Ankerite, Quartz, Pyrite
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Ankerite, Quartz, Pyrite

Specimen # 101413
Mineral: Ankerite, Quartz, Pyrite
Location: Mésage Mine, Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage, Isère, France
Size: 5.6 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm

Description

Detailed Description

A beautiful combination of these minerals, clear slender quartz crystals are accompanied by rhombohedral ankerite crystals and dodecahedral pyrite crystals. In excellent condition. A very pretty piece with lots of sparkle.


About These Specimens from the Mésage Mine

The Mésage Mine was originally explored in the early-nineteenth century for iron, and the underground workings have been abandoned since the late-nineteenth century. French collector Grégoire de Bodinat recently collected these beautiful specimens at the Mésage Mine.

Additional information

Dimensions 56 × 52 × 37 cm

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