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Mirabeau Diamond

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Mirabeau Diamond

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Description
Locality: 
Ribiers, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 2.5 × 1.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.40cm
Description

diamond quartz  from septaria. Also called sometime  Mirabeau diamond in memory of Count Mirabeau,who tried (in XVIIIe) to pay his taxes with that sort of diamond !
The rock is covered by calcite, brown to black because hydrocarbone.Very luminous cristals.Unusual display.
No damage.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mirabeau Diamond

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0

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