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Paragonite from
Bois de la Genevraz quarry, Termignon, Val-Cenis, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Paragonite
Formula:NaAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Paragonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bois de la Genevraz quarry, Termignon, Val-Cenis, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1490978
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1490978:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Paragonite
6.2km (3.8 miles) Col du Mont-Cenis (Colle del Moncenisio), Mont-Cenis Plateau, Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis, Val-Cenis, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
20.0km (12.5 miles) Grange della Valle, Vallone Galambra, Exilles, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
20.4km (12.7 miles) Provincial Road SP 127, Giaglione, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
22.7km (14.1 miles) Gran Paradiso syenite outcrops, Bonneval-sur-Arc, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
26.5km (16.5 miles) La Beaume, Oulx, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
28.3km (17.6 miles) Margone, Usseglio, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
28.3km (17.6 miles) Colle Blegier, Pragelato, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
28.6km (17.8 miles) Delfinale Tower, Oulx, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
33.3km (20.7 miles) Monte Albergian basaltic metabreccia outcrop, Pragelato, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
34.0km (21.2 miles) Monte Gran Miuls northwest slope, Pragelato, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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