Les Porres Mine, Les Arcs, Draguignan, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Siderite on baryte blades Field is 4,4 x 2,9 mm Zeiss luminar mm on bellows + nikon D1x. Combine ZP Self collected at -45 level, Aug 22, 1987 Photo & collection Chollet Pascal (# 0345)

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Sphalerite crystals with siderite marbles (EDS analysed at LMV, Clermont-Ferrand) Field is 8,4 x 5,5 mm Zeiss luminar 63 mm on bellows + nikon D1x. CZM Self collected june 21, 1986 at -45 level Photo & collection Chollet Pascal (# 0032)

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Little baryte crystal (2 cm) in rock cavity.

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Cerussite (EDS analysed at LMV, Clermont-Ferrand) crystals on quartz, with yellow sphalerite (EDS analysed) Field is 2,85 x 1,9 mm Zeiss luminar 40mm on bellows + nikon D1x. Combine ZP Self collected nov 7, 1987 Photo & collection Chollet Pascal (# 0341)

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Siderite balls (EDS analysed at "Laboratoire magmas et Volcans, Clermont-Ferrand) on colorless fluorite & white baryte. EDS showed a member of the calcite group : Fe / Ca / Mg ratios are 9 / 5 / 3,5 Field is 6,9 mm large Zeiss luminar 63 mm on bellows + Nikon D5100. Combine ZP Self collected june 21, 1986 Photo & collection Chollet ...

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Jamesonite "hairs" included in baryte cristals Field is 2,75 x 1,80 mm Zeiss luminar 25 mm on bellows + nikon D1x. Combine ZM Self collected nov 7, 1987 Photo & collection Chollet Pascal (# 0349)

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Brown Fluorite - Pseudomorphosis after Baryte (typical from this locality) Size 9 x 5 x 4 cm Nikkor 85mm + extension ring - nikon D1x. CZM Photo & Collection Chollet Pascal

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Hairy jamesonite inclusions in baryte crystals Field is 16,65 x 11mm Zeiss luminar 63 mm on bellows + nikon D1x. Combine ZM Self collected nov 7, 1987 Photo & collection Chollet Pascal (# 0349)

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Siderite (EDS analysed at LMV, Clermont-Ferrand) on baryte blades Field is 8,75 x 5,8 mm Zeiss luminar 63 mm on bellows + nikon D1x. Combine ZP Self collected Aug 22, 1987 Photo & collection Chollet Pascal (# 0424)

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Sphalerite crystals with siderite marbles (EDS analysed at LMV, Clermont-Ferrand) Field is 13,25 x 8,5 mm Reversed nikkor 85 mm on bellows + nikon D1x. CZP Self collected june 21, 1986 at -45 level Photo & collection Chollet Pascal (# 0031)

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Baryte crystals on Quartz. the grey coloration is the result of hairy jamesonite inclusions Baryte cristals size 8 mm Nikkor 85mm + extension ring - nikon D1x. CZM Self collected june 1986 Photo & Collection Chollet Pascal

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Quartz - the grey coloration is the result of hairy jamesonite inclusions Size 4 x 3,5 x 2 cm Nikkor 85mm + extension ring - nikon D1x. CZM Self collected june 1986 Photo & Collection Chollet Pascal

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Calcite crystal encrusted by Ca-Mg carbonates Field is 9,67 x 6,37mm Zeiss luminar 63 mm on bellows + nikon D1x. CZM Photo & collection Chollet Pascal (# 0499)

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Quartz encrusted by calcite and other carbonates (EDS and DRX analyses showed that those crusts were a mix of calcite, dolomite and magnesite) Size 8 x 5 cm Nikkor 85mm + extension ring - nikon D1x. CZM Self collected june 1986 Photo & Collection Chollet Pascal

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Ankerite-dolomite series balls (EDS analysed at "Laboratoire magmas et Volcans, Clermont-Ferrand) on colorless fluorite & white baryte Field is 7,5 x 4,95 mm Zeiss luminar 63 mm on bellows + nikon D1x. Combine ZP Self collected june 21, 1986 Photo & collection Chollet Pascal (# 0344)

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Baryte crystals with hairy jamesonite inclusions, and some orange-brown siderite marbles Field is 15,4 x 11,0 mm Nikkor 85mm on bellows + nikon D1x. Combine ZP Self collected a level 0, nov 7, 1987 Photo & collection Chollet Pascal (# 0349)

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Sharp intergrown scalenohedrons, covered by microscopic fluorites. Ex Eric Asselborn.

© Jacques Malassé

Voici une exceptionnelle pseudomorphose de cristaux de calcite élancée en fluorine jaune à mauve. La gangue est constituée de fluorine et quartz. Une très belle pièce présentant des cristaux aux couleurs bien contrastées. Here is an exceptional pseudomorphosis of slender calcite crystals in yellow to mauve fluorite. The gangue ...

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Collection and photo Yves Masson

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Baryte cristals with hairy Semseyite inclusions, and some orange-brown dolomite marbles Field is 17,4 x 11,3 mm Nikkor 85mm on bellows + nikon D1x. Combine ZP Self collected a level 0, nov 7, 1987 Photo & collection Chollet Pascal (# 0349)

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Myargyrite crystal (EDS analysed - Jean Wyart association) Field is 0,6mm large JML20x on bellows + Nikon D5100 - Combine Z Self collected 1987 Photo & collection Chollet Pascal (# 0425)

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Baryte crystals Collection and photo: ARLIGUIE Michel

Excellent large matrix baryte specimens of this quality are very uncommon to rare from this less well-known extinct French baryte-fluorite mine near the Mediterranean Sea. An impressive and pristine 9.3 cm cluster of striking, opposing parallel-growth spear-point baryte blades is set on the large sculptural matrix. The very glassy and lustrous ...

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Excellent large matrix baryte specimens of this quality are very uncommon to rare from this less well-known extinct French baryte-fluorite mine near the Mediterranean Sea. An impressive and pristine 9.3 cm cluster of striking, opposing parallel-growth spear-point baryte blades is set on the large sculptural matrix. The very glassy and lustrous ...

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Me back from the -45 level to the 0 level 1986 - june 21 (I was 16) Photo by Eric Magnan

© Eric Magnan

Me back from the -45 level to the 0 level 1986 - june 21 (I was 16) Photo by Eric Magnan

© Eric Magnan

Me back from the -45 level to the 0 level. this is the end of the chemny, arrival at the 0 level 1986 - june 21 (I was 16) Photo by Eric Magnan

© Eric Magnan