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Baryte from
Les Vieux Travaux mine, Montdardier, Le Vigan, Gard, Occitanie, France


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Baryte
Formula:BaSO4
Habit:Tabular, isometric. circular aggregates
Colour:Colorless, White, pale yellow, pale blue
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Extremely common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Sphalerite102
- var Schalenblende2
Pyrite66
Smithsonite39
Dolomite35
Galena33
Bournonite22
Petroleum13
- var Bitumen13
Native Sulphur12
Calcite10
Strickblende7
Goethite6
Hydrozincite5
Aragonite5
Halotrichite4
Melanterite4
- var Copper-bearing Melanterite4
Mimetite2
Cerussite2
Römerite2
Tetrahedrite Subgroup1
Krausite1
Epsomite1
Marcasite1
Köttigite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Baryte data
Locality Data:Click here to view Les Vieux Travaux mine, Montdardier, Le Vigan, Gard, Occitanie, France
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:730962
Long-form Identifier:1:3:730962:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Baryte
2.2km (1.3 miles) La Sanguinède mine, Montdardier, Le Vigan, Gard, Occitanie, France
2.2km (1.4 miles) Les Cèdres mine, Montdardier, Le Vigan, Gard, Occitanie, France
3.1km (1.9 miles) Mas Fontbouillens (Baugis mine), Saint-Bresson, Le Vigan, Gard, Occitanie, France
8.1km (5.0 miles) Hérault river alluvial deposits, Laroque, Lodève, Hérault, Occitanie, France
14.3km (8.9 miles) Arrigas mines, Arrigas, Le Vigan, Gard, Occitanie, France
16.7km (10.4 miles) Valcroze, Alzon, Le Vigan, Gard, Occitanie, France
26.6km (16.6 miles) Trèves mine, Saint-Sauveur-Camprieu, Le Vigan, Gard, Occitanie, France
27.1km (16.9 miles) La Grande Vernissière (Fressac), Durfort mines, Durfort-et-Saint-Martin-de-Sossenac, Le Vigan, Gard, Occitanie, France
28.7km (17.8 miles) Usclas-du-Bosc quarry (Loiras quarry; Pioch Camp quarry), Usclas-du-Bosc, Lodève, Hérault, Occitanie, France
32.3km (20.1 miles) Rivièral, Le Bosc, Lodève, Hérault, Occitanie, France
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