Latitude: 45°18'14"N
Longitude: 2°35'37"E
La Sumène, Menet, Riom-ès-Montagnes, Cantal, Auvergne, France
Alluvials of "La Sumène" brook.
References
Gaillou E (2003) Les saphirs du Massif Central : étude minéralogique des saphirs du Sioulot, du Mont Coupet et de Menoyre ; détermination de leur origine. Master Thesis, Clermont-Ferrand, 66 pp.
Giuliani G, Fallick A, Ohnenstetter D, Pegere G (2009) Oxygen isotopes composition of sapphires from the French Massif Central: implications for the origin of gem corundum in basaltic fields. Mineralium Deposita 44: 221-231.
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