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Montebras Mines, Montebras, Soumans, Creuse, Limousin, France

Variscite
Montebras Mines, Montebras, Soumans, Creuse, Limousin, France
Located 1 km west of Montebras and around 7 km SE of Boussac.

Mineral List

Albite
Amblygonite
'Amblygonite-Montebrasite Series'
'Apatite'
Arsenopyrite
Autunite
'Barrandite'
Beryl
Bismuth
Cacoxenite ?
Cassiterite
Chalcocite
Chalcophyllite ?
Chalcosiderite
'Chlorite Group'
Columbite
Copper
Corrensite
Covellite
Crandallite
Cuprite
Curite ?
Dufrénite ?
Elbaite ?
Eosphorite
Ferberite
Fluorapatite
var: Mn-bearing Fluorapatite
Fluorite
'Garnet'
Gold
Gorceixite
Hematite
Hübnerite
Ixiolite
Kaolinite
Lacroixite
Lepidocrocite ?
Lepidolite
Libethenite
Magnetite
Manganite
Mawsonite
Metatorbernite
Microcline
Montebrasite (TL)
Montmorillonite
Morinite (TL)
Muscovite
var: Damourite
Nacrite
Natanite
Orthoclase
Pharmacosiderite
Pseudomalachite
'Psilomelane'
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Quartz
Ramsdellite
Rhodonite
Rutile
Scorodite
Sphalerite
Stannite
Stannoidite
Stibnite
Strengite
Tantalite
Topaz
Torbernite
'Tourmaline'
Triplite
Turquoise
Variscite
Varlamoffite ?
Viitaniemiite
Wardite
Wavellite
Wolframite
Zeunerite


81 entries listed. 68 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

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References

- Des Cloizeaux, M. (1871): Note sur la montebrasite. Comptes rendus de l`Académie des Sciences, Paris. 73, 306
- Des Cloizeaux, M. (1872): Nouvelle note sur l`amblygonite et la montebrasite. Comptes rendus de l`Académie des Sciences, Paris. 75, 114-115
- Poulain, P. (1998): Montebras en Soumans (Creuse), Le Cahier des Micromonteurs, n°1, 4-11.
- Patureau, J., Chiaperro, P.-J. & Lebocey, J.(2011): Mines et minéraux de Montebras, Soumans (Creuse), Le Règne Minéral, 99, 5-33.

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