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Malachite from
La Fonderie slag locality, Poullaouen, Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany, France


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Malachite

La Fonderie slag locality, Poullaouen, Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany, France
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Malachite

La Fonderie slag locality, Poullaouen, Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany, France
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Malachite

La Fonderie slag locality, Poullaouen, Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany, France
Locality type:Slag Locality
Classification
Species:Malachite
Formula:Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Formation:Post-mining/Anthropogenic
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
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Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Malachite data
Locality Data:Click here to view La Fonderie slag locality, Poullaouen, Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:204089
Long-form Identifier:1:3:204089:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Malachite
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘPoullaba vein, Locmaria-Berrien, Poullaouen, Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany, France
10.4km (6.5 miles) ⓘQuénécan, Carnoët, Guingamp, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France
26.8km (16.7 miles) ⓘPlessis quarry, Laz, Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany, France
37.3km (23.2 miles) ⓘPorz Mellec, Plestin-les-Grèves, Lannion, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France
58.7km (36.5 miles) ⓘL'Aber, Crozon, Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany, France
66.7km (41.5 miles) ⓘLe Loch beach alluvial deposits, Guidel-Plages, Guidel, Lorient, Morbihan, Brittany, France
70.6km (43.9 miles) ⓘSaint-Riom island, Ploubazlanec, Guingamp, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France
71.2km (44.2 miles) ⓘMez de Goëlo, Plouézec, Guingamp, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France
78.3km (48.7 miles) ⓘBiléric, Pivisy, Groix, Lorient, Morbihan, Brittany, France
References
Germain C., Leydet J-C., Saget Ph. (1990), Les minéraux de néoformation de Huelgoat (Finistère), Le Cahier des Micromonteurs, n°3, 3-16
Lheur, Cédric (2012) La Fonderie de Poullaouen et les minéraux de scories: la redécouverte d'un "gîte" [La Fonderie de Poullaouen et les minéraux de scories: la redécouverte d'un "gîte" 81 / 5 000 The Poullaouen Foundry and Slag Minerals: The Rediscovery of a "Gîte"], in Mines et minéraux du Huelgoat & de Poullaouen (Finistère, Bretagne). Le Règne Minéral - Hors Série 18, 81-96
 
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