La Chassagne, Saint-Just-près-Brioude, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francei
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| La Chassagne | - not defined - |
| Saint-Just-près-Brioude | Commune |
| Brioude | Arrondissement |
| Haute-Loire | Department |
| Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Region |
| France | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
45° 15' 35'' North , 3° 19' 30'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Saint-Laurent-Chabreuges | 258 (2016) | 2.6km |
| Saint-Just-près-Brioude | 412 (2016) | 3.3km |
| Paulhac | 654 (2016) | 4.8km |
| Saint-Beauzire | 281 (2016) | 4.8km |
| Vieille-Brioude | 1,157 (2016) | 6.1km |
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Auvergne; Rhône-Alpes
Quartz breccias vein located between amphibolites and leptynites.
Situated along a path from road D12 to La Chassagne hamlet, 6 kilometers SW Brioude.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS Description: - In microbrecciated quartz (with pyrrhotite, pyrite and marcasite), brecciated later by stibnite quartz vein.
- Automorph crystals in quartz-stibnite veins |
| ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 Description: Late mineral, post-quartz, with unidentified Pb-Sb sulphosalts. |
| ⓘ Berthierite Formula: FeSb2S4 Description: Gold-bearing berthierite.
Replaced by stibnite. |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Description: Late veinlets in amphibolites |
| ⓘ Calcite var. Iron-bearing Calcite Formula: (Ca,Fe)CO3 Description: Associated with berthierite. |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 Description: In amphibolites. |
| ⓘ Goethite Formula: Fe3+O(OH) |
| ⓘ Klebelsbergite Formula: Sb4O4(SO4)(OH)2 References: Christophe Samyn collectionIdentified by Jean-Marc Johannet: Raman Spectroscopy |
| ⓘ Marcasite Formula: FeS2 Description: - in microbrecciated quartz (with arsenopyrite, pyrrhotite and marcasite), brecciated later by stibnite quartz vein.
- Automorph crystals in quartz-stibnite veins |
| ⓘ 'Melnikovite' |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Description: - in amphibolites
- in microbrecciated quartz (with arsenopyrite, pyrrhotite and marcasite), brecciated later by stibnite quartz vein.
Epitactic pyrite crystals on marcasite lamellaes.
- Automorph crystals in quartz-stibnite veins
- Melnicovite facies, associated with late stibnite |
| ⓘ Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS Description: - In microbrecciated quartz (with arsenopyrite, pyrite and marcasite), brecciated later by stibnite quartz vein.
Replaced by pyrite-marcasite and encrusted by arsenopyrite.
Gold content up to 0.03% of total rock.
|
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Siderite Formula: FeCO3 Description: Associated with berthierite. |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS Description: Early phase, prior to Sb mineralization. |
| ⓘ Stibnite Formula: Sb2S3 Description: Two stages :
- Early stibnite younger than berthierite
- Late stibnite replacing berthierite and associated with melnicovite |
| ⓘ Titanite Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O Description: In amphibolites. |
| ⓘ Valentinite Formula: Sb2O3 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
| ⓘ | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Marcasite | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
| ⓘ | Berthierite | 2.HA.20 | FeSb2S4 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Goethite | 4.00. | Fe3+O(OH) |
| ⓘ | Valentinite | 4.CB.55 | Sb2O3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Siderite | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
| ⓘ | Calcite var. Iron-bearing Calcite | 5.AB.05 | (Ca,Fe)CO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
| ⓘ | Klebelsbergite | 7.BB.35 | Sb4O4(SO4)(OH)2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Titanite | 9.AG.15 | CaTi(SiO4)O |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Melnikovite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
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- Moldanubian BeltOrogenic Belt
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La Chassagne, Saint-Just-près-Brioude, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France