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Serpierite from
Les Rats Mine slag dumps, Le Crozet, Roanne, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


Locality type:Mine Dump
Classification
Species:Serpierite
Formula:Ca(Cu2+,Zn2+)4(S6+O4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:SEM-EDS
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Serpierite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Les Rats Mine slag dumps, Le Crozet, Roanne, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:25294
Long-form Identifier:1:3:25294:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Serpierite
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘLes Rats Mine, Le Crozet, Roanne, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
65.4km (40.6 miles) ⓘChessy copper mines, Chessy, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
References
Vernay, R. (1997): Le Crozet (Loire, France). Le Cahier des Micromonteurs, 55(1), 9-22.
Chollet, Pascal, Devouard, Bertrand, Kolitsch, Uwe (2013) La mine de cuivre et plomb des Rats, Le Crozet, Loire [Le Rats copper and lead mine, Le Crozet, Loire]. Le Règne Minéral, 19 (109). 6-46
 
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