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Diopside from
Les Rats Mine, Le Crozet, Roanne, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


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Diopside, etc.

Les Rats Mine, Le Crozet, Roanne, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Diopside, etc.

Les Rats Mine, Le Crozet, Roanne, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Diopside, etc.

Les Rats Mine, Le Crozet, Roanne, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Epidote1
Quartz1
Andradite-Grossular Series1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Les Rats Mine, Le Crozet, Roanne, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:826752
Long-form Identifier:1:3:826752:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
65.0km (40.4 miles) ⓘAllier river alluvial deposits, Neuvy, Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
74.8km (46.5 miles) ⓘMenat-Malmouche Maars, Saint-Angel, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
77.5km (48.2 miles) ⓘPuy de Ténuzet quarry, Saint-Ours-les-Roches, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
96.3km (59.8 miles) ⓘGroire, Murol, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
99.4km (61.8 miles) ⓘAllevier, Azérat, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
References
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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