Quartz

Quartz

MNHN N°174.34

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  Detail Quartz MNHN N°174.34
  Rhomboedric crystal of ankerite
  
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  Detail Quartz MNHN N°174.34
  
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general description

This specimen is an association of two crystals terminated by colourless quartz and by white rhomboedric ankerite. The whole sample measures 8,5 x 6,4 cm, ankerite crystals measures on the average 2 cm and quartz measures about 3 cm.

This specimen comes from Taillat deposit, near Allevard, Isère, France. It is a sample from the colonel Louis Vésignié collection, and has the reference 420 Q number.

It is kept in the storage rooms of the collections of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (i.e., not yet displayed to the public).

Photography : Louis-Dominique Bayle , © MNHN.

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