La Bouëxière quarry, La Bouëxière, Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, Francei
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| La Bouëxière quarry | Quarry |
| La Bouëxière | Commune |
| Rennes | Arrondissement |
| Ille-et-Vilaine | Department |
| Brittany | Region |
| France | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
48° North , 1° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~6km
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Name(s) in local language(s):
carrière de La Bouëxière, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
Old quarry of sandstone exploited by Baglione society.
It was possible to find beautiful translucent quartz (centimeter), sometimes with chlorite (inclusions) and rarely pyrite.
Currently career is filling (partial), some drowned and the rest is overgrown by vegetation.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ 'Chlorite Group' References: |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 References: |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
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La Bouëxière quarry, La Bouëxière, Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France