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Vesuvianite from
La Fourque granodiorite outcrop, Salau, Seix, Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitanie, France


Locality type:Outcrop
Classification
Species:Vesuvianite
Formula:Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vesuvianite data
Locality Data:Click here to view La Fourque granodiorite outcrop, Salau, Seix, Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitanie, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:314654
Long-form Identifier:1:3:314654:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Vesuvianite
4.7km (2.9 miles) ⓘAnglade Mine, Salau, Seix, Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitanie, France
39.9km (24.8 miles) ⓘBarranc dera Gerbosa, Val de Molières, Vielha e Mijaran, Aran (Val d'Aran; Aran Valley), Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
50.7km (31.5 miles) ⓘTrimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Foix, Ariège, Occitanie, France
64.4km (40.0 miles) ⓘBox Peak (Tozal de Box), Eriste valley, Sahún, Huesca, Aragon, Spain
70.3km (43.7 miles) ⓘAure Valley, Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France
76.2km (47.4 miles) ⓘL'Arbizon, Aulon, Bagnères-de-Bigorre, Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France
78.0km (48.5 miles) ⓘPaloume pass, L'Arbizon, Aulon, Bagnères-de-Bigorre, Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France
84.5km (52.5 miles) ⓘLa Mongie, Bagnères-de-Bigorre, Bagnères-de-Bigorre, Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France
References
Raimbault, Louis, Kaelin, Jean-Louis (1987) Pétrographie et géochimie de la granodiorite de La Fourque (gisement de scheelite de Salau, Pyrénées, France) Bulletin de Minéralogie, 110 (6) 633-644 doi:10.3406/bulmi.1987.8006
Gonzalez, Eric, Li, Huan (2025) Geochemistry and Geochronology of W-Mineralized Fourque Granodiorite Intrusion, Pyrenean Axial Zone, Southern France. Minerals, 15 (4). doi:10.3390/min15040342
 
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