Quartz-Calcite

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Dimensions: 5.7 x 3.8 x 3cm Location:Mine à Giraud, La gardette, Bourg d'oisans , Iséres, France New discovery from the mine at Giraud, an annex mine of La Gardette whose exceptional quality of quartz with an almost metallic luster has given it a worldwide reputation. Excellent group of crystals having the particularity of being covered on the back faces with a crystallization of Calcite reinforcing the crystalline contrast. Obviously a perfect piece. Dimensions without the acrylic base, which is supplied with the mineralogical specimen. The mineral is not glued to the base.