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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Comments:Partly oxydised - magnet tested
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Linarite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Les Rats Mine, Le Crozet, Roanne, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:896472
Long-form Identifier:1:3:896472:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
21.3km (13.2 miles) Charrier Mine, Laprugne, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
30.4km (18.9 miles) La Bombarde, Saint-Romain-d'Urfé, Roanne, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
43.1km (26.8 miles) Grand Etang alluvial deposits, Andelot River watershed, Saint-Didier-la-Forêt, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
43.2km (26.9 miles) Loire river alluvial deposits, Gilly-sur-Loire, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
43.5km (27.0 miles) Le Raffaut stream alluvial deposits, Saint-Aubin-sur-Loire, Charolles, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
44.2km (27.5 miles) Dore river alluvial deposits, Dorat, Thiers, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
60.3km (37.5 miles) Bourgogne-Charollais volcanic necks, Charolles, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
60.9km (37.8 miles) Salles meteorite, Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-Beaujolais, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
62.2km (38.7 miles) Les Ponts-Tarrets, Le Breuil, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
65.0km (40.4 miles) Allier river alluvial deposits, Neuvy, Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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