Quartz en macle du Japon (ou de la Gardette), Les Halles, Vaulnaveys, Isère.

Japanese (or Gardette) macle quartz, Les Halles, Vaulnaveys, Isère.

45,00€

Flat quartz crystal featuring the rare and highly sought-after macle du Japon, also known as macle de la Gardette.
Two crystals interpenetrate at 84.33° and share part of their crystal lattice.
This piece comes from a deposit near Vizille, in Isère, the former Halles à Vaulnaveys iron mine.
This deposit is not far from Grenoble, and a few dozen kilometers from the La Gardette mine in Oisans, which gave its name to this famous macle, following a publication describing it in 1833.

Description

Description

Flat quartz crystal featuring the rare and highly sought-after macle du Japon, also known as macle de la Gardette.
Two crystals interpenetrate at 84.33° and share part of their crystal lattice.
This piece comes from a deposit near Vizille, in Isère, the former Halles à Vaulnaveys iron mine.
This deposit is not far from Grenoble, and a few dozen kilometers from the La Gardette mine in Oisans, which gave its name to this famous macle, following a publication describing it in 1833.

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Additional information

Additional information

Weight 0,01 kg

Dimensions 2,3 × 1,4 × 0,2 cm