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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Linarite
Formula:PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Comments:Quite all the linarites found in the dumps are neoformation
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Malachite21
Brochantite8
Cerussite7
Caledonite6
Baryte3
Chrysocolla3
Andradite-Grossular Series3
Epidote2
Azurite1
Magnetite1
Anglesite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Linarite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Les Rats Mine, Le Crozet, Roanne, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Photo GalleryView Gallery (32 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:826770
Long-form Identifier:1:3:826770:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Linarite
0.0km (0.0 miles) Les Rats Mine slag dumps, Le Crozet, Roanne, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
29.5km (18.3 miles) Etang de Reliez, Lachaux, Thiers, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
49.3km (30.6 miles) Chanrion mine, Poule-les-Écharmeaux, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
50.1km (31.1 miles) Longefay mine, Poule-les-Écharmeaux, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
50.9km (31.6 miles) La Verrière (Montchonay), Les Ardillats, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
52.9km (32.8 miles) Creuzeval Quarry, Saint-Didier-sur-Beaujeu, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
53.0km (32.9 miles) Les Valettes Mine (Le Golet; Grange; Moret), Les Ardillats, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
57.2km (35.5 miles) Bouillé, Beaujeu, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
58.7km (36.5 miles) Monterniers Mines, Lantignié, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
65.4km (40.6 miles) Chessy copper mines, Chessy, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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