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Cancelade, Le Bousquet, Arpajon-sur-Cère, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francei
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Cancelade- not defined -
Le Bousquet- not defined -
Arpajon-sur-CèreCommune
AurillacArrondissement
CantalDepartment
Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesRegion
FranceCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
44° 53' 27'' North , 2° 26' 3'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Arpajon-sur-Cère5,744 (2016)2.3km
Aurillac34,724 (2018)3.4km
Roannes-Saint-Mary918 (2016)5.1km
Ytrac3,421 (2017)6.1km
Sansac-de-Marmiesse1,114 (2016)6.9km
Mindat Locality ID:
52669
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:52669:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Auvergne; Rhône-Alpes


"(Coming from Lafeuillade-en-Vézie). 13km south of Aurillac on the N120. West of the village at the place called 'Le Bousquet', there is arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, and quartz on the dumps." [Belot, 1978]

Ore dumps near a brook between Cancelade and Le Bousquet.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


9 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Arsenopyrite
Formula: FeAsS
Boulangerite
Formula: Pb5Sb4S11
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Goethite
Formula: Fe3+O(OH)
'Limonite'
Pharmacosiderite
Formula: KFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 6-7H2O
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Rutile
Formula: TiO2

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Pyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Arsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
Boulangerite2.HC.15Pb5Sb4S11
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Goethite4.00.Fe3+O(OH)
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Rutile4.DB.05TiO2
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Pharmacosiderite8.DK.10KFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 6-7H2O
Unclassified
'Limonite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
H PharmacosideriteKFe43+(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 6-7H2O
OOxygen
O GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
O PharmacosideriteKFe43+(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 6-7H2O
O QuartzSiO2
O RutileTiO2
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S ArsenopyriteFeAsS
S BoulangeritePb5Sb4S11
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S PyriteFeS2
S PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
KPotassium
K PharmacosideriteKFe43+(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 6-7H2O
TiTitanium
Ti RutileTiO2
FeIron
Fe ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Fe PharmacosideriteKFe43+(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 6-7H2O
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
AsArsenic
As ArsenopyriteFeAsS
As PharmacosideriteKFe43+(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 6-7H2O
SbAntimony
Sb BoulangeritePb5Sb4S11
PbLead
Pb BoulangeritePb5Sb4S11

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