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$300Last sale
Azurite from La Gardette Mine, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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A superb old French classic, showing a grouping of tetrahedrite crystals coated by bright blue azurite. In great condition. These are rarely seen available on the market today.
The La Gardette Mine, located near Bourg d'Oisans in the French Alps, is historically renowned as one of France's most famous gold and quartz localities, with official mining operations initiated under King Louis XV around 1733 and intermittent exploitation continuing through the 18th and 19th centuries before finally closing. Geologically, the deposit consists of a prominent Alpine hydrothermal quartz vein cutting through the metamorphic basement rocks of the Oisans massif, world-famous among mineralogists for producing exceptionally clear, large quartz crystals alongside native gold, galena, and other accessory minerals.
Product details
SpeciesAzuriteTetrahedrite
SizeMiniature
Dimensions5.0 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm
Listed on07/16/2026
LocalityFrance, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, La Gardette Mine
SKU9501518
Current owner
WM
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Learn about Azurite
deep blue copper carbonate with prismatic and botryoidal forms; alters to malachite; Mohs 3.5–4; identify color, habit, and notable localities.Regional guide
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