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Auvergne, France

This region consists of the departments 'Allier', 'Cantal', 'Haute-Loire' and 'Puy-de-Dôme'.



References:
- Gonnard, F. (1873): Mémoire sur les Zéolithes de l'Auvergne. Ducros, Clermont-Ferrand, 96 pp.
- Rudel, A. (1966): Richesses minéralogiques en Auvergne. Collection "Auvergne de tous les temps", Editions Volcans, 176 pp.
- Laureys, J. (1971): Gites Minéraux en Auvergne. Clermont-Ferrand, xx pp.
- Perichaud, J.-J. (1985): Où trouver les minéraux d'Auvergne. Tome I. Puy-de-Dome - Allier. Ed. L'Instant durable, 100 pp.
- Perichaud, J.-J. (1986): Où trouver les minéraux d'Auvergne. Tome II. Cantal - Haute-Loire. Ed. L'Instant durable, 100 pp.

- Cattermole, P. (2001): Auvergne (Classic Geology in Europe 2). Terra Publishing, 176 pp.




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
Acanthite
Actinolite
'Adularia'
Aegirine
Aegirine-augite
Afwillite
Aheylite ?
Aikinite
Albite
var: Andesine
var: Oligoclase
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Almandine
Alunite
Amblygonite
Amesite
'Amphibole Group'
Analcime
Anatase
Andalusite
Andorite
Andorite IV
Andradite
var: Melanite
Anglesite
Ankerite
Anorthite
var: Labradorite
Anorthoclase
Anthophyllite
Antigorite
Antimony
'Antimony Ochre'
Antlerite
'Apatite'
Apatite-(CaF)
Apatite-(CaOH)
var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaOH)

Apophyllite-(KF)
Aragonite
Arfvedsonite
Argyrodite
Arsenbrackebuschite
Arseniosiderite
Arsenogoyazite
Arsenopyrite
Arsentsumebite
'Asbestos'
Asbolane
'Asphaltum'
Athabascaite
Augite
Autunite
Awaruite
Azurite
Bariopharmacosiderite
Baryte
Bayldonite
Becquerelite
Beidellite
Beraunite
Bergenite
Berthierine
Berthierite (TL)
Beryl
Beryllonite
β-Uranophane
Beudantite
Bindheimite
var: Argentian Bindheimite
Biotite
var: Anomite
Bismite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
'Bitumen'
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bourboulite
Bournonite
Bravaisite
Brazilianite
Brianyoungite
Brochantite
Bromargyrite
Brookite
Bukovite
Cacoxenite
Calcite
var: Ferroan Calcite
Caledonite
Canfieldite
Carminite
Carnotite
Cassiterite
Celadonite
Celestine
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
Chabazite-Ca
Chalcanthite
'Chalcedony'
'var: Agate'
'var: Petrified Wood'
Chalcocite
Chalcomenite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcosiderite
Chalcostibite
Chaméanite (TL)
Chapmanite
Childrenite
'Chlorite Group'
var: Brunsvigite
Chromite
Chrysocolla
Chrysotile
Churchite-(Y)
Clausthalite
Clinochlore
var: Chromian Clinochlore
var: Pennine
var: Ripidolite
Clinoenstatite
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Cobaltite
Coffinite
Columbite-(Fe)
Copiapite
Copper
Cordierite
Corkite
Coronadite
Corrensite
Corundum
var: Ruby
var: Sapphire
Covellite
Crandallite
'Crandallite Subgroup'
Cristobalite
Crocoite
Cryptomelane
var: Thallian Cryptomelane
Cubanite
Cuprite
Curienite
Curite
Cyanotrichite
Cyrilovite
Dervillite
Dewindtite
'Diallage'
Diaphorite
Diaspore
Digenite
Diopside
'Diopside-Hedenbergite Series'
Direnzoite (TL)
Dolomite
Domeykite
Donbassite
Dufrénite
Dumontite
Edenite
Elyite
Emplectite
Enargite
Enstatite
var: Bronzite
'Enstatite-Ferrosilite Series'
Eosphorite
Epidote
Epsomite
'Erionite'
Erionite-Ca
Eskebornite
Ettringite
Eucairite
Famatinite
Fayalite ?
'Feldspar Group'
Ferberite
Ferropargasite
'Ferropargasite-Pargasite Series'
Fizélyite
Fluellite
Fluorite
Fluoro-edenite
Fluorophlogopite
'Fornacite-Vauquelinite Series'
Forsterite
var: Peridot
Fougèrite
Francevillite
Franckeite
Freibergite
Freieslebenite
Fülöppite
Gahnite
Galena
var: Argentiferous Galena
'Garnet Group'
Garronite
Gartrellite
Gedrite
Geffroyite (TL)
Geocronite
Gersdorffite
var: Antimonian Gersdorffite
Giraudite (TL)
Gismondine
'Glass'
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Gonnardite (TL)
Gorceixite
Goyazite
Graphite
Greenockite
Grossular
Gudmundite
Guilleminite
'Gummite'
Gustavite
Gypsum
var: Selenite
Halloysite
Halotrichite
Haüyne
Hawleyite
Heazlewoodite
Heinrichite
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Hercynite
var: Picotite

Hexahydrite
Hibschite
Hinsdalite
Hocartite
Hollandite
'Hornblende'
Hübnerite
Hydrobiotite
Hydrocalumite
Hydroxylherderite
Hydrozincite
Hypersthene
Ianthinite
Idaite
Illite
Ilmenite
Iodargyrite
Jalpaite
Jamesonite
Jarosite
Jixianite
Kaersutite
Kaolinite
Kasolite
Kermesite
Kerstenite
'K Feldspar'
Kidwellite
Kintoreite
Kulkeite
Kyanite
Lacroixite
Laforêtite (TL)
Laihunite
Lanarkite ?
Langite
Leadhillite
Lepidocrocite
Lepidolite
'Lepidomelane'
Leucophosphite
Leucoxene
Limonite
Linarite
Linnaeite
Lizardite
Löllingite
Luzonite
Mackinawite
Magnesiohornblende
Magnesite
var: Ferroan Magnesite
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Malachite
Maldonite
'Manganese Oxides'
Marcasite
Margarite
Mascagnite
Masuyite
Matildite
Mawbyite
Mawsonite
Melanterite
'Melnikovite'
Meneghinite
Merlinoite
Mesolite
'Metahalloysite'
Metastibnite
Metatorbernite
Metazeunerite
Meurigite-K
Miargyrite
Microcline
Microlite
Microsommite
Millerite
Mimetite
Minium
Mitridatite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Montdorite (TL)
Montebrasite
Montmorillonite
Mordenite
Mullite
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
Nahcolite
Natrodufrénite
Natrojarosite
Natrolite
Nepheline
Nesquehonite
Nickeline
Nosean
Offretite
'Olivine'
Opal
var: Opal-AN
var: Opal-CT
var: Wood Opal
Oregonite
Orpiment
Orthoclase
Osumilite
Pargasite
Parsonsite
Pearceite
Pentlandite
Perhamite
Pharmacosiderite
Phengite
'Phillipsite'
Phlogopite
Phosphosiderite
Pickeringite
Pigeonite
Plagionite
Planerite
Plumbogummite
Plumbojarosite
Polybasite
Portlandite
Prehnite
Proustite
Pseudobrookite
'Psilomelane'
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Pyrochlore
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrope
Pyrophanite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Jasper
var: Rock Crystal
var: Smoky Quartz
'Quartz-beta'
Ramdohrite
Raspite
Reichenbachite
Rhönite
Robertsite
Roedderite
Roméite
Roquesite (TL)
Rozenite
Rutherfordine
Rutile
'Sagenite'
Salammoniac
Sanidine
Sapphirine
'Saussurite'
'Scapolite'
var: Wernerite
'Schalenblende'
Schapbachite ?
Scheelite
Schoepite
Schorl
Schreibersite
Scolecite
Scorodite
Scorzalite
Segnitite
Selenium
Seligmannite
Semseyite
Sénarmontite
Sepiolite
'Sericite'
'Serpentine Group
var: Bastite'

Siderite
Siegenite
Sillimanite
Silver
'Smectite Group'
Smithsonite
Smythite
Sodalite
Sphalerite
var: Marmatite
Spinel
var: Pleonaste
Stannite
Staurolite
Stephanite
Stibiconite
Stibnite
Stolzite
Strätlingite
Strengite
Stromeyerite
Strontianite
Sulphur
Susannite ?
Szomolnokite
Talc
Tantalite
Tellurobismuthite
Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite
Thometzekite
Thomsonite-Ca
Titanite
Tobermorite
Topaz
Torbernite
Tosudite
var: Lithium Tosudite

'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Tridymite
Tsumebite
Tungstenite
Turquoise
Tyuyamunite
Ullmannite
Umangite
'Unnamed (Pb-U-Al Phosphate)'
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Uranocircite
Uranophane
Uranopilite
Uranotungstite
Uvarovite
Valentinite
Vanadinite
Variscite
Varlamoffite
Vauquelinite
Vermiculite
Violarite
Vivianite
'Wad'
Wairakite
Wavellite
Witherite
Wittichenite
Wolframite
Wulfenite
Wurtzite
Xanthoconite
Zavaritskite
Zeunerite
Zinkenite
Zippeite
Zircon
Zoisite


5026 entries listed. 398 valid minerals. 9 type localities (valid minerals). 1 erroneous literature entry.

Localities in this Region:
France
 
  • Auvergne
      • Bellerive-sur-Allier
        • Abrest
      • Ferrières-sur-Sichon
      • La Chabanne
        • Ferrières-sur-Sichon
        • Nizerolles
        • Saint Clément
        • Villefranche-d'Allier
      • Nades
      • Vichy
        • Cusset
          • Le Vernet
        • Labrousse
        • Le Bousquet
        • Vezels-Roussy
          • Brocq-en-Menet
          • Albepierre-Bredons
        • Puy Mary area
          • Saint-Bonnet-de-Salers
          • Saint-Projet-de-Salers
          • Saint-Jacques-des-Blats
          • Journiac
          • Maurines
        • Jabrun
        • Neuvéglise
        • Anval farm
        • Lusclade
      • Fridefont
      • La Chapelle-Laurent
      • Lanobre
          • Chazelles
          • Anliac
        • Bassignac
        • Le Vigean
        • Meallet
      • Montsalvy
        • Leucamp
        • Laveissière
          • La Grange de Ganilh farm
      • Pierrefort
        • Brezons
      • Pleaux
        • Saint-Illide
        • Collandres
        • Mentières
        • Montchamp
        • La Chapelle Bertin
        • Saint-Paulien
        • Azérat
        • Grenier-Montgon
          • Ladignat
          • Champlong
          • Tapon
        • Berbezit
            • Feneyrolles
          • Pervenchères
          • Pissis
          • Varennes
        • Marsanges
        • Mazeyrat-d'Allier
          • Saint-Eble
        • Pebrac
        • Prades
        • Saint-Arcons-d'Allier
        • Siaugues-Sainte-Marie
          • Vergonzac
        • Blassac
          • Faucon
          • Grenier
          • Ribeyre
          • Feneyrolles
        • Polignac
        • Taulhac
        • Vals-près-le-Puy
        • Saint-Jean-de-Nay
          • Cereix
        • Charles
        • Collat
        • Frugières-le-Pin
        • Josat
          • Armandon
        • Vals-le-Chastel
          • Bousseyrolles
        • Auvers
          • Combaneyre
        • Solignac-sous-Roche
        • Le Pertuis
      • Saint-Paulien
        • Blanzac
          • Azanières
      • Sainte-Sigolène
        • Saint-Pal-de-Mons
        • Le Brignon
        • Araules
        • Ambert
        • Saint-Martin-des-Olmes
      • Ardes-sur-Couze
        • Augnat
        • Chambon-sur-Lac
          • Voissière
          • Boissières
        • Saint-Victor-la-Rivière
        • Saint-Nectaire
        • Cournon-d'Auvergne
        • Saulzet-le-Chaud
        • Lastic
        • Sauvagnat
        • Perrier
        • Champagnat-le-Jeune
        • La Chapelle-sur-Usson
          • Chareire
      • Marsac-de-Livradois
      • Menat
        • Saint-Pierre-la-Bourlhonne
      • Picherande
        • Dallet
          • Les Arbres
        • Massagette
        • Olby
        • Saint-Pierre-le-Chastel
        • Philibin
        • La Gratade
        • Le Barry
        • Le Mont-Dore
          • Jollère
        • Vernines
        • Le Vernet-Sainte-Marguerite
          • Les Arnats
        • Olloix
        • Saulzet-le-Froid
        • Montignat
        • Saint-Martin-d'Ollières
        • Gignat
        • Chaméane
        • Saint-Genès-la-Tourette
      • Servant
        • Les Chaillats (Chaillat)
        • Avèze
        • La Guinguette
        • Singles
        • Corent
        • La-Roche-Blanche

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