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This page provides a selection of the specimens that have passed through the Fabre Minerals website and, due to their quality,
rarity, or significance as specimens from interesting locations, have been preserved as reference specimens in #MVM

AUVERGNE - RHÔNE - ALPES


Wulfenite on Baryte
Wulfenite on Baryte.
 

MD86AA9: Very aerial single crystal with very well defined faces and edges. It has a yellow color with brownish shades and it is 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: 2.1 × 1.6 × 3.3 cm = 0.83” × 0.63” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 0.51” × 0.43”

Former collection Caroline Martaud (Wulfenites)
Wulfenite with Fluorite, Baryte and Pyromorphite
 

MC29AA9: Single Wulfenite crystal with very well defined faces and edges, very sharp geometrical zoning and with dominant brown shades. It is on matrix, with cubic Fluorite crystals, laminar shaped Baryte and small greenish Pyromorphite aggregates. An excellent sample for the locality, both for crystal size and its association with Fluorite.
Lantignié, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1995)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.8 × 2.6 cm = 1.81” × 1.50” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.71” × 0.47”

Former collection Caroline Martaud (Wulfenites)
Wulfenite with Fluorite, Baryte and Pyromorphite. Wulfenite with Fluorite, Baryte and Pyromorphite.
Fluorite with Quartz
Fluorite with Quartz. Fluorite with Quartz.
Fluorite with Quartz  

TN29X7: Very aerial aggregate of cubic Fluorite crystals. They are translucent, have a uniform yellow color and have selective coatings of Quartz micro-crystals on some of the cube faces. The sample is very remarkable for the locality.
Lantignié, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 9.6 × 9.3 × 3 cm = 3.78” × 3.66” × 1.18”

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

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Gilles Emringer
Calcite (twinned)
 

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

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

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

Former collection of Alain Martaud
Calcite (twinned). Front
Front
Calcite (twinned). Side
Side
Cerussite
Cerussite. Cerussite.
Cerussite.
 

MT68AF0: An aesthetic cluster of white Cerussite crystals with a silky luster. It is from a locality where samples of such quality are very scarce.
Lescure Mine, Mayres, Thueyts, Largentière, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (± 2014)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 3.8 × 3 cm = 2.56” × 1.50” × 1.18”

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

Quartz (variety faden) with Chlorite inclusions
Quartz (variety faden) with Chlorite inclusions  

TQ68T1: Multiple parallel growth of very flattened crystals progressively turning to the right and crossed by a sharp chloritized ”faden” and contrasting with another group of different shape, very elongated. Very original.
The specimen is from the Denis Boël collection. We will send to the customer the collector’s label.
Les Deux Alpes, Saint Christophe en Oisans, Le Bourg d'Oisans Comune, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.4 × 1.3 cm = 1.65” × 1.34” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 1.2 cm = 1.14” × 0.47”

Quartz (variety faden) with Chlorite inclusions. Front
Front
Quartz (variety faden) with Chlorite inclusions. Rear
Rear
Quartz
Quartz. Quartz.
 

LT49AK0: Group of Quartz crystals with two clearly differentiated generations, one of them crystals with the prism edges slightly curved, transparent, bright and colorless and the second generation with very fine, also colorless and extraordinarily bright acicular crystals. The specimen, of high quality for a not so well-known locality, is from the Philippe Morelon collection (number 533) whose label, which includes more information on the back, will be sent to the buyer.
Saint-Pierre-d'Allevard, Crêts en Belledonne, Haut-Grésivaudan, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1980)

Specimen size: 9 × 7.8 × 4.9 cm = 3.54” × 3.07” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 0.8 cm = 0.91” × 0.31”

Former collection of Philippe Morelon
Chalcopyrite on Quartz

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ERM47AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals with well defined faces and edges, with fine polycrystalline growths, lustrous, on a matrix of transparent and lustrous Quartz crystals, with the typical local habit. This old specimen comes from the Seeman collection, from Alsace, which proves that, although very scarce, yellow chalcopyrites do exist in La Gardette.
À Giraud Mine, La Gardette mining area, Villard-Nôtre-Dame, Le Bourg d'Oisans, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.7 × 4.3 cm = 2.13” × 1.85” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.35” × 0.24”

Former collection of Seeman (Alsace)
Chalcopyrite on Quartz. Chalcopyrite on Quartz.
Chalcopyrite on Quartz.
Quartz (variety faden)
Quartz (variety faden). Front
Front
Quartz (variety faden). Rear
Rear
 

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

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

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

Former collection of Alain Martaud
Quartz
 

EC50Y6: Irregular aggregate of Quartz crystals on chalcedony matrix. They are completely clear, very bright and some of them are doubly terminated. An excellent sample, very fine and carefully conserved, from a classic French locality for Quartz.
La Gardette Mine, La Gardette mining area, Villard-Notre-Dame, Le Bourg d'Oisans, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 11.1 × 6.3 × 7 cm = 4.37” × 2.48” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 6.5 × 0.9 cm = 2.56” × 0.35”

Quartz. Front
Front
Quartz. Rear
Rear
Quartz (variety scepter)
Quartz (variety scepter). Quartz (variety scepter).

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

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

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

Former collection of Alain Martaud
Quartz

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TTV98AO8: Group of Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant and aerial, with the acute inclined termination typical of the locality (La Gardette habit), completely water-clear and very lustrous. A French classic of good quality.
La Gardette Mine, La Gardette mining area, Villard-Notre-Dame, Le Bourg d'Oisans, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±1987)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.2 × 6.1 cm = 2.52” × 2.05” × 2.40”

Main crystal size: 6 × 0.7 cm = 2.36” × 0.28”

Quartz. Front
Front
Quartz. Side
Side
Quartz
Quartz. Quartz.
Quartz.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Quartz
 

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

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

Main crystal size: 3 × 1 cm = 1.18” × 0.39”

Former collection of Jean-Pierre Gilian
Quartz (variety faden)
 

M8RH5: Apparently being a single crystal, the growth shows different spread terminations all along the prism. In the interior a very thin, as a needle, “faden” is formed.
Lignarre Valley, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1991)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 1.77” × 0.47” × 0.31”

Quartz (variety faden).
Quartz (variety faden) with Calcite
Quartz (variety faden) with Calcite . Quartz (variety faden) with Calcite .
 

R76BI7: Group of extraordinarily elongated, clear and shiny crystals, with "faden" growths in them. On the matrix, a big rough crystal of Calcite stands out.
Lignarre Valley, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1991)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 8 × 7.5 cm = 4.25” × 3.15” × 2.95”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 0.5 cm = 1.26” × 0.20”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Quartz (japan law twin)
 

EQ17X2: Group of very elongated and sharp Quartz crystals. They are transparent and one of them shows a very well defined japan law twin.
Vizille, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2011)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 5.7 × 3.2 cm = 2.32” × 2.24” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 0.9 cm = 1.77” × 0.35”

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

EP96X2: Group of very sharp crystals, one of them clearly dominant, very aerial and with a very well defined japan law twin.
Vizille, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2011)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 3.7 × 2 cm = 2.44” × 1.46” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 1.8 cm = 2.44” × 0.71”

Quartz
 

TT96AG9: A fan-like group of Quartz crystals. They are bright and have good terminations, some of which have a single dominant rhombohedral face. On a limonite matrix.
Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage, Vizille, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 7 × 5.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.76” × 2.13” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 5 × 0.7 cm = 1.97” × 0.28”

Quartz. Front
Front
Quartz. Rear
Rear
Quartz
Quartz. Front
Front
Quartz. Side
Side
Quartz.
 

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

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

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

Antimony

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Antimony
 

MAE37AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Crystalline aggregate of Antimony with very well defined parallel and staggered growths. The specimen, from one of the great classic localities for the species, is accompanied by a very old box label, handwritten and probably from the 19th century, which we will also send to the buyer.
Allemond (Allemont), Oisans-Romanche, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.4 × 2.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.73” × 1.10”

Antimony.
Siderite with Quartz
Siderite with Quartz. Siderite with Quartz.
 

EF86R3: Aggregate of very sharp simple and transparent rhombohedral crystals with a rich color, very bright for the species. Selectively coated by groups of clear crystals of Quartz. A nice classic.
Allevard, Haut-Grésivaudan, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.7 × 3.8 cm = 2.05” × 1.46” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 0.71” × 0.59”

Siderite with Quartz
 

MY76AL3: Group of very flattened rhombohedral Siderite crystals with a lenticular habit, with polycrystalline surfaces on the faces. On matrix, with hyaline Quartz crystals. Its color is different from the usual in specimens from this area.
Le Collet d'Allevard, Allevard, Haut-Grésivaudan, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 8.9 × 6.3 × 3.1 cm = 3.50” × 2.48” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.8 cm = 0.98” × 0.71”

Siderite with Quartz. Siderite with Quartz.
Siderite with Quartz
Siderite with Quartz. Front
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Siderite with Quartz. Rear
Rear
Siderite with Quartz. Top
Top
Siderite with Quartz  

EY47AG7: Elongated and floater rhombohedral Siderite crystal. It is translucent, bright and partially coated by small clear Quartz crystals.
The sample, very typical of its classic French locality, is from the Christophe Marot collection (cat. nr. C7-2), whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage, Vizille, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.3 × 2.2 cm = 2.05” × 1.69” × 0.87”

Former collection of Christophe Marot
Smoky Quartz with Albite
 

EH6M8: Group of right-handed crystals partially doubly terminated and rich in accessory small faces. The crystals have very good luster, color and transparency.
Arête des Rochassiers, Talèfre Glacier, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2008)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 5.3 × 3.1 cm = 2.32” × 2.09” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.3 cm = 1.57” × 1.30”

Smoky Quartz with Albite.
Smoky Quartz with Chlorite
Smoky Quartz with Chlorite. Front
Front
Smoky Quartz with Chlorite. Side
Side
 

EG16J0: Splendid specimen, very esthetic and of high quality. It is a group of prismatic crystals of excellent color, very transparent and with Chlorite inclusions in the terminal faces.
Mont Mallet, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1998)

Specimen size: 12.8 × 9.8 × 4.7 cm = 5.04” × 3.86” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 6 × 2.2 cm = 2.36” × 0.87”

Gwindel Smoky Quartz
 

EX47X2: Polycrystalline parallel growth with a very well marked "gwindel". The crystal is transparent, bright and shows a very uniform clear smoky color.
Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2009)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.6 × 2.5 cm = 2.32” × 1.81” × 0.98”

Gwindel Smoky Quartz. Front
Front
Gwindel Smoky Quartz. Rear
Rear
Gwindel Smoky Quartz. Top
Top
Quartz (variety faden) with Chlorite
Quartz (variety faden) with Chlorite. Front
Front
Quartz (variety faden) with Chlorite. Rear
Rear
Quartz (variety faden) with Chlorite  

EC27AG7: Doubly terminated floater crystal with a closed “faden” and very well defined parallel growths. The sample, very transparent, has a deep and uniform smoky color.
A French classic from the Christophe Marot collection (cat. nr. C8-6), on whose label, that we’ll send with the sample, it is noted that it was acquired in 2008 from Denis Boël.
Aiguille de Talèfre, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±2008)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.93” × 0.98” × 0.71”

Former collection of Christophe Marot
Smoky Quartz Gwindel
Smoky Quartz Gwindel  

EA50L5: Parallel growth of really transparent and deep smoky color Quartz crystals. The “gwindel” structure is easily seen. The specimen base is totally recrystallized, up to the point to preserve the full transparency.
The specimen is with the original label from the Bonisoli collection (Torino, Italy). We will send the label to the buyer.
Glacier de l'Argentière, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±1985)

Specimen size: 11 × 6.8 × 3.7 cm = 4.33” × 2.68” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 7.1 × 3.6 cm = 2.80” × 1.42”

Smoky Quartz Gwindel. Front
Front
Smoky Quartz Gwindel. Top
Top
Octahedral Fluorite with Chlorite
Octahedral Fluorite with Chlorite. Front
Front
Octahedral Fluorite with Chlorite. Side
Side
 

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

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

Fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite (octahedral)

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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

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

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Alain Martaud
Fluorite (octahedral). Front
Front
Fluorite (octahedral). Top
Top
Fluorite (octahedral). Rear
Rear
Octahedral Fluorite on smoky Quartz
Octahedral Fluorite on smoky Quartz. Front
Front
Octahedral Fluorite on smoky Quartz. Side
Side
Octahedral Fluorite on smoky Quartz. Top
Top
 

TG69H3: Esthetic group of octahedral crystals of Fluorite of intense color, sharp, bright and implanted on a group of Quartz crystals, the most visible of which, at left and vertical, is doubly terminated.
Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.8 × 2.4 cm = 1.34” × 1.10” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.35” × 0.28”

Octahedral Fluorite with Albite
 

EB52R3: Parallel growth of very sharp octahedral crystals, with very smooth faces, translucent and of an excellent color, very uniform and with mauve shades. The group, much more complete and aerial than usual, is on a matrix of Albite.
Glacier de l'Argentière, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2009)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.2 × 2.6 cm = 1.65” × 1.26” × 1.02”

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

Octahedral Fluorite with Albite. Front
Front
Octahedral Fluorite with Albite. Side
Side
Octahedral Fluorite with Albite
Octahedral Fluorite with Albite. Octahedral Fluorite with Albite.
 

TP70AK8: Octahedral Fluorite crystal with polycrystalline growths on one of its lower vertices, translucent, deep pink, on Albite matrix. An alpine classic.
Aiguille Verte, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±2010)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4 × 2.8 cm = 2.05” × 1.57” × 1.10”

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Smoky Quartz with chlorite
Smoky Quartz with chlorite  

TR97X7: Parallel growths of flattened, transparent and extraordinarily bright crystals, with very well marked phantom growths and partially coated by chlorite. The words “Archi top” (super-good), written by Emringer on the back on the label, give us an idea about the real quality of the sample.
Notre-Dame-du-Cruet, La Lauzière Massif, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 5 × 4.7 × 4.2 cm = 1.97” × 1.85” × 1.65”

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

Former collection of Gilles Emringer
Smoky Quartz with chlorite.
Smoky Quartz with Chlorite and Feldspar
Smoky Quartz with Chlorite and Feldspar. Front
Front
Smoky Quartz with Chlorite and Feldspar. Side
Side
 

TA99Y9: Very aerial group of oriented smoky Quartz crystals. They are transparent, very bright and have small Feldspar crystals and Chlorite on the base of the aggregate. One of the crystals shows, very visible, the Dauphiné twin law. An excellent Alpine classic.
La Lauzière Massif, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 7.2 × 8.3 × 5.5 cm = 2.83” × 3.27” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 5.9 × 2.5 cm = 2.32” × 0.98”

Former collection of Gilles Emringer
Anatase with Orthoclase (variety adularia)
 

ED46AC8: Very acute dipyramidal Anatase crystals, most of them doubly terminated. They are bright and are on a rocky matrix with small Orthoclase crystals (adularia variety) with brown inclusions. An Alpine classic.
La Lauzière Massif, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 3.4 × 1.4 × 1.7 cm = 1.34” × 0.55” × 0.67”

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

Anatase with Orthoclase (variety adularia). Anatase with Orthoclase (variety adularia).
Bazzite with Ilmenite and Quartz
Bazzite with Ilmenite and Quartz. Bazzite with Ilmenite and Quartz.
 

TH48Z3: A dipyramidal Bazzite crystal, extraordinarily well-defined for the species, with an excellent intense and uniform blue color and a vivid luster. The crystal is implanted on a Quartz matrix with small laminar Ilmenite crystals.
Bois Kersy, Vallée de la Tarentaise, Bonneval-Tarentaise, La Lauzière Massif, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (07/2011)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.6 × 1.3 cm = 1.54” × 1.02” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 0.25 × 0.1 cm = 0.10” × 0.04”

Bazzite with Quartz
 

EV97W7: Small but extraordinary crystal of this rare scandium mineral of the Beryl group. The crystal, of a deep blue color, shows the faces of a very acute dipyramid and it is implanted on a matrix of clear Quartz crystals.
Bois Kersy, Vallée de la Tarentaise, Bonneval-Tarentaise, La Lauzière Massif, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (07/2011)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 4 × 2.2 cm = 1.69” × 1.57” × 0.87”

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

Bazzite with Quartz. Bazzite with Quartz.
Ilmenite with Quartz
Ilmenite with Quartz. Ilmenite with Quartz.
 

EB13V9: Very sharp laminar crystal with a hexagonal contour. It is bright, with parallel growths and it is on matrix, with parallel growths of doubly terminated crystals of clear Quartz.
Bois Kersy, Vallée de la Tarentaise, Bonneval-Tarentaise, La Lauzière Massif, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (07/2011)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.3 × 4 cm = 1.93” × 1.30” × 1.57”

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

Prehnite with Actinolite (variety byssolite)
 

EF66AM3: Prehnite crystals with very well defined faces and edges. With distinct curvatures and polycrystalline growths, translucent, lustrous, and of an intense green color. On matrix, with Calcite and felted aggregates of Actinolite (variety byssolite). Excellent French classic from one of the typical localities for the species.
La Combe de la Selle, Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans, Le Bourg d'Oisans Comune, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

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

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

Prehnite with Actinolite (variety byssolite). Prehnite with Actinolite (variety byssolite).
Prehnite with Orthoclase (variety adularia), Epidote and Amphibole
Prehnite with Orthoclase (variety adularia), Epidote and Amphibole. Front
Front
Prehnite with Orthoclase (variety adularia), Epidote and Amphibole. Side
Side
Prehnite with Orthoclase (variety adularia), Epidote and Amphibole.
 

EQ76Z9: Polycrystalline Prehnite aggregate with very well defined curved faces and edges. They are bright, have an intense green color and are on a surface of Orthoclase (adularia) crystals with small acicular amphibole crystals coating a rocky matrix. On the Prehnite aggregate there is a small smooth and very white Orthoclase surface. An excellent French classic.
La Combe de la Selle, Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans, Le Bourg d'Oisans Comune, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.4 × 3.6 cm = 2.68” × 2.13” × 1.42”

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

Prehnite with Epidote and Calcite
 

MA7AL5: Prehnite crystals with very well defined faces and edges and with curvatures, with polycrystalline growths, translucent, bright, and with an intense green color. On matrix, with Calcite and highly profiled Epidote crystals, transparent, very bright and with an unusually deep color. Excellent French classic from one of the classic 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: 6.8 × 5.8 × 3.1 cm = 2.68” × 2.28” × 1.22”

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

Prehnite with Epidote and Calcite. Prehnite with Epidote and Calcite.
Prehnite with Epidote and Calcite.
Axinite-(Fe) with Quartz and Calcite
Axinite-(Fe) with Quartz and Calcite.
Axinite-(Fe) with Quartz and Calcite. Axinite-(Fe) with Quartz and Calcite.
 

MX89X5: Sharp single transparent and very bright crystal. It has very well defined faces and edges, shows a very deep color and it is on matrix, with Quartz and Calcite.
Rochers de l'Armentier, Le Bourg d'Oisans, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2011)

Specimen size: 8 × 7.9 × 3.2 cm = 3.15” × 3.11” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 0.71” × 0.59”

Epidote

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LC70AK0: Crystal fan growth with very elongated prismatic habit and perfect terminal faces, bright translucent and intense pistachio green. The specimen, of high quality from a not so well-known locality, is from the Philippe Morelon collection (number 917) whose label, which includes more information on the back, will be sent to the buyer.
Chamrousse, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1980)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 5.8 × 6.4 cm = 3.11” × 2.28” × 2.52”

Former collection of Philippe Morelon
Epidote. Front
Front
Epidote. Rear
Rear
Clinozoisite
Clinozoisite. Clinozoisite.
Clinozoisite  

TQ70X7: Bundled aggregates, on matrix, of bright acicular crystals with a slightly greenish brown color. The sample, as is written on the back of the Emringer collection label, is from a unique find at the locality so the sample must be considered as a rarity.
Chamrousse, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 12.7 × 8.2 × 5.5 cm = 5.00” × 3.23” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 0.7 cm = 1.65” × 0.28”

Former collection of Gilles Emringer
Sphalerite with Siderite
 

TP27AE2: Aggregate of complex equant Sphalerite crystals that are extraordinarily transparent and bright, with a very intense color and a vivid inner “fire.” On a matrix of very pale cream tabular Siderite crystals.
La Mure coal mines, La Mure, Matheysine-Trièves, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.46” × 1.38” × 0.87”

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

Sphalerite with Siderite. Sphalerite with Siderite.
Sphalerite with Siderite
Sphalerite with Siderite. Sphalerite with Siderite.
 

TH50Z9: Small but very well defined, bright and translucent crystals with a tan-honey color. They are on a matrix of massive Sphalerite with the lenticular Siderite crystals so characteristic of the locality.
La Mure coal mines, La Mure, Matheysine-Trièves, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7 × 3 cm = 3.43” × 2.76” × 1.18”

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

Siderite with Quartz and Baryte
 

ED89Y9: Aggregates of very flattened lenticular Siderite crystals on a matrix of Quartz crystals with very sharp white rhombohedral Calcite crystals and a Baryte crystal with very well defined faces and edges, a very rare species at Le Mure.
La Mure coal mines, La Mure, Matheysine-Trièves, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 12.7 × 12.5 × 4 cm = 5.00” × 4.92” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.9 cm = 0.67” × 0.35”

Former collection of the Lyon area
Siderite with Quartz and Baryte.
Siderite with Quartz and Baryte. Siderite with Quartz and Baryte.
Siderite with Quartz
Siderite with Quartz. Front
Front
Siderite with Quartz. Side
Side
Siderite with Quartz.

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

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

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

Siderite

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

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

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

Siderite. Siderite.
Dolomite with Siderite
Dolomite with Siderite. Dolomite with Siderite.
Dolomite with Siderite  

SD87AC0: Drusy growth, on a rocky matrix, of sharp rhombohedral Siderite crystals with a brown color coated by white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals between transparent and translucent and small Quartz crystals. A French classic.
La Mure coal mines, La Mure, Matheysine-Trièves, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 15.8 × 9.4 × 3.9 cm = 6.22” × 3.70” × 1.54”

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

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Calcite
Calcite  

SX67AC0: Aggregate of prismatic crystals with echeloned growths and flat rhombohedral terminations. The crystals, on matrix, are bright, between transparent and translucent, and have a snow white color. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the locality is quiet unknown.
Vicat Quarry, Montalieu-Vercieu, Morestel, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 9.5 × 7.1 × 5.5 cm = 3.74” × 2.80” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.2 cm = 1.18” × 0.47”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Calcite. Calcite.
Calcite
Calcite. Calcite.
Calcite  

SR28AD3: Spheroidal Calcite with concentric growths. The spheres have a yellow color and are on a basalt matrix. Very similar to those from Montalto di Castro, the classic Italian locality, but this one is from the Puy de Dôme area.
The sample is from the Francesco S. Stoppani collection (catalog number 0316), whose label we’ll send to the buyer. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Curebourse, Vic-sur-Cère, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 12.3 × 11.7 × 6.7 cm = 4.84” × 4.61” × 2.64”

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

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Fluorite

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EGH56AN5: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and an intense yellow color with a fine geometric zoning on the violet edges.
From a limited find of great quality for what is known from this mine.

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

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

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

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

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EFF46AN7: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and an intense yellow color with a fine geometric zoning on the violet edges. Of great quality for what is known at this mine, it comes only from one specific find.
La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Saint-Ours, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (09/2020)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4 × 2.8 cm = 2.20” × 1.57” × 1.10”

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

Fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite

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EGF76AN5: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and an intense yellow color with a fine geometric zoning on the violet edges.
From a limited find of great quality for what is known from this mine.
La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Saint-Ours, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (12/2019)

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

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

Fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite. Fluorite.
Fluorite
Fluorite. Fluorite.

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EMP27AN5: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and an intense yellow color with a fine geometric zoning on the violet edges.
From a limited find of great quality for what is known from this mine.
La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Saint-Ours, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (12/2019)

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

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

Fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite

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EPF69AN5: Druse of very sharp Fluorite crystals, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and an intense yellow color with a fine geometric zoning on the violet edges, and also with light blue crystals, which were rare from this find.
A limited find, of great quality for what is known from this mine.
La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Saint-Ours, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (12/2019)

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

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

Fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite. Fluorite.
Fluorite with Quartz
Fluorite with Quartz. Fluorite with Quartz.
Fluorite with Quartz.

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

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

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

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Alain Martaud
Fluorite with Quartz

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LA96AK8: Group of very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, very lustrous and extraordinarily intense and uniform blue. The fluorite grew in the void left by a scalenohedral Calcite crystal with some relict faces covered by epitactic Quartz.
The specimen is from the Philippe Morelon collection (number 962), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Le Beix Mine, Saint-Germain-près-Herment, Herment, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1980)

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

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

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Philippe Morelon
Fluorite with Quartz. Front
Front
Fluorite with Quartz. Side
Side
Fluorite with Quartz. Rear
Rear
Fluorite with Quartz.
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
 

EN27AM2: Gastropod (Helix ramondi) fossilized in translucent Opal-CT (variety lussatite), with a pearly luster and colors ranging from white to sky blue. No reconstruction or repairs of any kind. This French classic is very good quality for the locality.
Les Rois Mine, Mur-sur-Allier, Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 1.3 × 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.51” × 0.43” × 0.39”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Opal-CT (variety lussatite) after fossil (Helix ramondi)
 

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

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

Fluorescent long & short UV
Opal-CT (variety lussatite) after fossil (Helix ramondi). Front
Front
Opal-CT (variety lussatite) after fossil (Helix ramondi). Rear
Rear
Opal-CT (variety lussatite) after fossil (Helix ramondi)
Opal-CT (variety lussatite) after fossil (Helix ramondi).

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MRR57AO3: Gastropod (Helix ramondi) fossilized in Opal-CT (lussatite variety) translucent, with a pearly luster and colors between white and sky-blue.
Very good quality for the deposit, a French classic.
Les Rois Mine, Mur-sur-Allier, Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 2 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 0.79” × 0.71” × 0.67”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Opal-CT (variety lussatite) after fossil (Helix ramondi)

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MFL86AO3: Gastropod (Helix ramondi) fossilized in Opal-CT (lussatite variety) translucent, with a pearly luster and colors between white and sky-blue. In its original matrix, without stabilization or repairs of any kind.
Very good quality for the deposit, a French classic.
Les Rois Mine, Mur-sur-Allier, Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.94” × 0.63” × 0.55”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Opal-CT (variety lussatite) after fossil (Helix ramondi).
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
 

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

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

Fluorescent long & short UV
Opal-CT (variety lussatite)
 

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

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

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

Fluorescent long & short UV
Opal-CT (variety lussatite). Opal-CT (variety lussatite).
Opal-CT (variety lussatite) after fossil (Helix ramondi)
Opal-CT (variety lussatite) after fossil (Helix ramondi). Opal-CT (variety lussatite) after fossil (Helix ramondi).
 

EF99AL7: Gastropod (Helix ramondi) fossilized in Opal-CT (variety lussatite) translucent, with a pearly luster and colors varying from white to sky blue. In its original matrix, without glue or repairs of any kind. Very good quality for the locality, a French classic.
Les Rois Mine, Mur-sur-Allier, Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 6.9 × 5.1 × 3.2 cm = 2.72” × 2.01” × 1.26”

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

Fluorescent long & short UV
Aragonite with Calcite
Aragonite with Calcite  

SA96AD6: Radiating sprays, on matrix, of transparent colorless and very bright acicular Aragonite crystals with white spheroidal Calcite. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Gergovie, La-Roche-Blanche, Veyre-Monton, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 15.3 × 9.8 × 5 cm = 6.02” × 3.86” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.1 cm = 0.39” × 0.04”

Minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Aragonite with Calcite. Aragonite with Calcite.
Quartz after Fluorite
Quartz after Fluorite. Quartz after Fluorite.
Quartz after Fluorite.
 

EB66AM2: Very aerial Quartz on matrix, which has completely replaced a cubic Fluorite crystal. The replacement of Fluorite by Quartz, which is not just a coating, is evident in the smaller crystals on this specimen.
Aurouze, Mazerat-Aurouze, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.6 × 2.4 cm = 2.05” × 1.81” × 0.94”

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

Rounded Fluorite
 

TD11F2: The rounded formations are notable for the variation on color, between lilac and light gray-green. They sit on a long matrix and contrast with the white Quartz and darker host rock.
Buxières-les-Mines, Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2004)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm = 2.95” × 1.77” × 1.38”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Rounded Fluorite.
Rounded Fluorite.
Pyromorphite with Quartz
Pyromorphite with Quartz. Front
Front
Pyromorphite with Quartz. Side
Side
Pyromorphite with Quartz.
 

EA96AE3: Aggregates of acicular Pyromorphite crystals that are very bright, with a very uniform green color and on a matrix with Quartz crystals. The sample is from a not well known locality where good samples are very scarce.
Nuissière Mine, Chénelette, Thizy-les-Bourgs, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (04-05/2011)

Specimen size: 12.3 × 10.4 × 7.1 cm = 4.84” × 4.09” × 2.80”

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

Doubly terminated Quartz
 

MB57K9: Doubly terminated Quartz crystal, with a short prism, very clear and brilliant, contrasting with a dark matrix. Very popular specimens at French mineral shows, where were called “Diamants de la Drôme” (Drôme Diamonds).
Rémuzat, Nyons, Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 9.3 × 6.5 × 5.5 cm = 3.66” × 2.56” × 2.17”

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

Doubly terminated Quartz. Doubly terminated Quartz.

Chessy-les-Mines

Azurite with Malachite
Azurite with Malachite.
 

EM26X0: Floater spheroidal aggregate of short prismatic crystals with very well defined faces and slightly curved edges, with a more luminous color than usual, and a growth of Malachite which is probably a pseudomorph after primary crystals of Cuprite. A French classic.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.7 × 2 cm = 1.14” × 1.06” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.31” × 0.28”

Type locality

Former collection of Claus Hedegaard. Number 10869
Azurite with Malachite after Cuprite
 

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

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

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

Type locality
Azurite with Malachite after Cuprite. Front
Front
Azurite with Malachite after Cuprite. Rear
Rear
Azurite with Malachite after Cuprite.
Azurite with Malachite after Cuprite
Azurite with Malachite after Cuprite. Front
Front
Azurite with Malachite after Cuprite. Rear
Rear
 

MY47AB6: Floater aggregate of short-prismatic crystals with very well defined faces and slightly curved edges, with a vivid blue color and with octahedral Malachite pseudomorphs after Cuprite. This attractive miniature is an excellent French classic.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.6 × 1.9 cm = 1.50” × 1.02” × 0.75”

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

Type locality
Azurite with Malachite
 

MR89Y4: Floater aggregate of crystals with very well defined faces and edges, with a very intense blue color and, in some zones on the sample, partially substituted by Malachite. An excellent French classic.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

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

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

Type locality
Azurite with Malachite. Front
Front
Azurite with Malachite. Rear
Rear
Azurite
Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite. Rear
Rear
 

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

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

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

Type locality
Azurite

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Azurite
 

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

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

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

Type locality

Former collection of Alain Martaud
Azurite. Side
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Azurite. Front
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Azurite. Rear
Rear
Azurite with Malachite after Cuprite
Azurite with Malachite after Cuprite. Front
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Azurite with Malachite after Cuprite. Rear
Rear
Azurite with Malachite after Cuprite.
 

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

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

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

Type locality
Azurite with Malachite after Azurite
 

LY30AK0: Group of equidimensional crystals of Azurite with sharp faces and edges, very bright colors and partially covered by a cute group of Malachite after Azurite crystals. A French classic from the Philippe Morelon collection (number 345) whose label, which includes more information on the back, will be sent to the buyer.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (1998)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.6 × 2.6 cm = 2.05” × 1.81” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.67” × 0.28”

Former collection of Philippe Morelon
Azurite with Malachite after Azurite. Azurite with Malachite after Azurite.
Azurite with Malachite after Azurite.
Azurite
Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite. Side
Side
Azurite.
Azurite  

SV26AB6: Aggregate of very sharp crystals between prismatic and thick-tabular, with very well defined faces and edges, a very intense color and on matrix. On the back of the Stoppani label is recorded that the sample previously was on the B.S. Lloyd collection. An extraordinary French classic. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.6 × 2.6 ×  cm = 2.68” × 1.81” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.4 cm = 0.71” × 0.55”

Type locality

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Azurite with Malachite
 

EQ36Y7: Flattened, almost lenticular, Azurite crystals with sharp and very well defined faces and edges, with a very vivid color, very good luster and showing Malachite replacements on some of the faces.
The sample, an excellent French classic from the beginnings of the 19th century, has a quite better quality than usual on samples from the locality, and it is from the ancient collection of Quintino Sella (number 214) whose label, unfortunately, was lost.

Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (±1840)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 6 × 2 cm = 2.87” × 2.36” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.59” × 0.39”

Type locality
Azurite with Malachite. Azurite with Malachite.
Malachite after Azurite
Malachite after Azurite. Malachite after Azurite.
Malachite after Azurite  

ST90AB4: Aggregate of lenticular Malachite crystals pseudomorphous after Azurite, with very well defined faces and edges and on matrix, with Azurite and Malachite. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 5 × 3.3 × 2.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.30” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.6 cm = 0.43” × 0.24”

Type locality

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Malachite after Cuprite with Azurite
 

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

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

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

Type locality
Malachite after Cuprite with Azurite. Front
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Malachite after Cuprite with Azurite. Side
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Malachite after Cuprite
Malachite after Cuprite.
 

EC14AD6: Aggregate of Malachite pseudomorphous after dodecahedral Cuprite crystals, with smooth and very well defined faces, free of further alteration. A French classic and an excellent miniature.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

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

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

Malachite after Cuprite
 

EA27AF6: Complete floater group of very sharp pseudocrystals after cuprite, which are octahedrons beveled by the dodecahedron. The sample is from recent and surprising finds on the old dumps area at Chessy.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2017)

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.71” × 0.59” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.4 cm = 0.67” × 0.55”

Malachite after Cuprite. Front
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Malachite after Cuprite. Side
Side
Malachite after Cuprite
Malachite after Cuprite. Front
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Malachite after Cuprite. Side
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Malachite after Cuprite  

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

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

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

Malachite after Cuprite
 

TP99AK7: Floater intergrowth of octahedral crystals of Malachite pseudomorphic after Cuprite, very well shaped and larger than usual. A French classic of high quality.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.6 × 2.3 cm = 1.06” × 1.02” × 0.91”

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

Malachite after Cuprite. Front
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Malachite after Cuprite. Top
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Malachite after Cuprite with Azurite
Malachite after Cuprite with Azurite. Front
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Malachite after Cuprite with Azurite. Side
Side
Malachite after Cuprite with Azurite.
 

EV90AM2: Octahedral Malachite pseudomorph after a Cuprite crystal, with shallow hopper faces and implanted in a floater group of small Azurite crystals. A French classic.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.26” × 0.87” × 0.94”

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

Type locality

BOURGOGNE - FRANCHE-COMTÉ


Baryte
Baryte  

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

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

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

Former collection of Christophe Marot
Baryte. Front
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Baryte. Side
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Baryte.

BRITTANY / BRETAGNE


Cassiterite with Quartz
Cassiterite with Quartz. Cassiterite with Quartz.
 

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

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

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

Former collection of Alain Martaud
Cassiterite

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ELR66AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Group of twinned Cassiterite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, lustrous, and of exceptional size. A rare French classic of very high quality.
La Villeder, Le Roc-Saint-André, Vannes, Morbihan, Brittany/Bretagne  France (±1900)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 6.1 × 4 cm = 2.56” × 2.40” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 6.5 × 3.6 cm = 2.56” × 1.42”

Cassiterite. Front
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Cassiterite. Top
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Cassiterite. Top
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Gold with Quartz
Gold with Quartz. Front
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Gold with Quartz. Rear
Rear
Gold with Quartz. Side
Side
 

MT89AI5: 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: 2.6 × 1.6 × 0.9 cm = 1.02” × 0.63” × 0.35”

Weight: 4.9 grams
Gold with Quartz
 

EF88AH9: 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: 2.7 × 1.5 × 1 cm = 1.06” × 0.59” × 0.39”

Gold with Quartz. Front
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Gold with Quartz. Rear
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Gold with Quartz. Top
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Gold with Quartz.

CENTRE - VAL DE LOIRE


Pyromorphite with Fluorite
Pyromorphite with Fluorite. Pyromorphite with Fluorite.

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EJB48AO0: Coatings of Pyromorphite crystals with a tapered shape with pyramidal terminations, transparent, with good luster and an intense and uniform green color and covering a matrix of transparent and very lustrous cubic Fluorite crystals. High quality for the deposit.
Chaillac Mine, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire  France

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.1 × 3.2 cm = 1.50” × 1.22” × 1.26”

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

Pyromorphite with Fluorite

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

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

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

Pyromorphite with Fluorite. Pyromorphite with Fluorite.
Pyromorphite with Fluorite.
Pyromorphite with Fluorite
Pyromorphite with Fluorite. Front
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Pyromorphite with Fluorite. Rear
Rear
Pyromorphite with Fluorite.

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

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

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

Former collection of Alain Martaud

Fluorite fluorescent long & short UV
Pyromorphite on Fluorite
 

TR94T7: Aggregate formed by a first generation of very elongated crystals with acute terminations, some polycrystalline, with a dark brown color and a matrix of Fluorite. Most of the individuals are overgrown by a second generation of microcrystals with a very much lighter color. An unusual classic.
Chaillac Mine, rossignol vein, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire  France

Specimen size: 11.2 × 10.1 × 4.2 cm = 4.41” × 3.98” × 1.65”

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Pyromorphite on Fluorite. Pyromorphite on Fluorite.
Fluorite with Baryte
Fluorite with Baryte. Fluorite with Baryte.
Fluorite with Baryte  

TZ71X7: Aggregate of sharp cubic crystals, between translucent and transparent, with intense yellow color and partially coated by “book” shaped aggregates of White Baryte crystals. An excellent French classic.
Chaillac Mine, rossignol vein, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire  France

Specimen size: 9 × 7.3 × 3.5 cm = 3.54” × 2.87” × 1.38”

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

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Gilles Emringer
Fluorite with Baryte
 

ED47AM0: Group of Fluorite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and outstanding and between transparent and translucent. With geometric color zoning with a yellow nucleus and colorless edge areas, and partially covered by lenticular Baryte crystals with some micro-crystals of sulfides. 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 × 7.1 × 3 cm = 3.54” × 2.80” × 1.18”

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Fluorite with Baryte. Fluorite with Baryte.
Cerussite
Cerussite.
 

EA47AC8: Aggregate of white Cerussite crystals with a silky luster and a fibrous appearance (“jackstraw”). Besides that the quality of the sample is excellent, We also note that, in this locality, good samples for collectors are very scarce.
Chaillac Mine, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire  France (±1980)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.69” × 1.42” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 0.6 cm = 1.02” × 0.24”

Fluorescent short UV

GRAND EST


Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite  

TA96T3: Polycrystalline growths whose nucleus shows hollow formations, with geometrical color zoning, clearer in one of the terminations. The crystals, most of them doubly terminated, are implanted on Limonite matrix. We note the locality, quite uncommon..
The sample is from John Marshall’s collection whose card and label we’ll send to the buyer and has been published in the Chinese magazine ‘Mineral Lover’ on page 7 in the volume 9/2011
Steinbach, Cernay, Thann-Guebwiller, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est  France

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

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
Hematite with Quartz
Hematite with Quartz. Hematite with Quartz.
 

EM98Q8: Group of tabular crystals of neat hexagonal shape with small white crystals of Quartz. The sample is from an old find thirty years ago and can be considered among the best for the locality, not well known.
Le Haïcot , Brézouard, Les Vosges Massif, Lapoutroie, Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est  France (±1980)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 4.7 × 1.6 cm = 3.03” × 1.85” × 0.63”

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

Fluorite with Quartz
 

EE96AM1: Druse of sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent, with good luster and a pale green color, on matrix. 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: 8.3 × 4.1 × 3.4 cm = 3.27” × 1.61” × 1.34”

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

Fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Quartz.

HAUTS-DE-FRANCE


Calcite
Calcite. Front
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Calcite. Side
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Calcite  

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

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

Minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani

ÎLE-DE-FRANCE


Calcite with sand inclusions

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

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

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Calcite with sand inclusions.
Calcite with inclusions of sand
Calcite with inclusions of sand. Front
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Calcite with inclusions of sand. Rear
Rear
 

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

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

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

Calcite with sand inclusions

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

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

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Calcite with sand inclusions. Front
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Calcite with sand inclusions. Side
Side
Calcite with sand inclusions. Rear
Rear
Calcite with sand inclusions
Calcite with sand inclusions. Front
Front
Calcite with sand inclusions. Rear
Rear

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

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

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Calcite with sand inclusions

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

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

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Calcite with sand inclusions. Front
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Calcite with sand inclusions. Side
Side
Calcite with sand inclusions. Rear
Rear
Calcite with sand inclusions
Calcite with sand inclusions. Front
Front
Calcite with sand inclusions. Rear
Rear

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

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

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Calcite with sand inclusions

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

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

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Calcite with sand inclusions. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Calcite with sand inclusions. Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Calcite with sand inclusions
Calcite with sand inclusions. Front
Front
Calcite with sand inclusions. Side
Side
Calcite with sand inclusions. Rear
Rear

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

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

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

NORMANDIE


Pyrite
 

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

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

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

Pyrite. Front
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Pyrite. Rear
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NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE


Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite.
 

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

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

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

Pyromorphite
 

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

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

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

Former collection of Bob Noble
Pyromorphite. Front
Front
Pyromorphite. Side
Side
Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite.
 

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

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

Pyromorphite
 

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

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

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

Pyromorphite. Front
Front
Pyromorphite. Rear
Rear
Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite.
 

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

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

Pyromorphite
 

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

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

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

Pyromorphite. Front
Front
Pyromorphite. Rear
Rear
Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite.
 

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

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

Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite  

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

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

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

Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar
Pyromorphite. Front
Front
Pyromorphite. Top
Top
Pyromorphite. Side
Side
Pyromorphite with Quartz
Pyromorphite with Quartz. Pyromorphite with Quartz.
 

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

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

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

Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite  

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

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

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

Former collection of Gilles Emringer
Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
Pyromorphite and Baryte
Pyromorphite and Baryte. Pyromorphite and Baryte.
Pyromorphite and Baryte  

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

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

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

Minor fluorescence short UV
Pyromorphite with Quartz
 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Pyromorphite
 

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

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

Former collection of Paul Zerfass
Pyromorphite. Front
Front
Pyromorphite. Rear
Rear
Pyromorphite.
Pyromorphite with Quartz
Pyromorphite with Quartz. Front
Front
Pyromorphite with Quartz. Rear
Rear
Pyromorphite with Quartz.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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

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

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

Former collection of Philippe Morelon
Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite  

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

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

Former collection of Gilles Emringer
Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
Pyromorphite with Baryte
Pyromorphite with Baryte. Pyromorphite with Baryte.
 

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

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

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

Pyromorphite on Baryte

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

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

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

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

Pyromorphite on Baryte. Front
Front
Pyromorphite on Baryte. Side
Side
Pyromorphite on Baryte.
Pyromorphite with Baryte
Pyromorphite with Baryte. Pyromorphite with Baryte.
 

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

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

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

Minor fluorescence short UV
Pyromorphite with Quartz
 

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

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

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

Fluorescent long & short UV
Pyromorphite with Quartz. Pyromorphite with Quartz.
Mimetite with Pyromorphite and Wulfenite
Mimetite with Pyromorphite and Wulfenite.
Mimetite with Pyromorphite and Wulfenite.
Mimetite with Pyromorphite and Wulfenite.
 

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

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

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


OCCITANIE


Aragonite (variety Cu-bearing aragonite)

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TFR27AN7: Botryoidal aggregate of coralloidal Aragonite with an intense and uniform sky-blue color. 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 (±1985)

Specimen size: 10.6 × 7.5 × 4.2 cm = 4.17” × 2.95” × 1.65”

Former collection of Alain Martaud

Minor fluorescence short UV
Aragonite (variety Cu-bearing aragonite). Aragonite (variety Cu-bearing aragonite).
Baryte with Sphalerite and Pyrite
Baryte with Sphalerite and Pyrite. Baryte with Sphalerite and Pyrite.
 

MM67AL6: Two spheroidal aggregates formed by tabular Baryte crystals, one of them very aerial and clearly dominant, with good luster, snow-white, on matrix, with transparent, lustrous and well defined Sphalerite crystals, and small coatings of Pyrite microcrystals on the edges. Very representative of Barytes and characteristic for the locality.
Les Malines mining district, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Le Vigan, Gard Department, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.6 × 4.7 cm = 2.80” × 1.81” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 3.9 cm = 1.69” × 1.54”

Baryte
 

EA6G1: The groups nearly spherical ("pompons") of laminar crystals, snowy-white, in contrast with the grayish matrix.
Les Cèdres Mine, Asce. 32, Les Malines mining district, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Le Vigan, Gard Department, Occitanie  France (1996)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 8.5 × 5 cm = 4.53” × 3.35” × 1.97”

Baryte.
Baryte
Baryte. Baryte.
 

CG12X7: Spheroidal aggregates of white laminar crystals with pearly luster and implanted on matrix. A French classic.
Les Malines mining district, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Le Vigan, Gard Department, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 17 × 9 × 7.7 cm = 6.69” × 3.54” × 3.03”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 4 cm = 1.65” × 1.57”

Bournonite with Sphalerite
 

EM37AA4: Aggregate of two tabular Bournonite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, forming cyclic twins and on a matrix coated by very bright Sphalerite crystals, a uncommon mineral association for the locality. A French classic of very good quality.
Les Malines mining district, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Le Vigan, Gard Department, Occitanie  France (±1970-80)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.4 × 2.8 cm = 2.13” × 1.73” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.6 cm = 0.83” × 0.63”

Bournonite with Sphalerite. Bournonite with Sphalerite.
Bournonite with Sphalerite.
Bournonite with Sphalerite
Bournonite with Sphalerite. Bournonite with Sphalerite.
 

TB68K0: Group of crystals of considerable size. They are neat cyclic twins and are very well defined with sharp faces and edges. The locality is a classic but the specimen is from a recent find in 2005.
La Sanguinède Mine, Les Malines mining district, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Le Vigan, Gard Department, Occitanie  France (2005)

Specimen size: 11.6 × 8.7 × 5.6 cm = 4.57” × 3.43” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.26” × 0.63”

Calcite with Sphalerite and Pyrite
Calcite with Sphalerite and Pyrite  

SM56AD6: Very sharp acute scalenohedral Calcite crystals, translucent white, on a Sphalerite matrix with Pyrite microcrystals. The locality is not well known, as is usual with a lot of samples from this collection.
Trèves Mine, Fournels Valley, Trèves, Gard, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 9.7 × 7.9 × 3.2 cm = 3.82” × 3.11” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.9 cm = 0.67” × 0.35”

Minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Calcite with Sphalerite and Pyrite. Calcite with Sphalerite and Pyrite.
Calcite with Dolomite
Calcite with Dolomite.
 

EC59AA2: Complex single crystal with the predominating faces of a prism, a scalenohedron and a terminal rhombohedron. The crystal is translucent, bright, with a uniform yellow color and it is on a rocky matrix coated by Dolomite crystals. Of very good quality for the locality.
Pallières Mines, Saint-Félix-de-Pallières, Alès, Gard, Occitanie  France (2007-2008)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.3 × 2.2 cm = 2.01” × 1.69” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.02” × 0.55”

Calcite
Calcite  

SV42AC7: Druse of very complex Calcite crystals with many faces, among which are sharp rhombohedra and shortened scalenohedra, giving it an equant shape. The crystals, on a matrix of Dolomite and Sphalerite, are transparent, bright and have a pale yellow color.
Joseph Mine, Saint-Félix-de-Pallières, Alès, Gard, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 10.5 × 8 × 5.3 cm = 4.13” × 3.15” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.47” × 0.28”

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Calcite. Calcite.
Calcite
Calcite. Calcite.
Calcite  

SE86AE3: Druse, on a rocky matrix, of very sharp trapezohedral crystals that are colorless, transparent and very bright.
The sample is with a label from the Stoppani collection that we’ll send to the buyer. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Bagard Quarry, Bagard, Alès, Gard, Occitanie  France (2006)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.5 × 4 cm = 3.43” × 2.95” × 1.57”

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

Minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Calcite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EMG87AO2: Druse of very sharp scalenohedral Calcite crystals, transparent, with good luster and an intense yellow color with iridescence.
The specimen has a fine crack on the back that, according to the original label, has been reinforced. It comes from the Alain Martaud collection and we will send the original label to the buyer.
Bagard Quarry, Bagard, Alès, Gard, Occitanie  France (2006)

Specimen size: 17 × 8.2 × 7.5 cm = 6.69” × 3.23” × 2.95”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.06” × 0.71”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Alain Martaud
Calcite. Calcite.
Azurite on Baryte
Azurite on Baryte.
Azurite on Baryte  

SQ14AC0: Parallel aggregate of two elongated prismatic crystals that are translucent, with a very deep color and on a Baryte matrix. The sample is a thumbnail and as is the case with so many specimens in this collection is of great quality for the locality.
Mas Dieu, Mercoirol, Alès, Gard, Occitanie  France (2005)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.59” × 0.47”

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

Baryte minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite  

EZ46AG9: Tapered prismatic crystals with curvatures on the prism edges, with an intense and uniform clear-green color and on matrix.
The sample, of an excellent quality for a locality that is not well known for good quality Pyromorphite, is from the Christophe Marot collection whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Mas Dieu, Mercoirol, Alès, Gard, Occitanie  France (±1996)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 3.9 × 1.3 cm = 2.40” × 1.54” × 0.51”

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

Former collection of Christophe Marot
Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
Stolzite
Stolzite. Front
Front
Stolzite. Front
Front
Stolzite. Side
Side
 

EP86J8: The sample is from a recent find of this species at an European locality that we can consider as a classic for excellence. Group of very aerial tabular crystals of very well defined faces and edges.
Sainte Lucie Mine, Saint-Léger-de-Peyre, Marvejols, Mende, Lozère, Occitanie  France (05/2007)

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

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

Intense zoned fluorescence long & short UV
Stolzite with Cerussite
 

TR97M0: From the classic Sainte Lucie Mine. A tabular floater crystal, of considerable size for the species, partially covered by Cerussite. Faces on sides show well defined terminations.
Sainte Lucie Mine, Saint-Léger-de-Peyre, Marvejols, Mende, Lozère, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.9 × 0.5 cm = 1.46” × 1.14” × 0.20”

Cerussite fluorescent short UV
Stolzite with Cerussite. Front
Front
Stolzite with Cerussite. Top
Top
Fluorite with Chalcopyrite
Fluorite with Chalcopyrite.
 

EJ16J8: From a recent rediscovery at the locality. Group of cubic crystals of perfectly defined faces and edges and deep yellow color, almost honey, considerably transparent and with small crystals of Chalcopyrite.
Le Piboul (Le Pivoul), Gabrias, Marvejols, Mende, Lozère, Occitanie  France (05/2007)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.8 × 2.1 cm = 2.28” × 1.89” × 0.83”

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

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Fluorite with Chalcopyrite
 

EK16J8: From a recent rediscovery at the locality. Group of cubic crystals of perfectly defined faces and edges and deep yellow color, almost honey, considerably transparent and with small crystals of Chalcopyrite.
Le Piboul (Le Pivoul), Gabrias, Marvejols, Mende, Lozère, Occitanie  France (05/2007)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.2 × 2.4 cm = 2.83” × 2.05” × 0.94”

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

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Fluorite with Chalcopyrite.
Pyrite with Calcite
Pyrite with Calcite. Pyrite with Calcite.
 

MD13X3: Coatings of small octahedral Pyrite crystals, very well defined and bright, on an aggregate of lenticular Calcite crystals.
Salsigne Mine, Salsigne, Mas-Cabardès, Carcassonne, Aude, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 9.8 × 8.3 × 3 cm = 3.86” × 3.27” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 0.8 cm = 0.91” × 0.31”

Hydroxylbästnasite-(Ce) with Calcite
 

MX67AF1: A group of very sharp laminar Hydroxylbastnäsite crystals, one of them very aerial and clearly dominant. They are transparent, have a honey color and are on a Calcite matrix. A classic of French and worldwide mineralogy.
Trimouns Mine, Luzenac, Haute-Ariège, Foix, Ariège Department, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.6 × 2.9 cm = 1.38” × 1.02” × 1.14”

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

Calcite minor fluorescence short UV
Hydroxylbästnasite-(Ce) with Calcite. Hydroxylbästnasite-(Ce) with Calcite.
Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) with Dolomite
Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) with Dolomite. Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) with Dolomite.
Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) with Dolomite.
 

TX48AG0: Group of very sharp tabular Hydroxylbastnäsite crystals, between transparent and translucent and with an intense and uniform color, and implanted on a matrix coated by rhombohedral Dolomite crystals.
Trimouns Mine, Luzenac, Haute-Ariège, Foix, Ariège Department, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 5.7 × 3.3 × 3.2 cm = 2.24” × 1.30” × 1.26”

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

Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) and Dolomite
 

MH88AJ4: Parallel growth of very sharp laminar Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) crystals that are transparent and bright with a very intense honey color and on matrix with rhombohedral Calcite crystals. A classic of French and worldwide mineralogy.
Trimouns Mine, Luzenac, Haute-Ariège, Foix, Ariège Department, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.8 × 4.7 cm = 2.68” × 2.28” × 1.85”

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

Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) and Dolomite. Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) and Dolomite.
Allanite-(Ce) with Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) and Dolomite
Allanite-(Ce) with Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) and Dolomite. Allanite-(Ce) with Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) and Dolomite.
 

EL90AI8: Parallel growth of two crystals of Allanite-(Ce) on Calcite matrix with a good length, very well defined faces and edges, translucent, very bright, with a very intense and deep color and with small Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) crystals related. A French classic.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2019, page 72
Trimouns Mine, Luzenac, Haute-Ariège, Foix, Ariège Department, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4 × 4.4 cm = 2.68” × 1.57” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.91” × 0.12”

Dissakisite-(Ce) on Dolomite
 

F26RE8: The mineralogical literature is not clear if we are dealing with Dissakisite-(Ce) or Allanite-(Ce). Both species are the end species of an isomorphic range and most of the samples from Trimouns present colored zones where the darker ones correspond with Allanite-(Ce) (as it is richer in iron) and the lighter areas are Dissakisite-(Ce) We have not analyzed this sample but the uniform color, and especially it lightness, indicate that it is poor in iron so we guess that it is Dissakisite-(Ce)
Trimouns Mine, Luzenac, Haute-Ariège, Foix, Ariège Department, Occitanie  France (±1997)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.1 × 1.9 cm = 2.64” × 2.01” × 0.75”

Dissakisite-(Ce) on Dolomite.
Dissakisite-(Ce) on Dolomite.
Monazite-(Ce) on Dolomite
Monazite-(Ce) on Dolomite. Monazite-(Ce) on Dolomite.
 

MT56AG9: Aggregate of three small, very well defined, transparent and bright Monazite-Ce crystals. They have a vivid and uniform yellow color and are implanted on a matrix with white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals.
Trimouns Mine, Luzenac, Haute-Ariège, Foix, Ariège Department, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.2 × 3.6 cm = 2.09” × 1.26” × 1.42”

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

Quartz with Dolomite, Talc and Allanite-(Ce)
 

EF6T4: Well developed crystal of Quartz with a very visible inclusion that shows a feather shape, very probably Allanite-(Ce). Is on matrix, with Dolomite and small laminar crystals of Talc.
Trimouns Mine, Luzenac, Haute-Ariège, Foix, Ariège Department, Occitanie  France (02/2011)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 5.9 × 4.3 cm = 3.62” × 2.32” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 7.7 × 1.9 cm = 3.03” × 0.75”

Quartz with Dolomite, Talc and Allanite-(Ce). Quartz with Dolomite, Talc and Allanite-(Ce).
Tetrahedrite with Chalcopyrite and Quartz
Tetrahedrite with Chalcopyrite and Quartz. Tetrahedrite with Chalcopyrite and Quartz.
 

EL13W7: From a very recent find. Sharp tristetrahedral crystals with an excellent luster. They are larger than what 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: 4.6 × 3 × 1.7 cm = 1.81” × 1.18” × 0.67”

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

Tetrahedrite with Chalcopyrite and Quartz
 

EQ86W7: From a very recent find. Sharp tristetrahedral crystals with an excellent luster and they are larger that 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: 6.9 × 4.9 × 1.7 cm = 2.72” × 1.93” × 0.67”

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

Tetrahedrite with Chalcopyrite and Quartz. Tetrahedrite with Chalcopyrite and Quartz.
Tetrahedrite with Chalcopyrite and Quartz
Tetrahedrite with Chalcopyrite and Quartz. Tetrahedrite with Chalcopyrite and Quartz.
 

EM66W7: From a very recent find. Sharp crystals showing the faces of the tetrahedron and tristetrahedron. They have an excellent luster and are larger than hasbeen 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: 7.5 × 5.5 × 3 cm = 2.95” × 2.17” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.31” × 0.28”

Cuprian Aragonite
 

EJ13Y0: Fine botryoidal aggregate, on matrix, of cuprian Aragonite, with a uniform sky blue color on most of the sample, partially bordered by white smaller forms of the same Aragonite.
Lina Mine, level 07-08, Alzen, Foix, Ariège Department, Occitanie  France (2012)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.6 × 1.3 cm = 1.81” × 1.42” × 0.51”

Cuprian Aragonite.
Cuprian Aragonite
Cuprian Aragonite.
 

EX58AB4: Botryoidal aggregate, on matrix, of cuprian Aragonite. It has a uniform greenish color that in some areas of the sample tend to grayish tones. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What’s New in the Mineral World?’ section, report #40, April 21, 2015 edition.
Lina Mine, level 07-08, Alzen, Foix, Ariège Department, Occitanie  France (2012)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.4 × 3.3 cm = 2.76” × 1.73” × 1.30”

Cuprian Aragonite
 

EP46AB4: A curious sample with botryoidal and very individualized and strongly curved forms that coat and border an angular matrix. The aragonite is cuprian, with a uniform greenish color, with a tint of gray. The sample has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Lina Mine, level 07-08, Alzen, Foix, Ariège Department, Occitanie  France (2012)

Specimen size: 17 × 11.5 × 6.5 cm = 6.69” × 4.53” × 2.56”

Cuprian Aragonite. Cuprian Aragonite.
Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite. Front
Front
Pyromorphite. Rear
Rear
 

MA16M9: A novelty of Tucson 2009. Globular growths of barreled crystals of good luster and yellowish green color. The sample is from a recent find in a locality hitherto little known.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘Sainte-Marie Show 2009’ section of the magazine ‘Minéraux et Fossiles’ and appears on page 18 of number 383.
La Vidale Mine (Brezies), Asprières, Saint-Martin de Bouillac, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie  France (2008)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.8 × 2 cm = 1.22” × 1.10” × 0.79”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Pyromorphite
 

EC27AI5: Druse, on matrix, of globular aggregates formed by small crystals that are unusually well defined for the locality, more evident on the aggregates at the bottom of the sample.
La Vidale Mine area, Asprières, Saint-Martin de Bouillac, Aveyron, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.7 × 2.7 cm = 1.73” × 1.46” × 1.06”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
Pyromorphite (variety As-bearing pyromorphite)
Pyromorphite (variety As-bearing pyromorphite). Pyromorphite (variety As-bearing pyromorphite).
Pyromorphite (variety As-bearing pyromorphite).

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

AMB27AO4: 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: 9.1 × 7.6 × 5.8 cm = 3.58” × 2.99” × 2.28”

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

With analysis copy

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Pyromorphite with Quartz
 

MB48N2: A novelty of Tucson 2009. Greenish yellow globular crystals that contrast on a matrix of massive white Quartz.
La Vidale Mine (Brezies), Asprières, Saint-Martin de Bouillac, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie  France (2008)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 9.5 × 4.7 cm = 4.09” × 3.74” × 1.85”

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

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

MA52N2: A novelty of Tucson 2009. Globular crystals whose color is a little more intense and less greenish than the most of the samples of the find. They contrast on a matrix of massive white Quartz.
La Vidale Mine (Brezies), Asprières, Saint-Martin de Bouillac, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie  France (2008)

Specimen size: 12.2 × 9.7 × 5.3 cm = 4.80” × 3.82” × 2.09”

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

Ca-bearing Pyromorphite (polysphaerite)
 

TP69Y1: Clear and uniform green botryoidal aggregate, coating and surrounding a Quartz matrix. The analysis reveals it is polysphaerite, a chemical variety Pyromorphite, very rich in calcium and very rare. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This specimen was photographed for the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 14 of number 5/2013
La Vidale Mine (Brezies), Asprières, Saint-Martin de Bouillac, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 7.5 × 5.3 × 4.9 cm = 2.95” × 2.09” × 1.93”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Ca-bearing Pyromorphite (polysphaerite). Ca-bearing Pyromorphite (polysphaerite).
Fluorite on Quartz
Fluorite on Quartz. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Fluorite on Quartz. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Recorded under neon light
 

EXY57CD1: With the desired color of the best fluorites from Les Escauffages, in Valzergues, these crystals of Fluorite are very individualized, which gives a good contrast with the Quartz matrix.
Les Escauffages, Valzergues Mines, Valzergues, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.8 × 2.5 cm = 3.43” × 2.68” × 0.98”

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

Former collection of Daniel Poinsot
Malachite
Malachite  

SF12AC0: Botryoidal growth, on matrix, with neat and bright surfaces and a clear green color. It is from a not so well known French locality.
Bonche Peyrol Mine, Aveyron, Occitanie  France (1976)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 3.7 × 1.7 cm = 1.22” × 1.46” × 0.67”

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Malachite. Malachite.
Malachite with Quartz
Malachite with Quartz. Malachite with Quartz.
Malachite with Quartz  

SC86AC3: Botryoidal growths and coatings with different green shades, from light to dark. They are on a group of Quartz crystals. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Bonche Peyrol Mine, Aveyron, Occitanie  France (2004)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.5 × 2.2 cm = 2.28” × 1.77” × 0.87”

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Pyromorphite with Baryte and Quartz
 

ET14Z9: Slightly spindled Pyromorphite crystals, a lot of them doubly terminated, with a deep and uniform green color and on a Baryte matrix with small Quartz crystals. The sample is from a not so well known locality.
Bouillac, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5.4 × 4.7 cm = 2.24” × 2.13” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.1 cm = 0.16” × 0.04”

Pyromorphite with Baryte and Quartz. Front
Front
Pyromorphite with Baryte and Quartz. Rear
Rear
Analcime with Calcite and Malachite
Analcime with Calcite and Malachite.
 

MJ10V1: Translucent trapezohedral crystal of Analcime, with very well defined faces and edges and implanted on a polycrystalline growth of Calcite that is a perimorph of an old crystal of Calcite, now disappeared, and with small inclusions of Malachite. The locality is not so well known for the species.
L'Hermie Quarry, Port-d'Agrès, Decazeville, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie  France (2007)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.6 × 2.7 cm = 1.14” × 1.02” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.55” × 0.43”

Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV
Galena with Sphalerite
 

MZ66AB8: Very sharp octahedral Galena crystals with very well defined faces and edges on a Sphalerite matrix. The sample is from a classic French locality.
Planioles Mine, Planioles, Figeac-Ouest, Figeac, Lot Department, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.5 × 2.4 cm = 2.28” × 1.38” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 0.67” × 0.63”

Former collection of Denis Boël
Galena with Sphalerite.
Pyromorphite on Quartz
Pyromorphite on Quartz. Pyromorphite on Quartz.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TFM86AO8: Centered aggregates and fan-shaped growths of very lustrous acicular Pyromorphite crystals with an intense and uniform color, on a Quartz matrix. A French classic of which you can currently only get specimens from old collections. The specimen comes from the Yvan Delqué collection.
Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.8 × 2.5 cm = 1.65” × 1.50” × 0.98”

Former collection of Yvan Delqué
Pyromorphite
 

EJ14X1: Radial aggregates and fanlike growths, on matrix, of acicular crystals that have a very intense and uniform color. An European classic seen only from old findings.
Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn, Occitanie  France (±1980)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.4 × 1.5 cm = 1.69” × 1.34” × 0.59”

Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
Pyromorphite  

NF76AI0: Radial aggregates and fan-like growths of acicular Pyromorphite crystals on matrix. They are very bright and have a very intense and uniform color. An European classic seen only from old collections.
Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 4.8 × 2.6 × 1.9 cm = 1.89” × 1.02” × 0.75”

Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite  

MA96AD9: Very aerial aggregates with crusts, botryoidal growths and fine acicular crystals with a very intense green color. An European classic seen only from old finds.
The sample is from the F. Gaudry collection whose label (in which is noted that it previously was in the Michel Brunet collection, Canada) we’ll send to the buyer.
Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 5.1 × 5 × 3.2 cm = 2.01” × 1.97” × 1.26”

Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
Pyromorphite on Quartz
Pyromorphite on Quartz.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TTR56AO8: Centered aggregates and fan-shaped growths of very lustrous acicular Pyromorphite crystals with an intense and uniform color, on a Quartz matrix. A French classic of which you can currently only get specimens from old collections. The specimen comes from the Yvan Delqué collection.
Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.4 × 2.3 cm = 2.13” × 1.34” × 0.91”

Former collection of Yvan Delqué
Pyromorphite on Quartz

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TFP86AO8: Centered aggregates and fan-shaped growths of very lustrous acicular Pyromorphite crystals with an intense and uniform color, on a Quartz matrix. A French classic of which you can currently only get specimens from old collections. The specimen comes from the Yvan Delqué collection.
Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.7 × 3.6 cm = 2.28” × 1.46” × 1.42”

Former collection of Yvan Delqué
Pyromorphite on Quartz. Pyromorphite on Quartz.
Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
 

EG48T7: Spheroidal growths of Pyromorphite with very thin acicular crystals, with rare transparency and intense green color. They are on a matrix of slate partially coated by Quartz. A classic from the past.
Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn, Occitanie  France (±1980)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.4 × 2.7 cm = 2.68” × 2.52” × 1.06”

Pyromorphite on Quartz

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TRB49AO8: Centered aggregates and fan-shaped growths of very lustrous acicular Pyromorphite crystals with an intense and uniform color, on a Quartz matrix. A French classic of which you can currently only get specimens from old collections. The specimen comes from the Yvan Delqué collection.
Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 7.8 × 5.4 × 4.8 cm = 3.07” × 2.13” × 1.89”

Former collection of Yvan Delqué
Pyromorphite on Quartz. Pyromorphite on Quartz.
Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
 

ER48X1: Radial growths of very bright acicular crystals that have a very intense and uniform clear green color that contrasts with the white tone of the Quartz matrix. An European classic seen only from old findings.
Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn, Occitanie  France (±1980)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 4.4 × 3.6 cm = 3.27” × 1.73” × 1.42”

Pyromorphite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EVM51AP0: 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: 15 × 8.5 × 7.8 cm = 5.91” × 3.35” × 3.07”

Former collection of Yvan Delqué
Pyromorphite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Pyromorphite. Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Pyromorphite. Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Fluorite with Quartz
Fluorite with Quartz.
 

TM96H7: The sample from a classic locality is high quality. It is formed by transparent cubic crystals, blue, but slightly greenish and with geometric zonations of deep sky blue outlining the orientation of the edges.
Le Burc Mine, Alban-Le Fraysse area, Tarn, Occitanie  France (2005)

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

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.9 cm = 1.02” × 0.75”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Quartz
 

TG67Z9: Polycrystalline growth of cubic Fluorite crystals with very well marked phantoms, with blue color and partially coated by small Quartz crystals. We note the size of the crystals, unusually large for the locality.
Le Burc Mine, Alban-Le Fraysse area, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 9.7 × 7.3 × 4.8 cm = 3.82” × 2.87” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 7.7 × 7.3 cm = 3.03” × 2.87”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Fluorite with Quartz. Front
Front
Fluorite with Quartz. Light behind
Light behind
Fluorite with Quartz. Side
Side
Fluorite with Quartz. Light behind
Light behind
Copper with Fluorite
Copper with Fluorite.
 

TA10AN2: Dendritic growth of small Copper crystals with sharp crystal forms and shiny surfaces and with irregular growths of transparent white Fluorite crystals. The specimen is a significant rarity for this mine, which is known for its Fluorites.
Le Burc Mine, Alban-Le Fraysse area, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.4 × 0.9 cm = 0.91” × 0.55” × 0.35”

Copper with Fluorite
 

TM69AN2: Dendritic growth of small Copper crystals with sharp crystal forms and shiny surfaces and with irregular growths of transparent white Fluorite crystals. The specimen is a significant rarity for this mine, which is known for its Fluorites.
Le Burc Mine, Alban-Le Fraysse area, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 9.4 × 7.4 × 6 cm = 3.70” × 2.91” × 2.36”

Copper with Fluorite. Front
Front
Copper with Fluorite. Rear
Rear
Copper with Fluorite.
Chalcopyrite with Quartz
Chalcopyrite with Quartz. Chalcopyrite with Quartz.
 

TR97AK4: Druze of unusually well formed Chalcopyrite crystals for the deposit, with very bright polycrystalline growths. They exhibit a lively iridescence, are on matrix and partially covered with small transparent crystals of Quartz.
Le Burc Mine, Alban-Le Fraysse area, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 8.8 × 6.5 × 4.5 cm = 3.46” × 2.56” × 1.77”

Copper with Quartz
Copper with Quartz  

ED96AG7: Dendritic Copper growths with small crystals, rich with faces. They are on a matrix with small Quartz crystals.
The sample is from a well known locality that produced only rare Copper growths of such quality and is from the Christophe Marot collection (cat. nr. C7-05), whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Le Burc Mine, Alban-Le Fraysse area, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.3 × 3.7 cm = 2.52” × 1.69” × 1.46”

Former collection of Christophe Marot
Copper with Quartz. Copper with Quartz.
Azurite with Malachite, Quartz and Hematite
Azurite with Malachite, Quartz and Hematite. Azurite with Malachite, Quartz and Hematite.
Azurite with Malachite, Quartz and Hematite  

SP87AC0: Double rosette growth of flattened Azurite crystals. They are very bright, have a very deep color and are on a Quartz matrix, with botryoidal Hematite and Malachite coatings with a pale green color. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Le Moulinal Mine, Saint-Jean-de-Jeannes, Alban, Tarn, Occitanie  France (2003)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.3 × 2.9 cm = 2.76” × 1.69” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.47” × 0.31”

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Fluorite with Quartz
 

EF16AL9: Very sharp crystals, translucent, with a uniform green color, and partially covered by small doubly terminated 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: 5.7 × 3.5 × 4 cm = 2.24” × 1.38” × 1.57”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Quartz. Front
Front
Fluorite with Quartz. Side
Side
Fluorite with Quartz.
Fluorite with Quartz
Fluorite with Quartz. Fluorite with Quartz.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TXX87AO8: From a one time find in 2018 at the abandoned Four de Cluzel mine, located in the Peyrebrune area, these fluorites, for their crystal size, luster and color, are probably among the best French Fluorites. On matrix, with Quartz crystals. Congratulations to the group that recovered this treasure from an unexpected place.
Four de Cluzel Mine, Peyrebrune area, Montredon-Labessonnié, Le Haut Dadou, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France (04-08/2018)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.4 × 3.5 cm = 1.77” × 1.73” × 1.38”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Quartz
 

MC89AI4: A novelty at Munich 2018. Lovely Fluorites from the abandoned mine of Four de Cluzel located in the Peyrebrune area. By their color, size and luster they are probably among the best French Fluorites. Congratulations to the team that recovered this treasure from an unexpected place.
Four de Cluzel Mine, Peyrebrune area, Montredon-Labessonnié, Le Haut Dadou, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France (04-08/2018)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 5.5 × 4.5 cm = 2.20” × 2.17” × 1.77”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Quartz. Front
Front
Fluorite with Quartz. Photo: Joaquim Callén
Photo: Joaquim Callén
Fluorite with Quartz
Fluorite with Quartz. Fluorite with Quartz.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

ETF88AO5: Group of Fluorite crystals, one of them dominant, very sharp, translucent, with good luster and an intense and uniform lemon-yellow color, selectively covered by small water-clear Quartz crystals. Thanks 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: 7.4 × 6.6 × 3 cm = 2.91” × 2.60” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 5.7 × 4 cm = 2.24” × 1.57”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Baryte and Quartz

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TT66AK9: A discovery due to the hard work of amateur collectors, a treasure recovered in an unexpected place, the currently abandoned Four de Cluzel Mine. Very sharp Fluorite crystals, translucent and bright yellow lemon with uniform color, are topped by a parallel growth of very sharp tabular Baryte crystals. Both the Fluorite and Baryte are partially and selectively coated with small water-clear crystals of Quartz. Because of their color, luster and crystal size, these are among the most beautiful French Fluorites.
Four de Cluzel Mine, Peyrebrune area, Montredon-Labessonnié, Le Haut Dadou, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France (04-08/2018)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.8 × 6.2 cm = 3.43” × 3.07” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 7.2 × 5 cm = 2.83” × 1.97”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Baryte and Quartz. Front
Front
Fluorite with Baryte and Quartz. Side
Side
Fluorite with Baryte and Quartz.
Fluorite with Quartz and Baryte
Fluorite with Quartz and Baryte. Fluorite with Quartz and Baryte.

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EGX53AO5: 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: 11.2 × 9 × 5.1 cm = 4.41” × 3.54” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 7.4 × 6.2 cm = 2.91” × 2.44”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Quartz

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TVA92AO5: 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: 13.3 × 9.1 × 4.7 cm = 5.24” × 3.58” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 3.5 cm = 1.73” × 1.38”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Quartz. Fluorite with Quartz.
Fluorite with Quartz
Fluorite with Quartz. Fluorite with Quartz.

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ECA86AO5: 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: 14.6 × 9.5 × 7.1 cm = 5.75” × 3.74” × 2.80”

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

Fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Baryte and Quartz

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MT56AI7: A novelty at Munich 2018. Group of very sharp cubic Fluorite crystals between transparent and translucent, extraordinarily bright with a very vivid golden yellow color and partially coated by small Quartz crystals with groups of white Baryte crystals. By their color, size and luster they are probably among the best French Fluorites.
Four de Cluzel Mine, Peyrebrune area, Montredon-Labessonnié, Le Haut Dadou, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France (04-08/2018)

Specimen size: 12.6 × 10.8 × 4.6 cm = 4.96” × 4.25” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 5.6 × 5.5 cm = 2.20” × 2.17”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite with Baryte and Quartz.
Pyrite with Calcite
Pyrite with Calcite. Pyrite with Calcite.
 

EF36AL7: Globular Pyrite growths composed of multiple cubic crystals, whose faces are perfectly visible. Shiny and on matrix, with lenticular white transparent Calcite crystals with recrystallizations on the prism faces.
Rivet Quarry, Peyrebrune area, Montredon-Labessonnié, Le Haut Dadou, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France (11/2018)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.2 × 1.8 cm = 2.60” × 1.65” × 0.71”

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

Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV
Pyrite with Calcite

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EMR46AN5: Group of Calcite crystals completely covered by small, very shiny Pyrite crystals. A quality classic from this popular mining district.
Peyrebrune Mine, Peyrebrune area, Montredon-Labessonnié, Le Haut Dadou, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 6.6 × 5.7 × 3.1 cm = 2.60” × 2.24” × 1.22”

Pyrite with Calcite. Pyrite with Calcite.
Rhodochrosite with Kentrolite
Rhodochrosite with Kentrolite.
 

TT14N3: Novelties from the classic mine of Peyrebrune, well known its Fluorites. In November 2008, a small pocket found in the higher levels of the Rivet Quarry produced Rhodochrosite (analyzed), but more surprising is that the black material is another species, Kentrolite, a rare silicate of manganese and lead, never previously found on this site.
This sample is a good representation of this interesting find.
Rivet Quarry, level 1, Peyrebrune area, Montredon-Labessonnié, Le Haut Dadou, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France (10/11/2008)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 2.8 × 2.6 cm = 1.89” × 1.10” × 1.02”

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

Rhodochrosite with Kentrolite
 

TH13N3: Novelties from the classic mine of Peyrebrune, well known its Fluorites. In November 2008, a small pocket found in the higher levels of the Rivet Quarry produced Rhodochrosite (analyzed), but more surprising is that the black material is another species, Kentrolite, a rare silicate of manganese and lead, never previously found on this site.
This sample is a good representation of this interesting find.
Rivet Quarry, level 1, Peyrebrune area, Montredon-Labessonnié, Le Haut Dadou, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France (10/11/2008)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.2 × 4.5 cm = 2.87” × 2.05” × 1.77”

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

Rhodochrosite with Kentrolite. Rhodochrosite with Kentrolite.
Rhodochrosite with Kentrolite
Rhodochrosite with Kentrolite. Rhodochrosite with Kentrolite.
Rhodochrosite with Kentrolite  

SJ97AC0: Spheroidal and botryoidal growths of Kentrolite, a rare manganese silicate, coated by botryoidal Rhodochrosite with an intense pink color. It is one of the best Kentrolites of a single find at the Peyrebrune Mine. We made the first announcement of this find after analyzing it, so we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Rivet Quarry, level 1, Peyrebrune area, Montredon-Labessonnié, Le Haut Dadou, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France (10/11/2008)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.4 × 5.2 cm = 3.03” × 2.52” × 2.05”

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
Rhodochrosite with Kentrolite
 

TQ6N3: Novelties from the classic mine of Peyrebrune, well known its Fluorites. In November 2008, a small pocket found in the higher levels of the Rivet Quarry produced Rhodochrosite (analyzed), but more surprising is that the black material is another species, Kentrolite, a rare silicate of manganese and lead, never previously found on this site.
This sample is a good representation of this interesting find.
Rivet Quarry, level 1, Peyrebrune area, Montredon-Labessonnié, Le Haut Dadou, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France (10/11/2008)

Specimen size: 9 × 5.5 × 7.5 cm = 3.54” × 2.17” × 2.95”

Rhodochrosite with Kentrolite.
Rhodochrosite with Kentrolite.
Goethite
Goethite. Goethite.
 

TQ86AM9: Druse of Goethite crystals with a prismatic habit, very lustrous and with finely polycrystalline terminations. Of the best quality for the deposit.
La Quille du Roy, Montredon-Labessonnié, Le Haut Dadou, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France (2007)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 3 × 2.6 cm = 2.44” × 1.18” × 1.02”

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

Goethite
 

TP56AM9: Druse of Goethite crystals with a prismatic habit, very lustrous and with finely polycrystalline terminations. Of the best quality for the deposit.
La Quille du Roy, Montredon-Labessonnié, Le Haut Dadou, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France (2007)

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

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

Goethite. Goethite.

PAYS DE LA LOIRE


Pyrite
Pyrite.

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EMB26AN5: Floater group of Pyrite with very sharp crystal forms, lustrous polycrystalline growths and with small remnants of a carbonaceous matrix. Excellent for the locality, from which specimens of such a high quality were not known before.
Saint-Denis-d'Orques, La Flèche, Sarthe Department, Pays de la Loire  France (04/2021)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.7 × 3.8 cm = 2.28” × 2.24” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2 cm = 0.91” × 0.79”

Pyrite

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EPC46AN5: Floater group of Pyrite with very sharp crystal forms, lustrous polycrystalline growths and with small remnants of a carbonaceous matrix. Excellent for the locality, from which specimens of such a high quality were not known before.
Saint-Denis-d'Orques, La Flèche, Sarthe Department, Pays de la Loire  France (04/2021)

Specimen size: 6 × 3.6 × 5.7 cm = 2.36” × 1.42” × 2.24”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.71” × 0.47”

Pyrite. Pyrite.
Pyrite
Pyrite. Front
Front
Pyrite. Side
Side
Pyrite. Rear
Rear
Pyrite.

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ETV86AN5: Floater group of Pyrite with very sharp crystal forms, lustrous polycrystalline growths and with small remnants of a carbonaceous matrix. Excellent for the locality, from which specimens of such a high quality were not known before.
Saint-Denis-d'Orques, La Flèche, Sarthe Department, Pays de la Loire  France (04/2021)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.7 × 3.9 cm = 3.03” × 2.24” × 1.54”

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


PROVENCE - ALPES - CÒTE D'AZUR


Fluorite with Baryte
 

TCR14AN4: Druse of Fluorite crystals with very well marked, transparent, lustrous polycrystalline growths, with a vivid and uniform green color, on which there is a parallel growth of colorless and transparent fine tabular Baryte crystals.
This piece is from the Alain Martaud collection.
Fontsante Mine, Saint-Barthélemy vein, Tanneron Massif, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France (±1999-05)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.8 × 2.6 cm = 1.69” × 1.10” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.67” × 0.28”

Very fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Alain Martaud
Fluorite with Baryte. Fluorite with Baryte.
Fluorite with Baryte
Fluorite with Baryte. Fluorite with Baryte.
Fluorite with Baryte  

TC49X7: Aggregate of translucent cubic crystals that are very bright and have a deep green color, with a neat geometric color zoning, clearer on the edges.
Fontsante Mine, Tanneron Massif, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France

Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.4 × 3.7 cm = 2.40” × 2.13” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.7 cm = 0.91” × 0.67”

Very fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Gilles Emringer
Fluorite

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EBH27AN7: Druse of crystals with a cubic habit with polycrystalline growths on the faces that form sharp steps, lustrous, transparent and with a very deep and uniform blue-violet color.
A 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: 7.2 × 6.6 × 2.1 cm = 2.83” × 2.60” × 0.83”

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

Former collection of Alain Martaud
Fluorite. Front
Front
Fluorite. Light behind
Light behind
Fluorite.
Fluorite
Fluorite. Front
Front
Fluorite. Side
Side
Fluorite. Side
Side

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ERT48AN7: Group of crystals with a very sharp cubic habit, translucent, with good luster and a uniform green color, with a last phase of growth of a more yellow color. From the ‘Figuier’ vein, which is reputed to have produced the best quality Fluorites in this deposit.
A French classic that comes 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 (2011)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.6 × 3.2 cm = 3.03” × 2.60” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 2.2 cm = 1.81” × 0.87”

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Former collection of Alain Martaud
Fluorite

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EJK96AO0: Group of Fluorite crystals with a cubic shape, very sharp, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and a uniform green color with a geometric growth of a more yellow color. 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: 10.6 × 4.4 × 2 cm = 4.17” × 1.73” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.9 cm = 0.51” × 0.35”

Fluorite. Fluorite.
Azurite with Malachite, Olivenite and Baryte
Azurite with Malachite, Olivenite and Baryte. Azurite with Malachite, Olivenite and Baryte.
 

MB86AB1: Superficial growths of transparent and very bright Azurite microcrystals that have a very intense color. They are on matrix, with intense green Malachite, acicular Olivenite microcrystals with a clearer green color, with olive shades, and with small laminar Baryte crystals. The sample is from a classic French locality, very well known by its wide variety of species, most of them “micro”.
Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Toulon, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.5 × 3 cm = 3.43” × 2.95” × 1.18”

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

Quartz
 

E85D: As strange, transparent and brilliant as the photo shows.
Sigoyer area, Forcalquier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France (1994-1997)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.50” × 0.87” × 0.67”

Quartz.
Quartz
Quartz. Front
Front
Quartz. Rear
Rear
 

E87NYJ3: Group of clear crystals with curious growths and deformations. In some of them the prism is absent, in others it is considerably enlarged. The luster is extraordinary.
Sigoyer area, Forcalquier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France (1994-1997)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 5 × 6.2 cm = 3.43” × 1.97” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 1.8 cm = 1.81” × 0.71”



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