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Acacia Enchères

56 avenue des acacias 54500, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy

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Minerals, books, works of art

Acacia Enchères

1 - A cluster of five oval-cut, faceted cordierites. 6 x 4 mm. Total weight: 2 carats.

2 - Meeting of five cut rubellite tourmalines (cushion, oval, etc.). Total weight: 3.5 carats.

19 - Brazil, state of Paraíba. Polyhedral agate slice, cut and polished by Johann Romary. 7.5 x 3.3 cm.

20 - Brazil, state of Paraíba. Polyhedral agate slice, cut and polished by Johann Romary. 8 x 3.7 cm.

21 - Brazil, Paraíba state. Polyhedral agate, one face sawn, unpolished. 10 x 7 x 5 cm.

22 - Brazil. Rock crystal. Cluster of 12 double-terminated crystals. Length: 13 cm max.

23 - Brazil. Rock crystal. Cluster of 10 double-terminated crystals. Length: 13 cm max.

24 - Brazil. Rock crystal. Cluster of 8 large crystals. Length: 13 cm max.

25 - VOSGES, Cleurie. Wall clock made from a large slab of garnet-bearing peridotite. Designed and crafted by Johann Romary (signed on the back). 25.5 x 16 cm. Quartz movement (untested, but new from stock).

26 - VOSGES (mountain range), Bourbach-le-Haut, Haut-Rhin. Wall clock consisting of a large slab of antique green porphyry, of the trachy-labradorite porphyry type. Designed and crafted by Johann Romary (signed on the back). 23.5 x 13 cm. Quartz movement (untested, but new from stock).

27 - VOSGES (mountain range). A collection of various minerals, partially cut and polished by Johan Romary, including agates (from the Col du Donon, La Fonderie - Haut-du-Them, and Haut-du-Tôt), chrysocolla (Anozel), and fluorite (Beaudys Mine, Château-Lambert, and Haut-du-Them in Haute-Saône).

29 - VOSGES (mountain range). A collection of various minerals, partially cut and polished by Johan Romary, including agates (from the Col du Donon, La Fonderie - Haut-du-Them, and Haut-du-Tôt), chrysocolla (Anozel), and fluorite (Beaudys Mine, Château-Lambert, and Haut-du-Them in Haute-Saône).

31 - Brazil. Rock crystal. Cluster of 13 crystals. Length: 10.5 cm max.

32 - Brazil. Rock crystal. Cluster of 11 large crystals, some of which are double-terminated. Length: 11 cm max.

33 - VOSGES (mountain range). A collection of various agates, partially cut and polished by Johan Romary, from La Bresse, Haut-du-Tôt, and Haut-du-Them (La Fonderie). A quartz specimen from Bussang is included.

34 - VOSGES (mountain range). A collection of various agates, partially cut and polished by Johan Romary, from Bergheim, Haut-du-Tôt, Haut-du-Them (La Fonderie), the Col du Donon, etc. An agate from Walscheid (Moselle) is also included.

35 - VOSGES (mountain range). A collection of various agates, partially cut and polished by Johan Romary, from Col du Donon, Haut-du-Tôt, and Haut-du-Them (La Fonderie). Also included are three chrysocollas from Anozel.

37 - VOSGES (mountain range), Servance, locality known as Le Baudy. A cluster of 4 fluorite specimens, cut and polished by Johan Romary. Length: approx. 10 cm.

38 - VOSGES (mountain range), Servance, locality known as Le Baudy. A cluster of 4 fluorite specimens, cut and polished by Johann Romary. Length: approx. 10 cm.

39 - VOSGES (mountain range). A collection of various minerals, partially cut and polished by Johann Romary, including agates (from La Fonderie, Haut-du-Them, etc.), chrysocolla (Anozel), and fluorite (Beaudys Well, Château-Lambert, Haut-du-Them in Haute-Saône).

40 - VOSGES (mountain range). Collection of white fluorite slices cut by Johann Romary (unpolished). Max. length: approx. 10 cm.

41 - VOSGES (mountain range). Collection of large white fluorite slabs cut by Johann Romary (unpolished). Max. length: approx. 23 cm.

42 - A set of 8 butterflies intended to be mounted as pendants, cut and polished by Johann Romary, made of agate, rose quartz, rock crystal, white marble, sodalite, granite, etc.

43 - A fossil collection consisting of two ammonites (one of which is cut in half) and two polished belemnite rostra. Also included are 6 Rotulidae sea urchin skeletons (Florida—minor damage).

44 - Set of three plates featuring Diplomystus fish fossils. Approx. 9.5 x 13.5 cm.

45 - Mont Blanc (massif), Alps. A cluster of two smoky quartz crystals collected by Johann Romary.

46 - Mont Blanc (massif), Alps. A cluster of two smoky quartz crystals collected by Johann Romary.

47 - Isère, La Gardette (Villard-Notre-Dame). Twinned rock crystal. Length: 11 cm.

48 - Isère, Alpes d'Huez. A cluster of four twinned quartz crystals from the Alps, collected by Johann Romary. Max. length: 7.5 cm.

49 - A collection of amethyst crystals, some of which are polished slices by Johann Romary, from Brazil (max. length 11.5 cm), (Rio Grande do Sul), from Haute-Loire (Vézézoux, France), or from the famous Jackson’s Crossroads mines in Georgia (USA).

50 - VOSGES (mountain range), La Fonderie, Haut-du-Them (Haute-Saône). A composition of three agate sections, cut and polished by Johann Romary. Max. length: 14.5 cm.

51 - VOSGES (mountain range), La Fonderie, Haut-du-Them (Haute-Saône). A composition of three agate sections, cut and polished by Johann Romary. Max. length: 17 cm.

52 - VOSGES (mountain range), La Fonderie, Haut-du-Them (Haute-Saône). A composition of three agate sections, cut and polished by Johann Romary. Max. length: 12 cm.

53 - VOSGES (mountain range), La Fonderie, Haut-du-Them (Haute-Saône). A combination of two agate sections, cut and polished by Johann Romary. Max. length: 14 cm.

54 - VOSGES (mountain range), Le Thillot, and MOSELLE (Walscheid). A combination of three agate sections, cut and polished by Johann Romary. Max. length: 11 cm.

55 - VOSGES (mountain range), Le Donon. A composition of four agate slices, cut and polished by Johann Romary. Max. length: 12 cm.

56 - VOSGES (mountain range), La Fonderie, Haut-du-Them (Haute-Saône). A combination of two agate slices, cut and polished by Johann Romary. Max. length: 10 cm.

57 - VOSGES (mountain range). A beautiful piece of agate, cut and polished, from the Straiture Gorge (12 x 9.5 cm). A slice of Vosges migmatite is included. Cut and polished by Johann Romary.

58 - VOSGES (mountain range), Servance, locality known as Le Baudy. A cluster of two fluorite specimens cut and polished by Johann Romary. Max. length: 10.5 cm.

59 - Isère, Montalieu. A pair of celestine specimens. Max. height: 8 cm.

60 - VOSGES (mountain range), Saulx. A collection of 8 specimens of polymetallic ores, cut and polished by Johann Romary.

61 - Alpes-Maritimes, Nice. Large sawn and polished flint. 19 x 12 cm.

62 - BULGARIA. A collection of two specimens: the first consists of quartz crystals with epidote inclusions (Laki, Djurkovo Mines, 11 x 7 cm), and the second consists of amethyst crystals (Spachievo, Chala Mine, 13 x 8 cm).

63 - A pair of amethyst quartz crystals: the first from Romania (Cavnic Mine, 9 cm long), the second from Pakistan (Kharan, Balochistan, 11 cm long).

64 - A pair of beautiful rock crystal specimens. Length: approx. 10 cm.

65 - A collection of 5 mineral specimens cut and polished by Johann Romary, including orbicular jasper (Madagascar), agate (Brazil), red jasper with hematite (Africa), and agate with an amethyst inclusion (Morocco).

66 - A collection of 5 mineral specimens cut and polished by Johann Romary, including an amethyst nodule (Brazil), a polymetallic rock, an olivine (France), an epidote, etc.

67 - VOSGES, canton of La Bresse. A cluster of several polyhedral agates cut and polished by Johann Romary. Max. length: 12 cm.

68 - VOSGES, canton of La Bresse. Large collection of rough polyhedral agates. From Johann Romary’s workshop stock.

69 - VOSGES (mountain range). Collection of fluorites. From Johann Romary’s workshop.

70 - Brazil. Collection of quartz and rock crystal specimens. From Johann Romary's workshop.

71 - Brazil. Collection of quartz and rock crystal specimens. From Johann Romary's workshop.

72 - Brazil. Collection of quartz and rock crystal specimens. From Johann Romary's workshop.

73 - Brazil. Collection of quartz and rock crystal specimens. From Johann Romary's workshop.

74 - Brazil. Collection of quartz and rock crystal specimens. From Johann Romary's workshop.

75 - Brazil. Collection of quartz and rock crystal specimens. From Johann Romary's workshop.

76 - Brazil. Collection of quartz and rock crystal specimens. From Johann Romary's workshop.

77 - Brazil. Collection of quartz and rock crystal specimens. From Johann Romary's workshop.

78 - Brazil. Collection of quartz and rock crystal specimens. From Johann Romary's workshop.

79 - Brazil. Collection of quartz and rock crystal specimens. From Johann Romary's workshop collection

80 - India. A collection of seven apophyllite specimens with stilbite (Poonam).

81 - VAR, Saint-Raphaël, Le Défend. A collection of four amethyst crystals.

82 - A collection of various minerals, partially cut and polished: agate, marble (from Russ, Alsace), candle-shaped quartz crystal (Madagascar), rough fluorite (Auvergne, France), etc.

83 - A collection of various minerals, partially cut and polished by Johann Romary: sodalite (Brazil), citrine (Brazil), amethyst, apatite (Tréguennec, Finistère), native copper (Saint-Véran, Hautes-Alpes, France), azurite, granite, etc.

84 - A collection of various minerals (from Johann Romary's workshop).

85 - Beautiful labradorite slab (Brazil), mounted on a base of Vosges fluorite. By Johann Romary. Height: 16.5 cm.

86 - Saint-Georges-d'Hurtières (Savoie). A pair of sawn and polished (on one side) iron ore slabs. By Johann Romary. Max. length: 12.5 cm.

87 - France. Pair of sawn and polished (on one side) plates of bituminous shale. By Johann Romary. Length: 10 cm.

88 - Former Yugoslavia. Assemblage of two blende specimens, one side sawn and polished by Johann Romary. Max. length: 10.5 cm.

89 - Auvergne, Marsanges Mines (Haute-Loire). Large fluorite specimen, sawn and polished on one side. By Johann Romary. 16 x 9 cm.

90 - Vosges, Lorraine. A collection of three specimens: a garnet-bearing peridotite cut in half and polished (Cleurie—length 9 cm), a garnet-bearing serpentine (length 7 cm), and a fluorite (Hermanpaire Collection, length 7.5 cm). By Johann Romary.

91 - Vosges Mountains, Grandfontaine (Alsace). Assembly of three sections (one of which is partially rough) of pyrite, cut and polished (on one side) by Johann Romary. Max. length: 9.5 cm.

92 - The Vosges Mountains, specifically Bourbach-le-Haut (Alsace). A combination of three slabs of antique green porphyry, one of which came from the quarries used for the base of Napoleon’s tomb (andesite). Sawed and polished on one side by Johann Romary. Max. length: 12 cm.

93 - A collection of 6 sections or specimens sawn and polished by Johann Romary: serpentinite (The Lizard, West Cornwall, Great Britain), iddingsite, and garnet-bearing eclogite (Corrèze, Puy-des-Ferrières). Max. length: 10 cm.

95 - A collection of three large quartz crystals, including one from Allos (Alpes de Haute-Provence, 14 cm long) and one from Ranguevaux (Moselle, 18 cm long)

96 - Johann Romary's Studio Collection: a lot comprising several sections (final polish not applied) of hematite from Rimbach (Alsace), peridotite (Auvergne), iron ore from Saint-Georges-d'Hurtières (Savoie), amethyst from Pégut (Auvergne), agates from the Vosges, etc.

97 - Elektromotorenwerk Grünhain, Germany. Belt-driven electric motor for a water-cooled stone saw. Operational—as-is.

98 - Necklace consisting of 57 irregularly shaped, teardrop-shaped malachite beads (max. diameter: 12 mm). Screw clasp. Length: 58.5 cm. Some beads have small chips.