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Tridymite from
Puy de Menoyre, Menet, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


Classification
Species:Tridymite
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Titanite3
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tridymite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Puy de Menoyre, Menet, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:206745
Long-form Identifier:1:3:206745:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Tridymite in this Region
Liocamp Quarry, Puy de Menoyre, Menet, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Nearest other occurrences of Tridymite
0.1km (0.0 miles) Liocamp Quarry, Puy de Menoyre, Menet, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
28.4km (17.6 miles) Les Chazes (Puy Griou), Saint-Jacques-des-Blats, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
29.2km (18.1 miles) Roc de Courlande, Chastreix, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
31.1km (19.3 miles) Puy de Sancy, Chastreix, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
31.2km (19.4 miles) Cunes quarry, Albepierre-Bredons, Saint-Flour, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
31.2km (19.4 miles) Bois du Loup, Chastreix, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
31.3km (19.5 miles) Super-Besse ski resort, Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
32.8km (20.4 miles) Ravin des Chèvres (Rivaux Grands), Mont-Dore, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
33.6km (20.9 miles) Le Capucin, Mont-Dore, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
35.5km (22.0 miles) Les Planches quarry, Murat-le-Quaire, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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