Place	Population	Distance
Blyes	767 (2016)	1.6km
Charnoz-sur-Ain	881 (2016)	1.8km
Saint-Jean-de-Niost	1,357 (2016)	2.5km
Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans	2,131 (2016)	4.6km
Chazey-sur-Ain	1,305 (2016)	4.7km

Mindat Locality ID:

480381

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:480381:5

GUID (UUID V4):

Other Languages:

French:

Rives de l'Ain à Blyes, Blyes, arrondissement de Belley, Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List

ⓘ Quartz

1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Quartz

Formula: SiO₂

References:

Corentin Desseux Collection Identification: Visual Identification

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘ	Quartz	4.00.05	SiO₂

List of minerals for each chemical element

O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Quartz	SiO₂
Si	Silicon
Si	ⓘ Quartz	SiO₂

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

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Moldanubian BeltOrogenic Belt

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