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Goethite from
Mont-Cenis gypsum outcrop (Mont-Cenis gypsum hillock), Mont-Cenis Plateau, Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis, Val-Cenis, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


Locality type:Pass
Classification
Species:Goethite
Formula:Fe3+O(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Gypsum-stone1
Pyrite1
Fluorapatite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Goethite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mont-Cenis gypsum outcrop (Mont-Cenis gypsum hillock), Mont-Cenis Plateau, Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis, Val-Cenis, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:560604
Long-form Identifier:1:3:560604:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Goethite
2.0km (1.2 miles) Fort de la Turra, Col du Mont-Cenis (Colle del Moncenisio), Mont-Cenis Plateau, Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis, Val-Cenis, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
24.7km (15.4 miles) Punta Corna - Torre di Ovarda Mines, Usseglio, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
33.5km (20.8 miles) Testa Paian, Ala di Stura, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
33.9km (21.1 miles) Plampinet, Névache, Briançon, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
36.0km (22.4 miles) Mount Bocciarda mines, Perosa Argentina, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
36.4km (22.6 miles) Roccia Rossa, Cesana Torinese, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
36.7km (22.8 miles) Fragnè Mine, Chialamberto, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
39.0km (24.2 miles) Vernetto Superiore (Croce di Chiaves), Ceres, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
46.9km (29.2 miles) Poggio San Vittore asbestos mine, Balangero, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
49.8km (31.0 miles) Torvéraz Valley, La Thuile, Aosta Valley, Italy
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