright Cerussite crystals. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Mas Dieu, Mercoirol, Alès, Gard, Occitanie  France (2004)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.8 × 2.4 cm = 2.24” × 1.89” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0,9 cm = 0.39” × 0.00”

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani



Azurite with Cerussite. Azurite with Cerussite.
Azurite with Cerussite.
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Aragonite
Aragonite.

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EQM13AO1: Very aerial coralloidal growths of Aragonite with an uniform sky-blue color that coexists with areas of white Aragonite. The specimen, from a well known French locality, has a more intense color than usual in specimens from this provenance.
A French classic that comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.

Arrigas Mines, Arrigas, Le Vigan, Gard Department, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 4.2 × 4.1 × 1.3 cm = 1.65” × 1.61” × 0.51”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



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Aragonite (variety Cu-bearing)

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EFB16AP4: Very aerial coraloidal growths of slightly bluish green Aragonite that coexist with areas of white Aragonite. These specimens are French classics, although rarely seen. This one is old and has a more intense color than usual for specimens from this locality, with an important size and many growth figures.
It comes from the collection of Pierre-Marie Guy, who was the one who found it in 1964 in the 'Roman gallery of Arrigas'
Arrigas Mines, Arrigas, Le Vigan, Gard Department, Occitanie  France (1964)

Specimen size: 20.2 × 10 × 8.3 cm = 7.95” × 3.94” × 3.27”

Former collection of Pierre-Marie Guy



Aragonite (variety Cu-bearing). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Aragonite (variety Cu-bearing). Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Aragonite (variety Cu-bearing). Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Aragonite (variety Cu-bearing). Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Calcite
Calcite. Calcite.
Calcite  

SH96AE3: Druse, on a rocky matrix, of crystals showing single prisms and terminal rhombohedra in very well defined parallel growths. The crystals have very well defined color zones due to reddish Hematite inclusions.
The sample is with a label from the Stoppani collection that we’ll send to the buyer.
Cadacu Quarry, Laval-Pradel, La Grand-Combe, Alès, Gard, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 10.5 × 9.4 × 3.2 cm = 4.13” × 3.70” × 1.26”

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

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Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani



Calcite

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TFB46AO4: Group of Calcite crystals with the dominant crystal forms of the scalenohedron, between translucent and transparent, with good luster and a uniform light yellow color. The sample is a rarity, given the large size of the crystal, from a little-known French locality.
It comes from the collection of Alain Martaud, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Bagard Quarry, Bagard, Alès, Gard, Occitanie  France (2020)

Specimen size: 8.9 × 7.4 × 5.3 cm = 3.50” × 2.91” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 5.3 × 3.4 cm = 2.09” × 1.34”

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Former collection of Alain Martaud



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Calcite
Calcite.
Calcite.
Calcite  

TC2120EBM: Druse of scalenohedral crystals, many of them doubly terminated, transparent, with good luster and an intense yellow color. The specimen, of the best quality for the locality, comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Bagard Quarry, Bagard, Alès, Gard, Occitanie  France (2017)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 6.4 × 4 cm = 3.46” × 2.52” × 1.57”

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




Calcite
Calcite  

EB88AG7: Aggregate of Calcite crystals, very rich with faces and whose length is very much larger than usual for this quarry. The crystals show predominant scalenohedron and rhombohedron forms with slight curvatures on their faces and edges. They are colorless and between translucent and transparent.
The sample is from the Christophe Marot collection (cat. nr.. C7-8), whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Bagard Quarry, Bagard, Alès, Gard, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 13.8 × 8.3 × 7.7 cm = 5.43” × 3.27” × 3.03”

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

Former collection of Christophe Marot

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Calcite. Front
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Calcite. Rear
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Calcite
Calcite. Calcite.

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Calcite
 

ERB47AO1: Calcite crystals, on matrix, in which the forms of a prism and the terminal rhombohedron predominate. The crystals are translucent to transparent, lustrous, and have a uniform yellow color and very visible scalenohedral phantom growths inside. Of excellent quality for the deposit.
This specimen was exhibited in the exhibition ¨Les Malines et les mines des Cévennes”, at the Musée Cévenol, in Vigan, Gard, in 2014, and comes from the collection of Alain Martaud, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Anduze Quarry, Anduze, Alès, Gard, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 14.8 × 9.5 × 4.6 cm = 5.83” × 3.74” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 1.8 cm = 1.10” × 0.71”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Calcite with sand inclusions

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Calcite with sand inclusions
 

XM2160MMF: Floater group of sharp rhombohedral Calcite crystals with abundant inclusions of sand which is also formed of small Calcite crystals, some of them more developed.
This specimen, reminiscent of the best-known pieces from Fontainebleau, comes from a different deposit, Cabrerets, which is characterized precisely by these larger size sand grains.
Cabrerets, Lauzès, Cahors, Lot Department, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.7 × 4.3 cm = 3.03” × 2.24” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 2.4 cm = 1.77” × 0.94”

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Calcite with sand inclusions.
Galena with Sphalerite
Galena with Sphalerite. Front
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ER97AL8: Octahedral crystals of Galena, well outlined and with very marked geometric growth figures. On a matrix of small complex crystals of Sphalerite with a very deep red color. Possibly one of the best specimens from this specific find in a not very well known mine.
Planioles Mine, Planioles, Figeac-Ouest, Figeac, Lot Department, Occitanie  France (2003)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.1 × 2.6 cm = 3.03” × 2.40” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 3 cm = 1.26” × 1.18”


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Fluorite

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TJX16AO7: Druse of transparent Fluorite crystals, with a very bright luster and reflections of very pale somewhat greenish blue tones. From a classic French locality.
Le Burc Mine, Alban-Le Fraysse area, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 6.4 × 6.2 × 2.4 cm = 2.52” × 2.44” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.43” × 0.35”

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Fluorite. Fluorite.
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Fluorite with Quartz
Fluorite with Quartz. Fluorite with Quartz.
 

EA96AM2: Group of transparent Fluorite crystals, with very bright luster, and an intense and vivid blue color typical of the best specimens from this mine, on a matrix of white Quartz crystals. A French classic.
The specimen is from the prestigious Pierre-Marie Guy fluorite collection.
Le Burc Mine, Alban-Le Fraysse area, Tarn, Occitanie  France (±1980)

Specimen size: 9 × 5 × 4.4 cm = 3.54” × 1.97” × 1.73”

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

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Former collection of Pierre-Marie Guy



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Copper with Fluorite
Copper with Fluorite  

TY37AN2: Dendritic growth of small Copper crystals with sharp crystal forms and shiny surfaces. With a transparent and colorless Fluorite crystal and with distinct irregular and parallel growths. The specimen is a significant rarity for this mine, which was known for its Fluorites.
Le Burc Mine, Alban-Le Fraysse area, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5 × 4.7 cm = 2.64” × 1.97” × 1.85”

Former collection of Corlier



Copper with Fluorite. Copper with Fluorite.
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Azurite with Chalcopyrite and Malachite
Azurite with Chalcopyrite and Malachite. Azurite with Chalcopyrite and Malachite.
Azurite with Chalcopyrite and Malachite  

SR26AC0: Spheroidal aggregates, on matrix, of very bright and deep colored Azurite crystals, an uncommon species at this mine which is famous for its Fluorite.
Le Burc Mine, Alban-Le Fraysse area, Tarn, Occitanie  France (2002)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.9 × 2 cm = 1.42” × 1.14” × 0.79”

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

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani



Goethite
 

TXD66AN3: Vug of very sharp and lustrous Goethite microcrystals, forming elongated spheroidal growths.
The specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
En Bournegade (Embournegade), Alban-le-Fraysse, Le Haut Dadou, Albi, Tarn, Occitanie  France (±1994)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 5.9 × 4.7 cm = 3.82” × 2.32” × 1.85”

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

Former collection of Alain Martaud

Former collection of Claude Estrabaut



Goethite. Goethite.
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Azurite with Malachite
Azurite with Malachite. Azurite with Malachite.

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EXH37AO1: Group of flattened Azurite crystals on matrix, with great luster and an intense and deep color. With iron oxides and Malachite coatings. Of the best possible quality and size for the deposit.
The specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Le Moulinal Mine, Saint-Jean-de-Jeannes, Alban, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.8 × 4.1 cm = 2.52” × 1.89” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1 cm = 0.67” × 0.39”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



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Pyromorphite

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EMP27AP0: Aggregates of Pyromorphite crystals on a Quartz matrix. Acicular, with an intense and uniform color, and with fan-shaped growths. A European classic of which you can only see pieces from old finds. It comes to us from the Yvan Delqué collection.
Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.3 × 2 cm = 1.85” × 1.30” × 0.79”

Former collection of Yvan Delqué



Pyromorphite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Pyromorphite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
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Pyromorphite with limonite
Pyromorphite with limonite. Front
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Pyromorphite with limonite. Side
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Pyromorphite with limonite.

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TBB69AQ0: Spheroidal, parallel and skeletal growths of very fine acicular Pyromorphite crystals with some transparency, an intense and uniform green color, on matrix.
A very rich specimen with crystals almost completely covering the matrix.
Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm = 2.01” × 1.77” × 1.38”




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Pyromorphite

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TRR47AP5: Centered aggregates and fan-shaped growths, very aerial and on matrix, of acicular Pyromorphite crystals with an intense and uniform color. A European classic, specimens of which can only be seen from old finds.
This specimen comes from the Yvan Delqué collection.
Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.9 × 4.2 cm = 2.40” × 2.32” × 1.65”

Former collection of Yvan Delqué



Pyromorphite. Front
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Pyromorphite. Side
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Pyromorphite. Side
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Pyromorphite.
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Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.

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TXR49AP3: Globular growths of acicular Pyromorphite crystals with good color, on matrix. The specimen comes from a classic French locality that did not provide many significant specimens.
Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.5 × 4.3 cm = 2.44” × 1.77” × 1.69”

Former collection of Yvan Delqué



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Pyromorphite

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ERF87AP0: Aggregates of Pyromorphite crystals on a Quartz matrix. Acicular, with an intense and uniform color, and with fan-shaped growths. A European classic of which you can only see pieces from old finds. It comes to us from the Yvan Delqué collection.
Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.4 × 4.3 cm = 2.87” × 2.13” × 1.69”

Former collection of Yvan Delqué



Pyromorphite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Pyromorphite. Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Pyromorphite. Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.

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TFA69AP3: Globular growths of acicular Pyromorphite crystals with good color, on matrix. The specimen comes from a classic French locality that did not provide many significant specimens.
Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.1 × 3.6 cm = 2.91” × 2.01” × 1.42”

Former collection of Yvan Delqué



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Pyromorphite

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TMR28AP3: Globular growths of acicular Pyromorphite crystals with good color, on matrix. The specimen comes from a classic French locality that did not provide many significant specimens.
Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 7.7 × 7.1 × 5.3 cm = 3.03” × 2.80” × 2.09”

Former collection of Yvan Delqué



Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Pyromorphite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén

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TDE48AP8: Spheroidal growths of very fine acicular crystals of Pyromorphite, with transparency and an intense green color, on a slate matrix partially covered with Quartz.
A classic from the past, which comes to us from the collection of Yvan Delqué.
Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.3 × 3.8 cm = 3.43” × 2.48” × 1.50”

Former collection of Yvan Delqué



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Pyromorphite

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TBM29AP3: Globular growths of acicular Pyromorphite crystals with good color, on matrix. The specimen comes from a classic French locality that did not provide many significant specimens.
Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 11.2 × 6.8 × 4.4 cm = 4.41” × 2.68” × 1.73”

Former collection of Yvan Delqué



Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
Pyromorphite.
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Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
Pyromorphite.

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TLP49AP3: Globular growths of acicular Pyromorphite crystals with good color, on matrix. The specimen comes from a classic French locality that did not provide many significant specimens.
Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 11.2 × 9.4 × 3.8 cm = 4.41” × 3.70” × 1.50”

Former collection of Yvan Delqué



Pyromorphite

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TXX69AP9: Centered aggregates and fan-shaped growths, on matrix, of acicular crystals of Pyromorphite with an intense and uniform color. A European classic that can only be seen as specimens from old finds.
This one comes from the Yvan Delqué collection.
Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 12.8 × 8.6 × 5.4 cm = 5.04” × 3.39” × 2.13”

Former collection of Yvan Delqué



Pyromorphite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Pyromorphite.
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Pyromorphite with Quartz
Pyromorphite with Quartz. Pyromorphite with Quartz.

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TBC90AP6: Centered growths of lustrous acicular crystals of Pyromorphite with a much more intense green color than usual in the locality and that contrasts with the white of the Quartz matrix.
A European classic of which one nowadays only sees specimens from old finds.
Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 13.7 × 8.8 × 5.8 cm = 5.39” × 3.46” × 2.28”

Former collection of Yvan Delqué



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Cuprite

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MTX86AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Parallel growths of Cuprite crystals with dominant octahedron forms, translucent, very lustrous and bright red, on matrix. Because of its color, a rarity for French mineralogy.
Mont-Roc Mine, Mont-Roc, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.5 × 3 cm = 2.24” × 1.77” × 1.18”

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




Cuprite. Cuprite.
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Fluorite
Fluorite. Fluorite.

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EEF47AO1: Group of Fluorite crystals with polycrystalline growths on some of their faces, between transparent and translucent, lustrous, pale green in color with geometric zoning of a more intense tone on the edges. It is an old piece and therefore its appearance and quality are different from what was found later in the mine. Excellent for the locality.
Mont-Roc Mine, Mont-Roc, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 9.4 × 7.8 × 3.2 cm = 3.70” × 3.07” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2.2 cm = 0.94” × 0.87”

Fluorescent long UV & minor fluorescence short UV



Chalcopyrite with Quartz
Chalcopyrite with Quartz  

TM27AN2: Group of twinned Chalcopyrite crystals with a tetrahedral habit, very marked curvatures on their faces and edges, lustrous, on matrix with small groups of Quartz crystals.
The specimen comes from a not very well known French mine, from the Alain Tuel collection (number 2-147), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Mont-Roc Mine, Mont-Roc, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.3 × 4.7 cm = 2.28” × 1.69” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.87” × 0.63”

Former collection of Alain Tuel



Chalcopyrite with Quartz. Chalcopyrite with Quartz.
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Goethite
Goethite. Front
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Goethite. Side
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TCB14AN3: Druse of Goethite crystals with a prismatic habit, very lustrous and with finely polycrystalline terminations.
The specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
La Quille du Roy, Montredon-Labessonnié, Le Haut Dadou, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.7 × 2.3 cm = 1.65” × 1.06” × 0.91”

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

Former collection of Alain Martaud



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Fluorite with Quartz
 

EG14AL9: Very sharp Fluorite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and with marked color zoning, yellowish in the core of the crystal and blue around the edges. Partially covered by small Quartz crystals.
The specimen, from a very unusual French locality, has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty in Ste. Marie 2019, in the magazine 'Le Règne Minéral' number 148, July-August 2019, page 44
Berlan, Roquecourbe, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France (2019)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.1 × 3.2 cm = 1.38” × 1.22” × 1.26”

Fluorescent long & short UV

minID: 19T-JJT



Fluorite with Quartz. Front
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Fluorite with Quartz. Side
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Fluorite with Quartz.
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Pyrite with Baryte and Siderite
Pyrite with Baryte and Siderite. Front
Front
Pyrite with Baryte and Siderite. Side
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EG14AL7: Cubic Pyrite crystals with curious stepped projections on the edges, on a group of outstanding tabular Baryte crystals partially covered with small white Siderite crystals with the so-called “saddle” habit.
Rivet Quarry, Peyrebrune area, Montredon-Labessonnié, Le Haut Dadou, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France (11/2018)

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

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


minID: EQL-00K



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Calcite with Siderite and Pyrite

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EMT56AN5: Parallel growths of very sharp lenticular white Calcite crystals, translucent, lustrous, on a matrix with small crystals of Siderite and Pyrite. A quality classic from this popular mining district.
Peyrebrune Mine, Peyrebrune area, Montredon-Labessonnié, Le Haut Dadou, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 9.2 × 6.6 × 3.1 cm = 3.62” × 2.60” × 1.22”

Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV



Calcite with Siderite and Pyrite. Calcite with Siderite and Pyrite.
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Fluorite with Quartz
Fluorite with Quartz.

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TXL29AQ0: Group of very sharp cubic Fluorite crystals with a slightly flattened habit, with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, very lustrous and of a uniform yellow color, with inclusions, and coatings of Quartz crystals.
It is an old piece that comes from the Peyrebrune mine itself and not the quarries, which are more modern.
Peyrebrune Mine, Peyrebrune area, Montredon-Labessonnié, Le Haut Dadou, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.4 × 3.7 cm = 2.17” × 1.73” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 2.5 cm = 1.65” × 0.98”

Fluorescent long & short UV



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Fluorite

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MTV7AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Very sharp cubic Fluorite crystals with a slightly flattened habit, translucent and of a uniform yellow color, with inclusions. The specimen comes from the old (1975) Peyrebrune mine, not from the current quarry area.
Peyrebrune Mine, Peyrebrune area, Montredon-Labessonnié, Le Haut Dadou, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France (±1975)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 6.1 × 4 cm = 2.52” × 2.40” × 1.57”

Fluorescent long & short UV



Fluorite.
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Fluorite with Quartz
Fluorite with Quartz. Front
Front
Fluorite with Quartz. Side
Side
Fluorite with Quartz. Rear
Rear

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EGB46AO0: Two Fluorite crystals with a not very common flattened shape. Between translucent and brilliant, with white inclusions (most likely Quartz) and a lemon-yellow color that cannot be easily seen as the crystals are covered by an epigenetic growth of water-clear Quartz crystals.
Peyrebrune Mine, Peyrebrune area, Montredon-Labessonnié, Le Haut Dadou, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 7.9 × 7.2 × 3.6 cm = 3.11” × 2.83” × 1.42”

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




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Fluorite with Quartz and Siderite

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TKL50AN5: Very sharp crystals of Fluorite, transparent and lustrous, with an intense and uniform yellow color and with overgrowths on the crystal faces. They are partially covered by small doubly terminated Quartz crystals and implanted on a matrix covered by very dark, almost black, lenticular microcrystals of Siderite.
Peyrebrune Mine, Peyrebrune area, Montredon-Labessonnié, Le Haut Dadou, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 10.1 × 6.7 × 6 cm = 3.98” × 2.64” × 2.36”

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

Fluorescent long & short UV



Fluorite with Quartz and Siderite. Fluorite with Quartz and Siderite.
Fluorite with Quartz and Siderite.
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Fluorite with Siderite and Calcite
Fluorite with Siderite and Calcite. Front
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Fluorite with Siderite and Calcite. Top
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Fluorite with Siderite and Calcite.

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MXL94AO3: Staggered growth of two very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with a deep mauve color of the best intensity for this deposit and with coatings of small light cream Siderite crystals and water-clear Calcite crystals.
Peyrebrune Mine, Peyrebrune area, Montredon-Labessonnié, Le Haut Dadou, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France (±1975)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 10.1 × 5.2 cm = 4.53” × 3.98” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 11.1 × 7 cm = 4.37” × 2.76”

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Fluorite with Quartz

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TEX30AP1: Very sharp Fluorite crystal, translucent, lustrous, with an intense and uniform lemon-yellow color, selectively covered by groups of small crystals of water-clear Quartz. Due to their color, luster and crystal size they are among the best French fluorites. A discovery due to the good work of amateur collectors and recovered in an unexpected place, the Four de Cluzel Mine, now abandoned.
Four de Cluzel Mine, Peyrebrune area, Montredon-Labessonnié, Le Haut Dadou, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France (04-08/2018)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 6.2 × 3 cm = 2.52” × 2.44” × 1.18”

Fluorescent long & short UV



Fluorite with Quartz. Fluorite with Quartz.
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Fluorite with Quartz
Fluorite with Quartz. Fluorite with Quartz.

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TTB10AO5: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with good luster and an intense and uniform lemon-yellow color, selectively coated by small water-clear Quartz crystals. Owing to their color, brilliance and crystal size, these are among the best French fluorites. A discovery due to the hard work of amateurs, recovered in an unexpected place, the Four de Cluzel mine, now abandoned.
Four de Cluzel Mine, Peyrebrune area, Montredon-Labessonnié, Le Haut Dadou, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France (04-08/2018)

Specimen size: 15.1 × 11.8 × 5 cm = 5.94” × 4.65” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.1 cm = 1.57” × 1.22”

Fluorescent long & short UV



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Fluorite

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EYB88AN5: Fluorite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with geometric color growth, translucent and with a very intense and deep blue color.
A rarity, of great quality for this until now very little known locality.
The specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.

De Margou Mine, Paulinet, Le Haut Dadou, Albi, Tarn, Occitanie  France (2012)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 6.4 × 6.2 cm = 2.52” × 2.52” × 2.44”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Fluorite. Front
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Fluorite. Front with light behind
Front with light behind
Fluorite. Side
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Fluorite. Top
Top
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Fluorite on Calcite
Fluorite on Calcite. Fluorite on Calcite.

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EMR26AO8: Group of translucent Fluorite crystals, with good luster and an extraordinarily intense and deep blue color, on crystalline Calcite matrix. The specimen comes from a specific find with this color, made in 1981 in a mine that until then had not been distinguished by specimens with this crystal size.
Le Franciman Mine, Saint Jean-de-Jeannes, Paulinet, Le Haut Dadou, Albi, Tarn, Occitanie  France (1981)

Specimen size: 13.8 × 10.8 × 6.4 cm = 5.43” × 4.25” × 2.52”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 2.8 cm = 1.42” × 1.10”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Yvan Delqué



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Fluorite with Quartz
 

ER10AL9: Group of very sharp crystals, translucent, lustrous, with a very intense and uniform yellow color with blue geometric zoning on the edges, and partially covered by small Quartz crystals. From a well-known French mine, the specimen is from the prestigious collection of Fluorite by Pierre-Marie Guy.
Valzergues Mines, Valzergues, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie  France (±2010)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.8 × 3.9 cm = 1.97” × 1.89” × 1.54”

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

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minID: 2T6-4L7



Fluorite with Quartz. Front
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Fluorite with Quartz. Rear
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Fluorite
Fluorite.

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TC2240EXM: Fluorite crystal with a very sharp cubic shape, translucent and with a honey-orange color, with much darker, geometric blue-green color zoning on the edges. We highlight its size, unusual for the locality.
Valzergues Mines, Valzergues, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie  France (±1983)

Specimen size: 8.9 × 8.5 × 6.6 cm = 3.50” × 3.35” × 2.60”




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Pyromorphite

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EGX11AO7: Groups of Pyromorphite crystals with a barrel-shaped habit, with very curved faces and edges, good luster and an intense and uniform yellow greenish color, very prominent on its matrix.
The aesthetic quality of the specimen stands out above what is usual for this locality.
La Vidale Mine (Brezies), Asprières, Saint-Martin de Bouillac, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie  France (03/2011)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.9 × 1.4 cm = 1.42” × 1.14” × 0.55”

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




Pyromorphite.
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Pyromorphite with Baryte and Quartz
Pyromorphite with Baryte and Quartz.
Pyromorphite with Baryte and Quartz  

HM110ML: Coatings of Pyromorphite crystals that look globular due to the strong curvatures of the faces and edges, lustrous and with an intense yellowish green color. With small tabular Baryte crystals and on a matrix of white crystalline Quartz.
La Vidale Mine (Brezies), Asprières, Saint-Martin de Bouillac, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie  France (2008)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.1 × 3.2 cm = 1.89” × 1.22” × 1.26”

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




Pyromorphite with Mimetite and Quartz
Pyromorphite with Mimetite and Quartz  

TC150MH: Lustrous yellowish green crystals of Pyromorphite with a barrel-shaped habit, on a Quartz matrix, with recrystallizations of light yellow-brown Mimetite. It comes from a classic French locality that has been reopened for specimen production.
La Vidale Mine area, Asprières, Saint-Martin de Bouillac, Aveyron, Occitanie  France (2008)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.2 × 4.5 cm = 2.09” × 1.65” × 1.77”

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




Pyromorphite with Mimetite and Quartz.
Pyromorphite (variety As-bearing pyromorphite)
Pyromorphite (variety As-bearing pyromorphite). Pyromorphite (variety As-bearing pyromorphite).

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AMC86AO4: Globular growths of barrel-shaped crystals of Pyromorphite (arsenic-rich variety), with a silky luster and a yellowish green color, on a Quartz matrix.
The specimen has been analyzed, with the results showing the arsenic content. We will send the buyer a copy of the analysis.
La Vidale Mine (Brezies), Asprières, Saint-Martin de Bouillac, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.4 × 4.7 cm = 2.83” × 2.52” × 1.85”

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

With analysis copy

Minor fluorescence long & short UV



Pyromorphite with Quartz
 

ML96R9: Globular growths of barrel-shaped orange yellow crystals with a good luster. The crystals are on a matrix with small crystals of Quartz.
La Vidale Mine (Brezies), Asprières, Saint-Martin de Bouillac, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie  France (2008)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 7.2 × 3.6 cm = 3.62” × 2.83” × 1.42”

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




Pyromorphite with Quartz. Pyromorphite with Quartz.
Pyromorphite with Quatz and Baryte
Pyromorphite with Quatz and Baryte.
Pyromorphite with Quatz and Baryte.
Pyromorphite with Quatz and Baryte  

HM390MH: Coatings of Pyromorphite crystals that look globular due to the strong curvatures of the faces and edges, with bright luster and an intense greenish yellow color, on a matrix of massive white Quartz and with Baryte.
La Vidale Mine (Brezies), Asprières, Saint-Martin de Bouillac, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 11.8 × 8.3 × 8.3 cm = 4.65” × 3.27” × 3.27”

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




Pyromorphite
 

ET94AK3: Group of well developed Pyromorphite crystals, with very curved faces and edges, bright greenish yellow, free standing, on a Quartz matrix. The specimen is big for this deposit.
La Vidale Mine area, Asprières, Saint-Martin de Bouillac, Aveyron, Occitanie  France (05/2017)

Specimen size: 16 × 11.4 × 4.7 cm = 6.30” × 4.49” × 1.85”

Minor fluorescence short UV



Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
Pyromorphite.
Aragonite
Aragonite. Aragonite.

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EPP76AO1: Botryoidal growths of Aragonite with an extraordinary color, which varies between the deepest violet and mauve, which contrast with a second generation of Aragonite with a white color.
The specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Les Cabesses, Rivèrenert, Saint-Girons, Ariège Department, Occitanie  France (2017)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 3 × 0.6 cm = 2.44” × 1.18” × 0.24”

Former collection of Alain Martaud

minID: 8QH-MCE



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

TC280AE: Doubly terminated crystal of the isomorphous series Dissakisite-(Ce)/Allanite-(Ce). The majority of Trimouns specimens present color zoning that seems to indicate the presence of both species in the same crystal, the darkest areas corresponding to Allanite-(Ce), as they are richer in iron, and the dominant lighter areas to Dissakisite-(Ce). On matrix, with white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals.
Trimouns Mine, Luzenac, Haute-Ariège, Foix, Ariège Department, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.8 × 2.3 cm = 1.73” × 1.50” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.55” × 0.12”




Dissakisite-(Ce)/Allanite-(Ce) with Dolomite.
Dissakisite-(Ce)/Allanite-(Ce) with Dolomite.
Dissakisite-(Ce)/Allanite-(Ce) with Dolomite
Dissakisite-(Ce)/Allanite-(Ce) with Dolomite.
Dissakisite-(Ce)/Allanite-(Ce) with Dolomite.
Dissakisite-(Ce)/Allanite-(Ce) with Dolomite  

TC230AD: Group of doubly terminated crystals of the isomorphous series Dissakisite-(Ce)/Allanite-(Ce). The majority of Trimouns specimens present color zoning that seems to indicate the presence of both species in the same crystal, the darkest areas corresponding to Allanite-(Ce), as they are richer in iron, and the dominant lighter areas to Dissakisite-(Ce). On matrix, with white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals.
Trimouns Mine, Luzenac, Haute-Ariège, Foix, Ariège Department, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 6 × 3.8 × 3.6 cm = 2.36” × 1.50” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.43” × 0.04”




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

TC240AF: Crystal of the isomorphous series Dissakisite-(Ce)/Allanite-(Ce), transparent and lustrous. The majority of Trimouns specimens present color zoning that seems to indicate the presence of both species in the same crystal, the darkest areas corresponding to Allanite-(Ce), as they are richer in iron, and the dominant lighter areas to Dissakisite-(Ce). On matrix, with white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals.
Trimouns Mine, Luzenac, Haute-Ariège, Foix, Ariège Department, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 6.4 × 3.8 × 4.1 cm = 2.52” × 1.50” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.1 cm = 0.35” × 0.04”




Dissakisite-(Ce)/Allanite-(Ce) with Dolomite.
Dissakisite-(Ce)/Allanite-(Ce) with Dolomite.
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Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) with Calcite and Dolomite
Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) with Calcite and Dolomite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) with Calcite and Dolomite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) with Calcite and Dolomite  

TC290AB: Very sharp platy crystal of Hydroxylbastnäsite, aerial, transparent, honey-colored, on a matrix of massive Calcite and Dolomite crystals. There are also small sheets of Talc on the crystal, which is well terminated, but has some rough terminations on the top. A classic of French and world mineralogy.
Trimouns Mine, Luzenac, Haute-Ariège, Foix, Ariège Department, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 5.9 × 3.8 × 1.1 cm = 2.32” × 1.50” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.2 cm = 0.35” × 0.08”




Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) with Dolomite
 

TG89AK7: Group of very sharp, transparent, thin platy Hydroxylbastnäsite crystals, lustrous, intense and uniform caramel color, on a matrix of white rhombohedral Dolomite
A French classic from the collection of Anna and Danilo Rolando (No. 9606) whose label we will send to the buyer.
Trimouns Mine, Luzenac, Haute-Ariège, Foix, Ariège Department, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 5 × 3.6 × 5.6 cm = 1.97” × 1.42” × 2.20”

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




Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) with Dolomite. Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) with Dolomite.
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Tetrahedrite with Quartz
Tetrahedrite with Quartz. Tetrahedrite with Quartz.
 

TEZ63AN3: Groups of very sharp Tetrahedrite crystals with dominant tetrahedral forms and with clearly visible accessory forms, lustrous, on matrix with thick Quartz crystals, which distinguishes this specimen from others of the same find.
The specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
Lina Mine, Alzen, Foix, Ariège Department, Occitanie  France (2012)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 4 × 3.6 cm = 3.03” × 1.57” × 1.42”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



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Tetrahedrite with Chalcopyrite and Quartz
 

EP76W7: From a very recent find. Sharp crystals showing the faces of the tetrahedron and tristetrahedron. They have an excellent luster and are larger than has been known for the locality. They are on matrix, with Chalcopyrite and Quartz crystals. The find has been described in number 107 of ‘Le Règne Minéral’ magazine.
Lina Mine, level 06-07, Alzen, Foix, Ariège Department, Occitanie  France (2012)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 5 × 2.8 cm = 3.27” × 1.97” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.43” × 0.35”




Tetrahedrite with Chalcopyrite and Quartz. Tetrahedrite with Chalcopyrite and Quartz.
Quartz
Quartz. Front
Front
Quartz. Side
Side
Quartz. Side
Side

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TVM27AO6: Group of Quartz crystals with diverse habits, all of them doubly terminated, very transparent and lustrous, on matrix. The specimen, from a little-known Pyrenean locality, comes from the collection of Jean-Louis Goux.
La Piquette Peak (Soum de la Piquette), Castillon, Bagnères-de-Bigorre, Hautes-Pyrénées Département, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.3 × 5 cm = 2.64” × 2.09” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.50” × 0.87”

Former collection of Jean-Louis Goux



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Hemimorphite

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EXF14AO1: Botryoidal growth, with a particularly intense and uniform blue color, covering a rock matrix. It comes from a little known locality.
The specimen was from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.

Germs-sur-l'Oussouet, Argelès-Gazost, Hautes-Pyrénées Département, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.6 × 2.1 cm = 2.13” × 1.81” × 0.83”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Hemimorphite.
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Goethite after Pyrite
Goethite after Pyrite. Front
Front
Goethite after Pyrite. Side
Side
 

TXM14AN4: Floater group of very sharp pyritohedral pseudomorphs of what used to be Pyrite crystals, now replaced by Goethite.
The specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
Agos-Vidalos, Argelès-Gazost, Hautes-Pyrénées Département, Occitanie  France (2017)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 6.4 × 5.4 cm = 2.91” × 2.52” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 5.9 × 5.4 cm = 2.32” × 2.13”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



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Calcite
 

T13RAX7: Scalenohedral crystals with slightly curved faces and edges. On a rock matrix, they are transparent and extraordinarily bright. Some of the crystals are colorless, strongly contrasting with other honey color Calcite crystals. Of a great quality and among the best well known for this locality.
Espira-de-l'Agly, Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 15.5 × 10.5 × 6.5 cm = 6.10” × 4.13” × 2.56”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.6 cm = 0.47” × 0.24”




Calcite. Calcite.

PAYS DE LA LOIRE

Pyrite
Pyrite. Pyrite.
Pyrite.

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EVA96AN5: Very curious morphology of this Pyrite that forms parallel vertical growths, highlighting some very sharp trihedral terminations, which surprisingly do not seem to correspond to the cubic system. Excellent for the locality, from which specimens of such high quality have hardly ever been seen.
Saint-Denis-d'Orques, La Flèche, Sarthe Department, Pays de la Loire  France (04/2021)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 2.4 × 4.6 cm = 3.43” × 0.94” × 1.81”

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




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Pyrite

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EFZ66AQ1: Druse of cubic Pyrite crystals with polycrystalline growths and slight distortions and curvatures on all their faces.
Saint-Denis-d'Orques, La Flèche, Sarthe Department, Pays de la Loire  France (2022)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.7 × 3.2 cm = 2.68” × 1.85” × 1.26”

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




Pyrite. Pyrite.
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Pyrite
Pyrite. Front
Front
Pyrite. Detail
Detail
Pyrite. Rear
Rear

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TXM47AP9: Nodular growth of Pyrite with an interior rich in sharp and aerial crystals of the same Pyrite that are very visible due to the partial dissolution of the sedimentary material that hosted the Pyrite nodule.
Very different from the usual.
Saint-Denis-d'Orques, La Flèche, Sarthe Department, Pays de la Loire  France

Specimen size: 12 × 8.4 × 4.8 cm = 4.72” × 3.31” × 1.89”

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




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Pyrite

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EPX98AQ1: Nodule of Pyrite crystals with a well-defined cubic habit and smooth faces with very fine striations. The nodule presents a curious partition that forms a cross-shaped figure.
Unique among all those found there.
Saint-Denis-d'Orques, La Flèche, Sarthe Department, Pays de la Loire  France (2022)

Specimen size: 12.5 × 11 × 2.6 cm = 4.92” × 4.33” × 1.02”

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




Pyrite.
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Twinned Calcite
Twinned Calcite. Front
Front
Twinned Calcite. Rear
Rear
 

TMG97AN3: A 'butterfly' twin of two very sharp Calcite crystals, with geometric bands of different intensities of red color due to Hematite inclusions. Interestingly similar to the classic English twinned Calcites from the Bigrigg area.
The specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
Vaiges, Meslay-du-Maine, Mayenne, Mayenne Department, Pays de la Loire  France

Specimen size: 7.4 × 7.1 × 2.4 cm = 2.91” × 2.80” × 0.94”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



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Celestine with Baryte

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Celestine with Baryte
 

TDA46AP5: Druse of translucent Baryte crystals, with a uniform pale blue color, on a base of deformed white crystals of Celestine. The specimen, from the early 1970s, is of good quality for the locality and it comes from the collection of Francis Barillet, whose handwritten label we will send to the buyer.
Clavelas Quarry, Le Bersac, Serres, Gap, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France (±1972)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.7 × 4.6 cm = 2.76” × 1.85” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.7 cm = 0.55” × 0.28”

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Celestine with Baryte.
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Acanthite
Acanthite. Front
Front
Acanthite. Rear
Rear
 

EM47AM7: Very aerial group of elongated octahedral Acanthite crystals, with very well defined faces and edges. This highly unusual specimen comes from a reference locality for Fluorite and in which Acanthite is practically unknown.
Fontsante Mine, Tanneron Massif, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France

Specimen size: 2. × 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.55” × 0.47”

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




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Fluorite on Quartz

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ETF26AP2: Very aerial polycrystalline growth of Fluorite crystals on matrix, with Quartz. This lustrous and translucent group shows an intense concentration of blue-violet color in its central area.
Fontsante Mine, Tanneron Massif, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.9 × 1.7 cm = 1.61” × 1.54” × 0.67”




Fluorite on Quartz.
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Fluorite with Calcite
Fluorite with Calcite. Front
Front
Fluorite with Calcite. Day light behind
Day light behind
Fluorite with Calcite. Led light behind
Led light behind
Fluorite with Calcite.
 

TDF86AN4: Druse of Fluorite crystals with very marked polycrystalline growths, transparent against the light and with a very deep blue-violet color, with zoning of different intensity and the color highly concentrated in the crystal nucleus (“cocarde”).
A French classic that comes from the Alain Martaud collection.
Fontsante Mine, Sud 3 vein, Tanneron Massif, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France (±2004)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 5.8 × 3.4 cm = 2.48” × 2.28” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.06” × 1.02”

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Former collection of Alain Martaud



Fluorite with Baryte

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EFG37AN5: Druse of Fluorite crystals, between transparent and translucent, with a bright luster and an intense and uniform yellow color, associated with a small group of Baryte crystals.
A quality French classic that comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.

Fontsante Mine, Tanneron Massif, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.6 × 3 cm = 3.03” × 2.60” × 1.18”

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

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Former collection of Alain Martaud



Fluorite with Baryte. Front
Front
Fluorite with Baryte. Side
Side
Fluorite with Baryte.
Fluorite
Fluorite. Fluorite.
 

TPT48AN3: Druse of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit, very sharp, with good luster and a pale pink-violet color, an unusual color in this deposit.
This specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
Fontsante Mine, Sud 3 vein, Tanneron Massif, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France (2005-2007)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.4 × 2.7 cm = 3.31” × 2.13” × 1.06”

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

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Former collection of Alain Martaud



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Fluorite with Pyrite

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TGH37AP9: Group of Fluorite crystals with staggered polycrystalline growths, translucent, with good luster and an intense green color, with coatings of tiny Pyrite crystals that tend to grow along the junctures between the fluorite crystals.
High quality for the locality.
Fontsante Mine, Figuier vein, Tanneron Massif, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France

Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.2 × 3.2 cm = 3.86” × 2.83” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.85” × 1.02”

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Fluorite with Pyrite. Front
Front
Fluorite with Pyrite. Side
Side
Fluorite with Pyrite.
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Fluorite with Baryte
Fluorite with Baryte. Fluorite with Baryte.

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EXA68AO0: Group of Fluorite crystals with a cubic habit, very sharp, transparent, with good luster and a very intense uniform green color and covered by small transparent lamellar Baryte crystals. The specimen comes from the Figuier vein, which is reputed to have produced the best quality fluorites in this deposit.
Fontsante Mine, Figuier vein, Tanneron Massif, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France

Specimen size: 10 × 9 × 3 cm = 3.94” × 3.54” × 1.18”

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




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Fluorite with Quartz
 

TQV87AN3: Fluorite crystals with dominant cubic shapes beveled by the dodecahedron, of an intense green color with deep violet zoning in some areas of the specimen and with small white Quartz crystals.
This specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
Fontsante Mine, Lenté D. vein, Tanneron Massif, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France (2005)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 8.2 × 4.3 cm = 4.02” × 3.23” × 1.69”

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

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Former collection of Alain Martaud



Fluorite with Quartz. Fluorite with Quartz.
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Fluorite with Baryte
Fluorite with Baryte.
Fluorite with Baryte.
Fluorite with Baryte  

TC2220TTV: Druse of Fluorite crystals with a cubic shape, very sharp, with a lilac color and partially covered by groups of white Baryte crystals. The specimen, which is unusual for the locality, comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Fontsante Mine, Sud 3 vein, Tanneron Massif, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France (1999-2005)

Specimen size: 11 × 7.2 × 3.7 cm = 4.33” × 2.83” × 1.46”

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

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Fluorite with Baryte

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TNR72AN3: Druse with radial and stalagmitic growths of transparent and bright cubic Fluorite microcrystals with a bright and uniform green color. Unusual combination of stalagmitic growths and the deep green color. Associated with small crystals of Baryte.
The specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
Fontsante Mine, Saint-Barthélemy vein, Tanneron Massif, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France (1999-2005)

Specimen size: 11.8 × 11.2 × 3.3 cm = 4.65” × 4.41” × 1.30”

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Former collection of Alain Martaud



Fluorite with Baryte. Fluorite with Baryte.
Fluorite with Baryte and Calcite
Fluorite with Baryte and Calcite. Fluorite with Baryte and Calcite.

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EXE90AP0: Druse of Fluorite crystals with very well defined polycrystalline growths, transparent, with good luster and a vivid and uniform green color, on an older generation of colorless Fluorite crystals. On the back of the specimen there are fine tabular Baryte crystals associated with Calcite.
The specimen comes from the Figuier vein, which is reputed to have produced the best quality fluorites in this deposit and comes to us from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Fontsante Mine, Figuier vein, Tanneron Massif, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France (1976)

Specimen size: 15.3 × 9.7 × 3.5 cm = 6.02” × 3.82” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.51” × 0.47”

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Former collection of Alain Martaud



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Fluorite
 

TZQ88AN3: Druse of sharp, lustrous Fluorite crystals rich in inclusions. More transparent and ‘clean’ than is usual for specimens from this locality.
This specimen is from the Alain Martaud collection.
L'Avellan Mine, Massif L'Esterel, Fréjus, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France (2009)

Specimen size: 10 × 8.5 × 4.6 cm = 3.94” × 3.35” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2 cm = 0.98” × 0.79”

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Former collection of Alain Martaud



Fluorite. Front
Front
Fluorite. Side
Side
Fluorite.
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Celestine
Celestine. Celestine.

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ELT16AO1: Vug with Celestine crystals with a prismatic habit, sharp, transparent, lustrous, and light blue in color. The specimen, from a little-known locality, comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Oppedette, Reillanne, Forcalquier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France (±1978)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.8 × 4.7 cm = 2.52” × 1.89” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.7 cm = 0.59” × 0.28”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



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Azurite

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Azurite
 

XM290MFF: Elongated crystals of Azurite with a very vivid electric-blue color and good luster, with small remnants of green Malachite crystals, all on a quartzitic rock matrix. From a truly classic French locality.
Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Toulon, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.4 × 3 cm = 2.05” × 1.73” × 1.18”

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




Azurite.
Azurite with Malachite
Azurite with Malachite. Azurite with Malachite.

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Azurite with Malachite
 

TML16AP7: Growth, on matrix, of lenticular Azurite crystals, with bright luster and an intense color, very vivid, with small crystallizations of Malachite.
The specimen, from a classic French locality from which it is difficult to find specimens of this quality, comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Toulon, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France

Specimen size: 8.1 × 7 × 3.6 cm = 3.19” × 2.76” × 1.42”

Former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon



Olivenite

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ELP66AO1: Botryoidal growths in the cavities of a limonitic matrix of lustrous Olivenite microcrystals with an intense deep green color. The specimen comes from one of the great classic localities for the species.
From the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.

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

Specimen size: 7.9 × 5.8 × 4.7 cm = 3.11” × 2.28” × 1.85”

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Olivenite. Olivenite.
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Chalcostibite with Zinkenite and Siderite
Chalcostibite with Zinkenite and Siderite. Chalcostibite with Zinkenite and Siderite.

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EPQ56AP3: Flattened Chalcostibite crystals, very lustrous and finely striated, on matrix, with acicular Zinkenite crystals and very sharp rhombohedral Siderite crystals.
Saint-Pons area, Barcelonnette, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.54” × 1.10” × 0.87”

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




Bournonite with Siderite

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TJK73AN5: Parallel growths of Bournonite crystals forming very sharp cyclic twins, on a matrix of rhombohedral Siderite crystals.
The specimen, of great quality for the locality, comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Saint-Pons area, Barcelonnette, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France (2018)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 5.1 × 4 cm = 2.20” × 2.01” × 1.57”

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

Former collection of Alain Martaud



Bournonite with Siderite. Bournonite with Siderite.
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Quartz (variety smoky)
Quartz (variety smoky). Front
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Quartz (variety smoky). Side
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EA87S3: Group of Quartz crystals practically dipyramidal, with a scant development of the prism. They are very bright, rich with inclusions and have very evident “window” growths.
Allos Pass, Allos area, Barcelonette, Castellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France

Specimen size: 9.2 × 5.7 × 4.3 cm = 3.62” × 2.24” × 1.69”






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