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Superb mineral association from the Cap Garonne mine, well known in the Var: beautiful azurite sprays in brilliant crystals of a good deep electric blue color, with classically malachite in scattered balls. Also known as the Cap Garonne mine, the Garonne mine is the French deposit that has provided the most mineral species (139 in total) at national level: Adamite, Arsenogorceixite, Azurite, Brochantite, Chlorargyrite, Cornwallite, or Zeunérite…

Historically a copper mine abandoned in 1917, it was the playground of numerous mineralogists until its rehabilitation as a museum. It’s a fine example of our country’s valorisation…

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