Note: Books on regional mineralogies have been published for nearly all the 'Départements' ("Inventaire minéralogique de la France").
References:- Lacroix, A. (1893) Minéralogie de la France et des ses colonies, Paris. 5 volumes: vol. 1 (1893-95); vol. 2 (1897); vol. 3 (1901); vol. 4 (1910); vol. 5 (1913).
- Gaubert, P. (1907) Minéralogie de la France. Paris, 210 pp.
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http://geolfrance.brgm.fr/main.asp ("Géologie de la France" journal)
20159 entries listed. 1011 valid minerals. 100 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other). 1 erroneous literature entry.
573 localities of a total of 2812 localities shown. Additional sublocalities are indicated by the green plus sign(
).