Vote for your favorite mineral in #MinCup26! - Quartz vs. Asagiite
It's a classic vs a newbie as the most common named mineral in the crust Quartz is up against an exceedingly-rare sea foam-green mineral discovered just a few years ago Asagiite.
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Baryte from
Jousselin quarry, Saint-Pierre-Montlimart, Cholet, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France


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Baryte, etc.

Jousselin quarry, Saint-Pierre-Montlimart, Cholet, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
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Baryte, etc.

Jousselin quarry, Saint-Pierre-Montlimart, Cholet, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
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Baryte, etc.

Jousselin quarry, Saint-Pierre-Montlimart, Cholet, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
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Baryte, etc.

Jousselin quarry, Saint-Pierre-Montlimart, Cholet, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
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Baryte, etc.

Jousselin quarry, Saint-Pierre-Montlimart, Cholet, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
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Baryte, etc.

Jousselin quarry, Saint-Pierre-Montlimart, Cholet, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Baryte
Formula:BaSO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Baryte data
Locality Data:Click here to view Jousselin quarry, Saint-Pierre-Montlimart, Cholet, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1982955
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1982955:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Baryte
38.9km (24.1 miles) ⓘMozé-sur-Louet quarry, Mozé-sur-Louet, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
41.1km (25.5 miles) ⓘMiséri (Miséry) quarry, Chantenay, Nantes, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
43.9km (27.3 miles) ⓘLa Dorgissière Mine, Saint-Amand-sur-Sèvre, Bressuire, Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
45.1km (28.0 miles) ⓘLes Maraichères quarry, Bouguenais, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
83.0km (51.6 miles) ⓘLGV construction site (railroad), Le Pertre, Fougères-Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France
84.9km (52.7 miles) ⓘLa Source beach alluvials, Saint-Michel-Chef-Chef, Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
90.4km (56.2 miles) ⓘLa Rougeole beach alluvials, Saint-Nazaire, Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
References
Alain Guillet collectionIdentified by Alain Guillet: SEM-EDS
 
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