ganZi qarTuli miwisa

vercxlisfrad cimcimebs da aqvs Zlieri elvareba; panamis
– `venesuelis~ maragaliti oqrosferi elvarebiT xasiaTdeba,
iaponiis margaliti – momwvano elferiT da sxv.
margaliti mravalnairi formisaa: sferuli, ovaluri,
msxliseburi, calmxriv amozneqili, wagrZelebuli, mtevnisebri
SenazardebiT, usworo, xSirad fantastikuri
moxazulobis `baroko~, romelsac didi mowoneba aqvs
mxatvar-iuvelirebs Soris; mas oqrosa da minanqarTan
erTad iyeneben samkaulad.
margaliti sxvadasxva sididsaa – mtredis kvercxis
zomamde. gvxvdeba iseTi moluskebis niJarebSi, romelTac
sadafis gamoyofis unari aqvT. moluskebis niJara sami
fenisagan Sedgeba: gareTa organuli konxionilia, Suafena
Sereulia, aragonitis mikrokristalebiT, Sida fena
sadafiseburia.
margaliti warmoiSoba im SemTxvevaSi, roca moluskis
mantiaSi an mantiasa da niJaras Soris moxvdeba gama-
Rizianebeli ucxo sxeuli – qviSis marcvali, niJaris
namceca natexi da a.S. am SemTxvevaSi moluski Tavdacvis
mizniT gamoyofs CaCO3 -is fenas da konxiolins, saidanac
ramdenime wlis Semdeg warmoiSoba margaliti.
msoflioSi yvelaze didi margaliti, romlis sigrZea
50mm, diametri – 37.5mm, wona 485 karati, daculia
londonis geologiur muzeumSi. uZvelesi droidan
margalits xmarobdnen samkaulad, minanqris warmoebaSi da
sxv.
margaliti erT-erT uZvirfases qvad iTvleboda
saqarTveloSi. Cvens qveyanaSi margaliti saukuneebis man-
Zilze sayvareli da gavrcelebuli qva iyo. qarTuli
saxelwodeba `margaliti~ warmodgeba berZnuli margaris
`margarite~-dan. sparsulad mas gavahr – govhar – guhar
– guerjavars uwodeben. es ukanaskneli aris Zvirfasi
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