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Betchat, Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitanie, Francei
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Saint-GironsArrondissement
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Vue d'ensemble de la carrière de Casteroulot de Charot, Betchat, Ariège, Occitanie, France, décembre 1994

Casteroulot de Charot, Betchat, Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitanie, France
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Carotteuse, carrière de Casteroulot de Charot, Betchat, Ariège, Occitanie, France, 1992

Casteroulot de Charot, Betchat, Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitanie, France
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Il faut emballer les échantillons, carrière de Casteroulot de Charot, Betchat, Ariège, Occitanie, France, décembre 1994

Casteroulot de Charot, Betchat, Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitanie, France
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Vue d'ensemble de la carrière de Casteroulot de Charot, Betchat, Ariège, Occitanie, France, décembre 1994

Casteroulot de Charot, Betchat, Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitanie, France
09079470017272090133788.jpg
Carotteuse, carrière de Casteroulot de Charot, Betchat, Ariège, Occitanie, France, 1992

Casteroulot de Charot, Betchat, Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitanie, France
00318200017272090144302.jpg
Il faut emballer les échantillons, carrière de Casteroulot de Charot, Betchat, Ariège, Occitanie, France, décembre 1994

Casteroulot de Charot, Betchat, Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitanie, France
06625490017272090131446.jpg
Vue d'ensemble de la carrière de Casteroulot de Charot, Betchat, Ariège, Occitanie, France, décembre 1994

Casteroulot de Charot, Betchat, Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitanie, France
09079470017272090133788.jpg
Carotteuse, carrière de Casteroulot de Charot, Betchat, Ariège, Occitanie, France, 1992

Casteroulot de Charot, Betchat, Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitanie, France
Type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Betchat303 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
284484
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:284484:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Midi-Pyrénées
Other Languages:
French:
Betchat, Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitanie, France
German:
Betchat, Arrondissement Saint-Girons, Département Ariège, Okzitanien, Frankreich
Italian:
Betchat, arrondissement di Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitania, Francia
Russian:
Бетша, Сен-Жирон , Арьеж, Окситания, Франция
Simplified Chinese:
贝特沙, 圣日龙区, 阿列日省, 奥克西塔尼大区, 法国
Spanish:
Betchat, Distrito de Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitania, Francia
Afrikaans:
Betchat, Ariège, Oksitanië, Frankryk
Aragonese:
Betchat, Destrito de Sent Gironç, Arièja, Occitania, Francia
Armenian:
Բետշա, Սեն Ժիրոն , Արյեժ, Օկսիտանիա, Ֆրանսիա
Asturian:
Betchat, Francia
Bambara:
Betchat, Faransi
Basque:
Betchat, Saint-Gironseko barrutia, Ariège, Okzitania, Frantzia
Bavarian:
Betchat, Frankreich
Breton:
Betchat, arondisamant Sent Gironç, Arieja, Okitania, Bro-C'hall
Buginese:
Betchat, Perancis
Catalan:
Bèthhag, Sent Gironç, Arieja, Occitània, França
Cebuano:
Betchat, Arrondissement de Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitanie, Pransiya
Chechen:
Бетша, Арьеж, Франци
Corsican:
Betchat, Francia
Croatian:
Betchat, Francuska
Czech:
Betchat, Arrondissement Saint-Girons, Ariège, Okcitánie, Francie
Danish:
Betchat, Ariège, Occitanie, Frankrig
Dutch:
Betchat, Arrondissement Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitanie, Frankrijk
Dutch Low Saxon:
Betchat, Frankriek
Esperanto:
Betchat, Ariège, Okcitanio, Francio
Estonian:
Betchat, Ariège'i departemang, Prantsusmaa
Faroese:
Betchat, Frakland
Finnish:
Betchat, Ariège, Oksitania , Ranska
Franco-Provençal:
Betchat, Ariég·e, France
Friulian:
Betchat, France
Galician:
Betchat, Ariège, Occitania, Francia
Greenlandic:
Betchat, Franskit Nunaat
Hungarian:
Betchat, Ariège, Franciaország
Icelandic:
Betchat, Frakkland
Ido:
Betchat, Francia
Indonesian:
Betchat, Arondisemen Saint-Girons, Ariège, Ositania, Perancis
Interlingua:
Betchat, Departimento Ariege, Francia
Interlingue:
Betchat, Francia
Irish Gaelic:
Betchat, An Fhrainc
Jamaican Patois:
Betchat, Frans
Kabyle:
Betchat, Fransa
Kongo:
Betchat, Ariège, Fwalansa
Latin:
Betchat, Arigia, Occitania, Francia
Latvian:
Betchat, Arjēža, Francija
Ligurian:
Betchat, Fransa
Limburgian:
Betchat, Ariège, Occitanië, Frankriek
Lithuanian:
Betchat, Arježas, Oksitanija, Prancūzija
Low Saxon/Low German:
Betchat, Ariège, Frankriek
Luxembourgish:
Betchat, Arrondissement Saint-Girons, Departement Ariège, Occitanie, Frankräich
Malagasy:
Betchat, Frantsa
Malay:
Betchat, Ariège, Perancis
Minangkabau:
Betchat, Parancih
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Betchat, Saint-Girons Kūn, Ariège, Hoat-kok
Narom:
Betchat, France
Neapolitan:
Betchat, Franza
Norwegian:
Betchat, Ariège, Occitanie, Frankrike
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Betchat, Ariège, Frankrike
Occitan:
Bèthhag, Sent Gironç, Arièja, Occitània, França
Papiamento:
Betchat, Fransia
Picard:
Betchat, Occitanie, Franche
Piedmontese:
Betchat, Dipartiment ëd l'Ariège, Fransa
Polish:
Betchat, Okręg Saint-Girons, Ariège, Oksytania, Francja
Portuguese:
Betchat, Ariège, Occitânia, França
Romanian:
Betchat, Arondismentul Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitania, Franța
Romansh:
Betchat, Frantscha
Sardinian:
Betchat, Frantza
Scots:
Betchat, Ariège, Occitanie, Fraunce
Scottish Gaelic:
Betchat, Ariège, An Fhraing
Serbian:
Беча, Арјеж, Окситанија, Француска
Serbo-Croatian:
Betchat, Ariège, Francuska
Sicilian:
Betchat, Francia
Slovak:
Betchat, Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitánia, Francúzsko
Swahili:
Betchat, Ariège, Ufaransa
Swedish:
Betchat, Ariège, Occitanien, Frankrike
Turkish:
Betchat, Ariège, Occitanie, Fransa
Ukrainian:
Бетшат, Ар'єж, Окситанія, Франція
Venetian:
Betchat, Fransa
Vietnamese:
Betchat, Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitanie, Pháp
Volapük:
Betchat, Ariège, Loxitän, Fransän
Walloon:
Betchat, France
Waray:
Betchat, Ariège, Occitanie, Fransya
Welsh:
Betchat, Ariège, Ocsitania, Ffrainc
West Flemish:
Betchat, Occitanie, Vrankryk
Wolof:
Betchat, Faraas
Zulu:
Betchat, IFulansi


"(Coming from Salies-du-Salat). East of the latter locality north on the D13. Take the D69 and the D34 to the right. Scapolite and tremolite in the limestone outcrops." [Belot, 1978]

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11 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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Detailed Mineral List:

Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
Anhydrite
Formula: CaSO4
Clinochlore
Formula: Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Clinochlore var. Leuchtenbergite
Formula: Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
Dolomite var. Teruelite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
References:
Jean Baptiste Delort specimen: https://www.mindat.org/photo-1018371.htmlIdentified by Alfredo Petrov: Visual Identification
Dravite
Formula: NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Description: Brown millimetric crystals in anhydrite.
Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
'K Feldspar'
'K Feldspar var. Adularia'
Formula: KAlSi3O8
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Phlogopite
Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
'Scapolite'
Schorl
Formula: NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Description: Black crystals (up to 1 cm) in pegmatites hosted by marls.
Tremolite
Formula: ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
var. Teruelite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Anhydrite7.AD.30CaSO4
Gypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O
Group 9 - Silicates
Dravite9.CK.05NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Schorl9.CK.05NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Tremolite9.DE.10◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Phlogopite9.EC.20KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Clinochlore9.EC.55Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
var. Leuchtenbergite9.EC.55Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Albite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
Unclassified
'K Feldspar
var. Adularia'
-KAlSi3O8
'Scapolite'-
'K Feldspar'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H ClinochloreMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
H DraviteNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
H GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
H MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
H Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
H Clinochlore var. LeuchtenbergiteMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
BBoron
B DraviteNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
B SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
CCarbon
C DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
C Dolomite var. TerueliteCaMg(CO3)2
OOxygen
O K Feldspar var. AdulariaKAlSi3O8
O AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
O AnhydriteCaSO4
O ClinochloreMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
O DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
O DraviteNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
O GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
O MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
O Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
O Clinochlore var. LeuchtenbergiteMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
O Dolomite var. TerueliteCaMg(CO3)2
NaSodium
Na AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Na DraviteNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Na SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
MgMagnesium
Mg ClinochloreMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Mg DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Mg DraviteNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Mg PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Mg Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Mg Clinochlore var. LeuchtenbergiteMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Mg Dolomite var. TerueliteCaMg(CO3)2
AlAluminium
Al K Feldspar var. AdulariaKAlSi3O8
Al AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Al ClinochloreMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Al DraviteNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Al MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Al PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Al SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Al Clinochlore var. LeuchtenbergiteMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
SiSilicon
Si K Feldspar var. AdulariaKAlSi3O8
Si AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Si ClinochloreMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Si DraviteNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Si MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Si Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Si Clinochlore var. LeuchtenbergiteMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
SSulfur
S AnhydriteCaSO4
S GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
S PyriteFeS2
KPotassium
K K Feldspar var. AdulariaKAlSi3O8
K MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
K PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Ca AnhydriteCaSO4
Ca DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Ca GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Ca Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Ca Dolomite var. TerueliteCaMg(CO3)2
FeIron
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betchat
Wikidata ID:Q934387
GeoNames ID:6612953

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