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Apatite from
Beauvoir quarry, Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


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Apatite, etc.

Beauvoir quarry, Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
06107460017369761901909.jpg
Apatite, etc.

Beauvoir quarry, Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Apatite, etc.

Beauvoir quarry, Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3A
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Muscovite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Beauvoir quarry, Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:218305
Long-form Identifier:1:3:218305:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘMine de l'Eperon (La Bosse), Montmins mining district, Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘLe Mazet vein no. 1, Le Mazet, Montmins mining district, Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘBois du Roi, Les Chaillats (Chaillat), Servant, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘSte Barbe vein (Les Montmins), Montmins mining district, Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
18.3km (11.4 miles) ⓘMenat-Malmouche Maars, Saint-Angel, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
27.8km (17.3 miles) ⓘGrand Etang alluvial deposits, Andelot River watershed, Saint-Didier-la-Forêt, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
48.5km (30.1 miles) ⓘSioulot stream alluvial deposits, Olby, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
50.8km (31.6 miles) ⓘChuquet Genestoux quarry, Nébouzat, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
52.0km (32.3 miles) ⓘMontebras, Soumans, Aubusson, Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
52.9km (32.9 miles) ⓘGigeole stream alluvial deposits, Nébouzat, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
References
G. Aubert : "Les coupoles granitiques de Montebras et d'Echassières (Massif Central Français) et la genèse de leur minéralisations (BRGM, 1969)
Nicolas, Jean, Rosen, Andrée de (1963) Le massif granitique des Colettes (Allier) et ses minéralisations. Bulletin de Minéralogie, 86 (2) 126-128 doi:10.3406/bulmi.1963.5631
Raimbault, Louis, Cuney, Michel, Azencott, Claude, Duthou, Jean-Louis, Joron, Jean Louis (1995) Geochemical evidence for a multistage magmatic genesis of Ta-Sn-Li mineralization in the granite at Beauvoir, French Massif Central. Economic Geology, 90 (3) 548-576 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.90.3.548
Kahou, Zia Steven; Cathelineau, Michel; Bonzi, Wilédio Marc-Emile; Salsi, Lise; Fullenwarth, Patrick (2026) Micro-XRF-Based Quantitative Mineralogy of the Beauvoir Li Granite: A Tool for Facies Characterization and Ore Processing Optimization. Minerals, 16 (1). doi:10.3390/min16010029
 
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