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      <image:caption>According to experts, the crystal mine at Mine Cristal is a geological gem. It is one of Canada’s great natural phenomena, due to a rare giant vein of quartz with exceptional quartz crystals. This site is known to be a powerful vortex of pure energy.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In 1989, Gaudry Normand and Pauline Normand founded Mine Crystal and began exploratory mining in Bonsecours. They discovered a rich mineral deposit, a giant white quartz vein containing magnificent quartz crystals. Research indicated that this was the only mining region in Canada able to produce both a commercial quantity of quartz as well as first-rate quartz crystals.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Here we see the mining site as it looks today. In the past (1959 – 1963), a company founded by Mr. Joseph-Armand Bombardier explored the possibility of mining quartz rock at this location, for industrial uses. In our first year (1989) we established several objectives: to harvest crystals on a small scale with respect for environmental concerns; to create an interpretation center which would present the mine to visitors; to offer courses on subjects related to quartz crystals. In 1994, we began giving Sonomeditation® concerts; presentations of musical instruments made of crystalline materials. Between 1989 and 2019, more than 350,000 visitors participated in our different activities. In 2019 the tourist aspect was cancelled, as well as public access to the mining site.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Harvesting crystals in our crystal mine is hard work and very exciting!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The site is now private (no access for the public) and our crystals are sold exclusively via email order.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Since 1989, we have harvested quartz crystals with exceptional clarity in the open-pit crystal mine. Here, Gaudry Normand is holding a crystal he discovered in the mine. It has to be cleaned, in order for its clarity and brilliance to be fully revealed!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Our largest crystal measures 1 m (3 ft) in length. Since we first began mining, 32 shapes or morphologies of quartz crystals from our crystal mine have been catalogued.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>We have extracted crystals from our crystal mine since 1989.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Even though quartz makes up a third of the earth’s crust, there are only ten regions where top quality crystals justify their extraction: the Himalayas, Madagascar, Brazil, Columbia, the United States (Arkansas), Africa, Russia, Burma, China and Canada (Bonsecours, Quebec).</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>We harvest the crystals by hand. The extraction process respects both the environment and the crystals: we endeavor to keep the crystals whole and in a pristine state, so as to offer them as natural specimens.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Geologists have researched the origins of our quartz crystals and determined that the crystals grew at this location some 300 million years ago, in extreme conditions of heat and pressure. It is a privilege for us to participate in the discovery and extraction of these true gems of nature!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>All the specimens from our crystal mine are sold in a pristine, natural state.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Mine Cristal is located in the Appalachian Mountains at an altitude of 400 meters (1,300 feet), in a pine tree forest with a view over distant mountains.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Closeup of a crystal from our crystal mine in Bonsecours, Quebec, Canada. Quartz crystals interact with all forms of energy, which they are able to receive, store, transform, amplify and transmit. This is due to their innate capacity to vibrate at many different frequencies.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Specimen from our crystal mine. The use of quartz crystals is as old as the human race: they have long been used in the form of arrowheads, knife blades and fire lighters. The original ‘power tool,’ crystals were used as talismans, to predict the future and transmit healing energy.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Since the 1940s, scientists have developed thousands of applications for quartz and quartz crystals. Quartz crystals give functionality to all our modern technology: computers, cell phones, televisions, radios, security cameras, electronic games, ultrasound, to name but a few! Microchips made of pure silicon - a product of quartz crystals - are the brains of every electronic device in existence. From watches to calculators to satellites to computers, these small chips allow for the convenience that makes so many tasks easier! Photo: rough (natural) specimen from our crystal mine.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Quartz crystals are composed of 99.9% silica and this mineral is structured in a perfectly geometric network of interconnected SiO4 tetrahedra (four-sided pyramids). When we examine a quartz crystal, we are immediately struck by their amazing, crystalline appearance. It is sometimes hard to believe that these crystals are shaped, facetted and polished by natural forces alone! Photo: rough (natural) specimen from our crystal mine.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The structure of a quartz crystal is always hexagonal, i.e. six-sided. They form as individual points or as clusters; crystals from our crystal mine are primarily found in clusters. Photo: rough (natural) specimen from our mine on a rotating base.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Quartz crystals from our mine are sold via email only. Our crystals have only been cleaned; otherwise they are presented exactly as found in our crystal mine. Our beautiful crystals are approximately 300 million years old!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Quartz crystals can be used to potentize elixirs. Here a crystal from our crystal mine is activating all the other gemstones to create a gem essence.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Beautiful museum-quality specimens from our crystal mine.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Pauline and Gaudry Normand are the owner-administrators of Mine Cristal, which they founded in 1989.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Normands are teachers, musicians and artisans in the realm of crystals and musical instruments made of crystal.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Between 1994 and 2019, the Normands presented over a thousand SonoMeditation® concerts, where they shared a unique sound meditation technique.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Between 2011 and 2024, in the workshop at Mine Cristal, Bonsecours, Quebec, Canada, Gaudry Normand produced thousands of Quartzophone® instruments.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Between 1981 and 1993, the Normands introduced and marketed the futon in many countries.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In 1989, the Normands founded Mine Cristal. In this unique crystal sanctuary, sparkling quartz crystals are delicately gathered by hand in the crystal mine, a 1 km-long giant vein of pure quartz.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In 1994, the Normands discovered the crystal vessels (singing bowls). From 1994 to 2020 they marketed these new therapeutic and musical instruments internationally.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In 2000, Gaudry created the world’s first crystal didgeridoo. With its unique shape and composition (over 80% silicon dioxide), this didgeridoo resonates and amplifies sonorities to an incredible degree.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In 2011, after 12 years of R&amp;D, Gaudry Normand invented a wonderful new sound therapy tool, made with pure crystal tubes. Gaudry has received many patents on these unique Quartzophone instruments.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Normands introduced their new Quartzophone® instruments for the first time in 2011, at a SonoMeditation® concert. These cristalline instruments create waves of harmonious vibrations, bringing peace and well-being to all who experience them!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Gaudry has a Bachelor’s degree in Vedic Philosophy and is a certified yoga teacher. Pauline has a Bachelor’s degree in Education and is a classically trained pianist. Additionally, the Normands are both professionally trained meditation teachers and certified Ayurvedic practitioners.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>From 1994 through 2019, the Normands facilitated the experience of crystalline vibrations; thousands of people attended their concerts.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Gaudry plays his 26-tube crystal lyre.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Crystal singing bowls.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>SonoMeditation concerts were offered from 1994 to 2019.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The crystal instruments produce sounds that are absolutely unique! Here Pauline plays a giant crystal harp.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On the SonoMeditation album, you will hear Quartzophone instruments (harp and lyre), singing bowls, didgeridoo, pyramids, rainstick…</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Val-St-François performing arts brochure, 2014</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Mine Tour memories - 1989 - 2018</image:title>
      <image:caption>Mine tour memories</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The guide’s lively explanations brought to life the geography, history, geology, mining, industrial uses, technological applications and subtle energies of quartz crystals.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Tour participants examined our crystal mine and admired the unique geological site; a massive white quartz vein with sparkling crystals.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The guide helps visitors examine a big crystal.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Visitors discovered a giant quartz vein, with crystals peeking out here and there in the cracks and cavities of the vein.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Participants sat under a gazebo at the crystal mine, while the guide told them all about crystals.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>During mine tours, children had the opportunity to become mini miners and unearth their very own crystal, which they could keep.</image:caption>
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  <url>
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      <image:title>Crystals from our mine</image:title>
      <image:caption>A beautiful specimen that we harvested in our crystal mine (sold).</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2026-06-12</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2a2f18a14008000179203b/1563979285450-BKWCOKIJOKUCPZS888HX/7.+DSCF0633W.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Crystal Singing Bowls</image:title>
      <image:caption>Beginning in 1994, Gaudry Normand and Pauline Normand pioneered the use of crystal singing bowls as a musical and therapeutic instrument. Here they verify an order of custom-made crystal vessels.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Crystal Singing Bowls</image:title>
      <image:caption>Though we call them crystal vessels, they are more widely known as crystal singing bowls.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Crystal Singing Bowls</image:title>
      <image:caption>These crystal instruments have unique and powerful sounds, and can be combined to form multi-toned sets. (Photo: Set 7-49.)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Crystal Singing Bowls</image:title>
      <image:caption>In 1995, the Normands traveled to the Giza pyramid in Egypt, bringing with them a full set of crystal vessels. There they recorded the world’s first album exclusively showcasing the musical and meditative potential of this new instrument: CrystalÉnergie.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2026-06-12</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Our albums</image:title>
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      <image:title>Our albums</image:title>
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      <image:title>Our albums</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.minecristal.com/quartzophone</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-06-12</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Harpe.de.cristal</image:title>
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      <image:title>Harpe.de.cristal - L1</image:title>
      <image:caption>Inspiré de l'ancienne lyre grecque, mariée à un procédé de thermoformage de haute technologie. Outre sa forme courbée, le cadre en acrylique transparent est également arqué.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Harpe.de.cristal - L1</image:title>
      <image:caption>Selon les critiques, il s'agit d'une œuvre d'art qui aura sa place dans les grands musées !</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Harpe.de.cristal - H2</image:title>
      <image:caption>8 tubes montés sur un cadre arqué, de bois d'érable canadien.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Harpe.de.cristal - H2</image:title>
      <image:caption>Les tubes en cristal pur résonnent de concert avec le cadre en bois naturel et produisent une musique apaisante.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Harpe.de.cristal - Cadre en bois d'amarante</image:title>
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      <image:title>Harpe.de.cristal - Les éditions spéciales (2017)</image:title>
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      <image:title>Harpe.de.cristal - Tubes plaqués titanium</image:title>
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      <image:title>Harpe.de.cristal - Tubes plaqués or 18K</image:title>
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      <image:title>Harpe.de.cristal - Modèle originale</image:title>
      <image:caption>Gaudry joue de la harpe de cristal, le modèle original (2011).</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Harpe.de.cristal - Harpe de cristal géante</image:title>
      <image:caption>Gaudry joue une harpe de cristal géante (2014)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Harpe.de.cristal - La lyre de cristal</image:title>
      <image:caption>Gaudry joue de la lyre de cristal (2013).</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Harpe.de.cristal - Gaudry et Pauline Normand</image:title>
      <image:caption>Photo publicitaire (2014).</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Gaudry Normand a été présenté dans une brochure mettant en vedette 14 artistes. CDL Val-St-François.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Harpe de cristal L1</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2021-12-10</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Visites guidées, souvenirs - 1989 - 2018</image:title>
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      <image:caption>Les explications animées du guide ont mis en lumière la géographie, l’histoire, la géologie, les mines, les utilisations industrielles, les applications technologiques et les énergies subtiles des cristaux de quartz.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Les participants à la visite examinent notre mine de cristal et admirent le site géologique unique. Une veine de quartz blanc massif avec des cristaux scintillants.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Le guide aide les visiteurs à examiner un grand cristal.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Les visiteurs ont découvert une veine de quartz géante, avec des cristaux jaillissant ici et là dans les fissures et les cavités de la veine.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Le guide parle des cristaux aux participants assis sous un belvédère à la mine.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Au cours des visites de la mine, les enfants ont eu l’occasion de devenir des apprentis mineurs et d’extraire leur propre cristal qu’ils pouvaient conserver.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Visites guidées, souvenirs</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.minecristal.com/sonomeditation-fr</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-10-22</lastmod>
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      <image:title>SonoMeditation FR</image:title>
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      <image:title>SonoMeditation FR</image:title>
      <image:caption>Gaudry joue sa lyre de cristal à 26 tubes.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>SonoMeditation FR</image:title>
      <image:caption>Bols chantants en cristal.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>SonoMeditation FR</image:title>
      <image:caption>Des concerts SonoMéditation ont été offerts entre 1994 et 2019.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>SonoMeditation FR</image:title>
      <image:caption>Les instruments en cristal de quartz produisent des sons absolument uniques! Ici, Pauline joue de la harpe de cristal géante.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>SonoMeditation FR</image:title>
      <image:caption>Sur l’album SonoMeditation, vous entendrez les instruments Quartzophone (lyre et harpe de cristal), des bols chantants, du didgeridoo, des pyramides, le bâton de pluie...</image:caption>
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      <image:title>SonoMeditation FR</image:title>
      <image:caption>Brochure du Val-St-François sur les arts de la scène, 2014</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.minecristal.com/index</loc>
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    <priority>1.0</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-06-12</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Accueil</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.minecristal.com/normands</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-01-07</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Les Normand</image:title>
      <image:caption>Pauline et Gaudry Normand sont les propriétaires et administrateurs de Mine Cristal, qu'ils ont fondée en 1989.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2a2f18a14008000179203b/1564517717753-YISGFVGMS50HGW8Q9DP1/2.DSC03564W.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Les Normand</image:title>
      <image:caption>Les Normand sont des professeurs, des musiciens et des artisans du royaume des cristaux et des instruments de musique en cristal.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Les Normand</image:title>
      <image:caption>Depuis 1994, ils ont présenté des concerts SonoMeditation® où ils partageaient leur technique de méditation sonore unique.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Les Normand</image:title>
      <image:caption>De 2011-2024, dans l'atelier de Mine Cristal, Bonsecours, Québec, Canada, Gaudry Normand produisait les instruments Quartzophone®.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Les Normand</image:title>
      <image:caption>Entre 1981 et 1993, les Normand ont introduit et commercialisé le futon dans de nombreux pays.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Les Normand</image:title>
      <image:caption>En 1989, les Normand fondèrent Mine Cristal. Dans ce sanctuaire de cristaux unique, des cristaux de quartz étincelants sont délicatement extraits à la main dans la mine de cristal; une veine géante de quartz pur de 1 km de long.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Les Normand</image:title>
      <image:caption>En 1994, les Normands découvrent les vaisseaux de cristal (bols chantants). De 1994 à 2020 ils commercialisent ces nouveaux instruments thérapeutiques et musicaux à l'échelle internationale.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>En 2000, Gaudry crée le premier didgeridoo de cristal au monde. Avec sa forme et sa composition uniques (plus de 80 % de dioxyde de silicium), ce didgeridoo résonne et amplifie les sonorités à un haut degré.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>En 2011, après 12 ans de R&amp;D, Gaudry Normand a inventé un merveilleux nouvel outil de thérapie par le son, fabriqué à partir de tubes en cristal pur. Gaudry a reçu plusieurs brevets sur ces instruments uniques, les instruments Quartzophone.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Les Normand ont présenté leurs nouveaux instruments Quartzophone® pour la première fois en 2011, lors d'un concert Sonomeditation®. Ces instruments cristallins vibrent harmonieusement et apportent la paix et le bien-être à tous ceux qui les expérimentent.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Les Normand</image:title>
      <image:caption>Gaudry détient un baccalauréat en philosophie védique et est diplômé en yoga. Pauline est titulaire d’un baccalauréat en éducation et pianiste de formation classique. De plus, les Normand sont à la fois des professeurs de méditation formés professionnellement et des praticiens ayurvédiques certifiés.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>De 1994-2019, les Normand ont fait vivre l’expérience des vibrations cristallines à des milliers de personnes.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2a2f18a14008000179203b/1563807153115-XPI9VEHMLEZWSXBOF1GZ/According+to+experts%2C+Mine+Cristal+is+a+geological+gem.+It+is+one+of+Canada%E2%80%99s+great+natural+sites%2C+due+to+it%E2%80%99s+unique+and+abundant+mineralogical+deposits.+A+rare+giant+vein+of+quartz+bearing+wonderful+fruit+%E2%80%93+quartz+crystals+%E2%80%93+this+site+is+known+to+be+a+powerful+vortex+of+pure+energy.</image:loc>
      <image:title>Minage des cristaux</image:title>
      <image:caption>Selon les experts, la mine de cristal à Mine Cristal est un joyau géologique. C’est l’un des phénomènes naturels les plus importants du Canada en raison de sa veine géante rare de quartz et de ses fruits merveilleux - les cristaux de quartz. Ce site est connu pour être un puissant vortex d'énergie pure.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>En 1989, Gaudry Normand et Pauline Normand fondent la compagnie Mine Cristal et se lancent dans l’exploration minière à Bonsecours. Ils ont découvert un riche gisement, une veine géante blanche de quartz, contenant de magnifiques cristaux de quartz. Les recherches ont révélé qu'il s'agissait de la seule région minière au Canada capable de produire à la fois une quantité commerciale de quartz ainsi que des cristaux de quartz de première qualité.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Minage des cristaux</image:title>
      <image:caption>Nous apercevons ici la mine de cristal, tel qu'il se présente aujourd'hui. Dans le passé (1959 - 1963), une entreprise fondée par M. Joseph-Armand Bombardier avait envisagé la possibilité d’exploiter, à des fins industrielles, de la roche de quartz à cet endroit. Au cours de notre première année (1989), nous avons défini plusieurs objectifs : récolter des cristaux à petite échelle dans le respect de l’environnement ; créer un centre d'interprétation qui présenterait la mine aux visiteurs ; offrir des cours sur des sujets liés aux cristaux de quartz. En 1994 débute les concerts SonoMeditation®, des présentations d'instruments de musique faits de cristal. Entre 1989 et 2019, plus de 350 000 visiteurs ont participé à nos différentes activités. En 2019, le volet touristique a pris fin, ainsi que l’accès public au site minier.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>La collecte de cristaux dans notre mine est un travail exigeant et très excitant !</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Minage des cristaux</image:title>
      <image:caption>Le site étant désormais privé (plus d’accès au public), les ventes de nos cristaux se font exclusivement par courriel.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Depuis 1989, on a cueilli des cristaux de quartz d’une clarté exceptionnelle dans la mine à ciel ouvert. Ici, Gaudry Normand tient un cristal qu’il a découvert dans la mine. Afin de révéler sa clarté et sa brillance, il sera nettoyé.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Nos plus grands cristaux mesurent 1 m de long (3 pieds). Depuis le début de nos activités minières, 32 formes ou morphologies de cristaux de quartz ont été répertoriées dans notre mine de cristal.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Depuis 1989, nous avons extrait des cristaux de notre mine de cristal.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Minage des cristaux</image:title>
      <image:caption>Bien que le quartz représente un tiers de la croûte terrestre, il n’y a que dix régions où l’extraction de cristaux de haute qualité justifie leur extraction: Himalaya, Madagascar, Brésil, Colombie, États-Unis (Arkansas), Afrique, Russie, Birmanie, Chine et Canada. (Bonsecours, Québec). En étudiant les origines de nos cristaux de quartz, les géologues ont déterminé que les cristaux se sont développés à cet endroit il y a 300 millions d'années, dans des conditions extrêmes de chaleur et de pression.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Minage des cristaux</image:title>
      <image:caption>Nous récoltons les cristaux à la main. L’extraction est effectuée d'une manière qui respecte autant l'environnement que les cristaux : nous nous efforçons de conserver les cristaux entiers et dans un état parfait, afin de les offrir comme spécimens bruts.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Minage des cristaux</image:title>
      <image:caption>C'est un privilège pour nous de participer à la découverte et à l'extraction de ces véritables joyaux de la nature!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Minage des cristaux</image:title>
      <image:caption>Tous les spécimens de notre mine de cristal sont vendus dans un état pur et naturel.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Mine Cristal est situé dans les Appalaches, à 400 mètres d'altitude, dans une pinède avec vue sur les montagnes lointaines.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Cristaux de quartz</image:title>
      <image:caption>Gros plan d'un cristal de notre mine de cristal à Bonsecours, Québec, Canada. Les cristaux de quartz interagissent avec toutes les formes d'énergie; ils peuvent recevoir, stocker, transformer, amplifier et transmettre ces énergies. Cela est dû à leur capacité innée à vibrer à différentes fréquences.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Cristaux de quartz</image:title>
      <image:caption>Spécimen de notre mine de cristal. L'utilisation de cristaux de quartz est aussi ancienne que la race humaine; ils ont longtemps servi comme pointes de flèches, lames de couteaux et allume-feux. Depuis les temps anciens, les cristaux sont utilisés comme talismans, pour prédire l’avenir et transmettre l’énergie de guérison.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Depuis les années 1940, les scientifiques ont développé des milliers d'applications pour le quartz et les cristaux de quartz. Ils permettent à toutes nos technologies modernes d’être fonctionnelles : ordinateurs, téléphones portables, téléviseurs, radios, caméras de sécurité, jeux électroniques, ultrasons, pour n'en citer que quelques-uns. Les micropuces en silicium pur - un produit de cristaux de quartz - constituent le cerveau de tous les appareils électroniques existants. Des montres aux calculatrices en passant par les satellites et les ordinateurs, ces petites puces représentent les commodités qui facilitent de nombreuses tâches. Ici: spécimen brut de notre mine de cristal.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Cristaux de quartz</image:title>
      <image:caption>Les cristaux de quartz sont composés à 99,9 % de silice: ce minéral a une structure en forme d’un réseau de tétraèdres de SiO4 interconnectés (pyramides à quatre côtés). Lorsqu’on examine un cristal de quartz, on est immédiatement frappé par son apparence géométrique et cristalline. N’est-il pas étonnant que ces cristaux soient façonnés, facettés et polis par les seules forces de la nature ? Ici: spécimen brut de notre mine de cristal.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>La structure d'un cristal de quartz est toujours hexagonale ou à six côtés. Les cristaux se présentent soit sous la forme de pointes individuelles soit en groupes. Les cristaux de notre mine - comme celui-ci - sont principalement formés en grappes. Photo: spécimen brut de notre mine, sur une base tournante.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Les cristaux de quartz de notre mine sont offerts par courriel. Nos cristaux naturels sont nettoyés seulement; sinon, ils sont présentés dans leur état brut, exactement comme on les retrouve dans notre mine de cristal. Nos beaux cristaux ont environ 300 millions d'années!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Les cristaux de quartz peuvent servir dans la production des élixirs. Ici, un cristal de notre mine de cristal sert à potentialiser d’autres pierres afin de créer une essence gemme.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>De beaux spécimens de notre mine de cristal de qualité musée.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Depuis 1994, Gaudry Normand et Pauline Normand ont été les premiers à promouvoir les bols chantants en cristal comme instruments de musique et de thérapie sonore. Nous les apercevons ici vérifiant une commande de vaisseaux de cristal, fabriqués sur mesure pour Mine Cristal.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Bien que nous les appelions vaisseaux de cristal, ils sont plus largement connus sous le nom de bols chantants en cristal.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Vaisseaux de cristal</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ces instruments de cristal ont des sons uniques et puissants. Bien assortis ensemble, on peut créer un instrument harmonieux composé de tons multiples. (Photo: Ensemble 7-49)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>En 1995, les Normand se sont rendus à la pyramide de Gizeh en Égypte, tout en apportant avec eux un ensemble complet de vaisseaux de cristal. Ils y ont enregistré le premier album au monde, mettant en valeur le potentiel musical et méditatif de ce nouvel instrument: CrystalÉnergie.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Crystal harp - L1</image:title>
      <image:caption>Inspired by the ancient Greek lyre, using a high-tech process of thermoforming. In addition to its curved shape, the transparent acrylic frame is arced as well.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Many say it is a work of art and should be exhibited in museums!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>8 tubes mounted on a Canadian maple-wood frame.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Crystal harp - H2</image:title>
      <image:caption>Pure crystal tubes resonate in concert with the natural wood frame and produce soothing music.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Crystal harp - Purpleheart wood frame</image:title>
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      <image:title>Crystal harp - Special editions (2017)</image:title>
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      <image:title>Crystal harp - Platinum plated tubes</image:title>
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      <image:title>Crystal harp - 18K gold-plated tubes</image:title>
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      <image:title>Crystal harp - Original crystal harp</image:title>
      <image:caption>Gaudry plays the original, first ever, crystal harp (2011 model).</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Gaudry plays the giant crystal harp (2014).</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Gaudry plays the crystal lyre (2013).</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Crystal harp - Gaudry and Pauline Normand</image:title>
      <image:caption>Publicity photo (2014).</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Gaudry Normand was presented in a brochure highlighting 14 artists. Val-St-François CDL.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Crystal harp L1</image:caption>
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