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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

EBX47CD3: Arrigas is a little-known French mine that produced really colorful copper-stained Aragonite, like this old specimen.
Arrigas Mines, Arrigas, Le Vigan, Gard Department, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 7 × 6.7 × 3.8 cm = 2.76” × 2.64” × 1.50”

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”

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”

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

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

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”

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

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

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

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”

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”

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”

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

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

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

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”

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

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

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

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”

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”

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”

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

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

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

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”

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”

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

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

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

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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

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

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

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”

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”

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

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

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

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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

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

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”

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”

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”

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

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

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”

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

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

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

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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

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

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

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

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

EXQ72ASN3: Floating cubic Fluorite crystal of a very intense yellow-orange color -a very unusual color for the deposit- and uniform, with well-defined faces and edges, translucent and of considerable size. Numerous Chalcopyrite crystals are scattered across the piece, giving it an even more special touch.
Filon jaune, Valzergues Mines, Valzergues, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie  France (1983-1984)

Specimen size: 10 × 7.4 × 6.6 cm = 3.94” × 2.91” × 2.60”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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”

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

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

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

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”

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”

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

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

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”

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

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

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”

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”

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”

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

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

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

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

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”

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

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

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”

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”

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

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

TXM73CD4: Spheroidal growths of very fine acicular crystals of Pyromorphite with clearer transparencies in the terminations and an intense green color, on a rock matrix with Quartz.
An elegant classic of French mineralogy from the collection of Michel Perraudin.
Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 9.3 × 6 × 3.9 cm = 3.66” × 2.36” × 1.54”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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”

EXA66CD5: Aggregate of very well defined tabular Baryte crystals, translucent and transparent with a delicate sky-blue color, with very well-defined faces and edges, implanted in a rock matrix with iron oxide stains that give it a certain yellowish color.
It comes from a classic locality for French mineralogy where very beautiful specimens of Fluorite have been found, but where Baryte is not easy to find.
Le Burc Mine, Alban-Le Fraysse area, Tarn, Occitanie  France

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.9 × 4.1 cm = 2.87” × 2.32” × 1.61”

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

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”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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”

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”

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

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

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”

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”

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”

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

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

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

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”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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”

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

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

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

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”

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”

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

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

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”

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”

MVD48ASN4: New in Munich 2024. Group of perfectly defined cubic Fluorite crystals, some of them isolated, of very deep yellow color and bright luster, grown on a plate of Quartz crystals.
Although Fluorite specimens from this mine, Four de Cluzel, were already known, the quality and color of these specimens match or surpass previously known examples.
Four de Cluzel Mine, Peyrebrune area, Montredon-Labessonnié, Le Haut Dadou, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie  France (03-05/2024)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 4.5 × 3.9 cm = 3.86” × 1.77” × 1.54”

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

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”

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”

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”

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”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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”

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”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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”

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”

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”

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”

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

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

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

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”

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”

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

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

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

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

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

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