La Forge Mine, Anzat-le-Luguet, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Mix of red metastibnite and stibnite needles. Photo & collection Vessely.

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Hervé Forner collection.

© Th Brunsperger

Big Fülöppite crystal on quartz with stibnite inclusions. Hervé Forner collection.

© Th Brunsperger

Stibnite crystals spray on quartz 14,30mm x 9,5mm Photo & collection Vessely

© y.vessely

One of the few specimens of this rare lead sulfantimonite that were discovered at the end of the 90's. Crystal: 7 mm on quartz Collection & photo: Alain TUEL

© Alain TUEL

Stibnite crystals spray on quartz Photo & collection Vessely

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Big crystal detail. Hervé Forner collection.

© Th Brunsperger

Picture size 5 cm large. Specimen with 11 Fülöppite crystals greater than 4mm in association with prismatic crystals of stibnite. Actually the mine was totaly rehabilitated. This sector is closed forever!

© Thierry Brunsperger

Red Kermesite and yellow Stibiconite on Stibnite Ex C. Vialaron collection Size: 7,5 x 6 cm Collection and photo: Arliguie M

© Arliguie M

Size: 9,5 x 8 cm Collection and photo: Arliguie M

© Arliguie M

Kermesite on Stibnite Field of view 9 mm Photo and Collection Queneau Patrice

© Patrice.Queneau

Probably the biggest most perfect crystallographically crystal. One of these gifts from nature discovered the day after my birthday ! Exposed at Mineral & Gem 2019 in the Lead showcases.

© Thierry Brunsperger

Stibnite with Kermesite ( red ) Field of view 5 mm Photo and Collection Patrice Queneau

© Patrice.Queneau

Wolframite from the Wolframite cross-vein in the la Forge Antimony mine. 400 KG were mined between 1908-1909. Dimensions 11 X 5 cm. Collected in 1982. Collection et photo C. VIALARON

Stibnite Field of view 10 mm Photo and Collection Patrice Queneau

© Patrice.Queneau

FOV: 3 X 2 cm Collection and photo: Arliguie M

Senarmontite octahedrons with red kermesite on stibnite Field is 1,11mm large JML20x on bellows + Nikon D5100. Combine Z Self collected 2018 Photo & collection Chollet Pascal (# 6868)

© Chollet Pascal

stibnite. size: 64x40 mm. photo 10-23-2010. own collection #0175. Ex T. Brunsperger collection

© Philip Bluemner

Stibnite with a little berthierite.

© Heyninck A

red kermesite on Stibnit crystals with translucent Quartz crystals

© Harald Biecker

Spray of stibnite (2 cm), partly covered by yellow Sb oxides, on quartz crystals. Mine de la Forge (Anzat-le-Luguet). Specimen size 5 x 3 cm. Found in 1984. Collection et photo C. VIALARON

Stibnite on thinly crystallised Quartz. Forge mine. Dimensions 5,5 X 5 cm. Collected in 1982. Collection et photo C. VIALARON

Small quartz crystals covered with secondary material, perhaps stibiconite.

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Stibnite covered with stibiconite.

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Mix of red metastibnite and stibnite needles The white balls on stibnite and quartz could be cervantite (visual identification) Photo & collection Vessely

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© Harald Biecker

Baryte crystals on stibnite needles Photo & collection Vessely

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Baryte crystals on stibnite needles Photo & collection Vessely

© y.vessely

Stibnite on matrix.

© Heyninck A

Baryte crystals on quartz Photo & collection Vessely

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Stibnite crystals sprays on quartz Field is 20mm large EL-Nikkor 105mm on bellows + Nikon D5100. Combine Z Self collected Photo & collection Chollet Pascal (# Bbb)

© Chollet Pascal

Stibnite clusters encrusted by stibiconite. A lot of smaller clusters are completelly pseudomorphosed.

© Thierry Brunsperger

Big Fülöppite crystal on quartz with stibnite inclusions. Hervé Forner collection. For 3D showing, use Loreo glasses for 26".

© Th Brunsperger

Stibnite crystals spray on quartz Field is 8,1mm large Zeiss Luminar 63mm on bellows + Nikon D5100. Combine Z Self collected Photo & collection Chollet Pascal (# Bbd)

© Chollet Pascal

Stibnite, supposedly partly covered with a little yellow stibiconite and reddish brown kermesite.

© Heyninck A

Stibnite crystals spray on quartz Field is 17,5mm large EL-Nikkor 105mm on bellows + Nikon D5100. Combine Z Self collected Photo & collection Chollet Pascal (# Bbe)

© Chollet Pascal

Baryte crystals on stibnite needles Photo & collection Vessely

© y.vessely

Stibnite crystals Field is 17mm large EL-Nikkor 80mm on bellows + Nikon D5100. Combine Z Self collected Photo & collection Chollet Pascal (# 6866)

© Chollet Pascal

Mix of red metastibnite an stibnite needles The white balls on stibnite and quartz could be cervantite Photo & collection Vessely

© y.vessely

Stibnite crystals spray on quartz Field is 11mm large EL-Nikkor 80mm on bellows + Nikon D5100. Combine Z Self collected Photo & collection Chollet Pascal (# Bbc)

© Chollet Pascal

Hervé Forner collection. For 3D showing, use Loreo glasses for 26".

© Th Brunsperger

Stibnite and quartz. Perhaps there are secondary minerals on this piece like valentinite , kermesite.

© Heyninck A

© Heyninck A

Cervantite balls - SEM-EDS analysed at "Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans - Université de Clermont-Ferrand" by Chollet Pascal & Yannick Vessely - XRD Confirmed in Debye-Sherrer mode by Michel Blondieau at "Laboratoire de minéralogie, Liège" (Belgium) Field is 2,4mm large Zeiss Luminar 25mm on bellows + Nikon D5100. Combine Z Self collected ...

© Chollet Pascal

Big crystal detail. Hervé Forner collection. For 3D showing, use Loreo glasses for 26".

© Th Brunsperger

Stibnite crystals Field is 10,5mm large EL-Nikkor 80mm on bellows + Nikon D5100. Combine Z Self collected Photo & collection Chollet Pascal (# 6867)

© Chollet Pascal

Star like twinned arsenopyrite and a small pale crystal of sulphur.

Stibnite crystals spray on quartz Field is 18mm large EL-Nikkor 80mm on bellows + Nikon D5100. Combine Z Self collected 2018 Photo & collection Chollet Pascal (# Bbc)

© Chollet Pascal

Mix of red metastibnite and stibnite needles The white balls on stibnite could be cervantite (visual identification) Photo & collection Vessely

© y.vessely

Stibnite on matrix.

This entry (+46 level) was filled with rocks and soil in 2000. Now it's closed forever.

© Thierry Brunsperger

Over this pillar, on the platform, the big Füloppite crystals have been discovered.

© Thierry Brunsperger

View of the rocks who contained a part of the vein, forgotten by the old workers. Just recovered by some debris, everybody walked on them.

© Thierry Brunsperger

Encrusted stibnite on wall near +46 level entry. Ore alteration encrusting the stibnite clusters.

© Thierry Brunsperger

Mine entrance to La Forge Mine, Anzat-le-Luguet, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. The entrance is closed with openings for the bats.

© Heyninck A

Superiors works filled by rocks and soil. +46 level and more.

© Thierry Brunsperger

Little cavity under the famous pilar where was found the fülöppite crystals. Stibnite crystals are around 3-4cm.

© Thierry Brunsperger

Bottom where was the +46 level entry.

© Thierry Brunsperger

© Heyninck A