France
6013 Metalodavite, Riviaral, Lodave, Harault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Type locality. Pale yellow crystals. Ex Dr Fred P. d’Esopo Collection via William Pinch
1534 Gold, Rhine river alluvials, Kembs, Sierentz, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
Sealed glass ampule containing many flattened flakes of gold. Ex Brian Shelton Collection.
1189 Variscite, Beauvoir quarry, Echassieres, Ebreuil, Allier, Auvergne, France
Prismatic colourless crystals. Superb!
1167 Bastnaesite-(Ce), Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariege, Midi-Pyrenees, France
Well-formed hexagonal plates.
0978 Jasper, Loire River alluvials, Amboise, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France
Waterworn pieces of jasper collected by Laura Gadsden in 2013
0864 Connellite, La Finosa Mine (Fontana Rossa Mine), Ghisoni, Corte, Haute-Corse, Corsica, France
6x3mm patch of crystalline connellite on the 1.6×1.3cm display face of this micromount. It is mounted on a cork pedestal in a two piece black plastic micromount display case. Specimen is from the collection of...
0317 Bastnasite-(Ce), Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariege, Midi-Pyrenees, France
Several partial crystals of platy hexagonal transparent brown bastnasite with no matrix attached. 11x10x5mm.
3646 Linarite, Menez Plom, France
Royal blue linarite in slag from the slag dumps, Menez-Plom, Carnoët, Callac, Côtes-d’Armor, Brittany, France. Photo width 5mm.
5549 Tunisite, Celestine, Calcite, Condorcet, Drôme, France
The tabular tunisite crystals look like colourless wulfenite crystals. The long thin crystals are celestine, and there is also calcite with brownish cores present. Specimen is from Condorcet, Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.