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P5V-7UWStibiconite Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)

Ouche, Saint-Flour, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Largest Crystal Size: 80 mm

Stibnite altered to stibiconite.

Size of crystal group: 8 cm.

YTT-KJNStibnite Sb₂S₃

Marmaissat, Lanau, Torsiac, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Largest Crystal Size: 12 mm


Sometimes hammers deliver crystals, sometimes they are the executioners. The difference sometimes amounts to the luck. Tribute in all these hammers without whom we would find nothing...

Rare sample of stibine to "Marmaissat valley"


Parfois les marteaux délivrent les cristaux, parfois ils en sont les bourreaux. La différence se résume parfois à de la chance. Hommage à tous ces marteaux sans qui nous ne trouverions rien...

Rare spécimen de stibine de Marmaissat (vallée)

Prospections 16

5U8-AY5Analcime Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O

Les Planches quarry, Murat-le-Quaire, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Field of View: 10 mm

J03-WXKTitanite CaTi(SiO₄)O , Diopside CaMgSi₂O₆ , Aegirine-augite (Na_aCa_bFe²⁺_cMg_d)(Fe³⁺_eAl_fFe²⁺_gMg_h)Si₂O₆

Puy d'Augoules, Menet, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Dimensions: 0.5 mm

Crystal of titanite (yellow) 0,5 mm with diopside (green) and aegirine (black)

Cristal de titanite de 0,5 mm en association avec diopside et aégirine dans une géode recouverte d'anorthoclases.

AE0-JK6Chalcostibite CuSbS₂

La Violette gallery, Saint-Beauzire, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Field of View: 40 mm


Group of crystals on a zone of a little more than a centimeter.

Groupe de cristaux de Chalcostibite sur une zone d'un peu plus d'un centimètre.

3R0-R66Chalcostibite CuSbS₂

La Violette gallery, Saint-Beauzire, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Largest Crystal Size: 1 mm

Rare species of Chalcostibite to La Violette.
cristals ~ 1 mm.

03D-GTPPyromorphite Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl , Quartz (Var: Chalcedony) SiO₂

Les Ardennes vein, Ally, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Largest Crystal Size: 1 mm

Calcedony on pyromorphite

Calcédoine sur Pyromorphite

Scoria with crustal xenolith

Puy de Vivanson Quarry, Perpezat, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Thermometamorphosed crustal xenoliths in the scoria. Contains diopside and trydimite.

Enclave xenolithe à l'intérieur d'une "bombe volcanique" (scorie) contenant des microcristaux de diopside et tridymite.

8UP-FDKTridymite SiO₂ , Clinopyroxene Subgroup

Puy de Vivanson Quarry, Perpezat, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Largest Crystal Size: 0.5 mm

Tridymite in the left, and crystal of diopside ? in the xenolith.

C1A-W1CPyromorphite Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl

Mas Dieu, Laval-Pradel, Alès, Gard, Occitanie, France

Largest Crystal Size: 5 mm

Rare white pyromorphite

2014