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Rhône-Alpes, France

Région Rhône-Alpes, France

This region comprises the departments 'Ain', 'Ardèche', 'Drôme', 'Haute-Savoie', 'Isère', 'Loire', 'Rhône' and 'Savoie'.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Actinolite
'Actinolite-Tremolite Series'
Adamite
var: Cuprian Adamite
'Aeschynite'
Aeschynite-(Y)
Agardite-(Nd)
Agardite-(Y)
Aikinite
Albite
var: Andesine
var: Oligoclase
var: Pericline
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
'Allemontite'
'Allevardite'
Allophane
Almandine
'Almandine-Pyrope Series'
'Almandine-Spessartine Series'
Alunite
Alunogen
Amphibole Supergroup
var: Byssolite
Analcime
Anatase (TL)
Andalusite
Andradite
var: Melanite
'Andradite-Grossular Series'
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Annabergite
Anorthite
var: Bytownite
var: Labradorite
Anorthoclase
Antigorite
Antimony
Antlerite
'Apatite'
Aragonite
var: Flos Ferri
Ardennite-(As)
Argentojarosite
Arsenbrackebuschite
Arsenic
Arseniosiderite
Arsenogorceixite
Arsenogoyazite
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
Arsentsumebite
'Asbestos'
Asbolane
Augite
'Augite-Bronzite'
Aurichalcite
Autunite
Axinite-(Fe) (TL)
'Axinite Group'
Axinite-(Mn)
Azurite (TL)
Baryte
Bayldonite
Bazzite
Beaverite-(Cu)
Becquerelite
Berthierite
Bertrandite
Beryl
β-Uranophane
Beudantite
'Beudantite Subgroup'
Bieberite
Billietite
'Biotite'
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
'Bitumen'
Boothite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Brannerite
Breithauptite
'Brewsterite'
Brewsterite-Ba
Brochantite
Brookite
Cacoxenite
'Calcareous Tufa'
Calcite
var: Lublinite
var: Manganoan Calcite
Caledonite
Cannizzarite
Carminite
Cassiterite
'Cathedral Quartz'
Celestine
Cerussite
Cervantite
'Chabazite'
Chabazite-Na
Chabazite-Sr
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
Chenite
Chlorargyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chloritoid
Chromite
Chrysocolla
Chrysotile
Cinnabar
Claudetite
Clinochlore
var: Ripidolite
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
'Clinotyrolite'
'Coal'
'var: Anthracite'
Cobaltite
Coffinite
Conichalcite
Connellite
Copiapite
Copper
Cordierite
Cornwallite
Coronadite
Corundum
var: Sapphire
Cosalite
Covellite
Crichtonite (TL)
'Crichtonite Group'
Cubanite
Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite
Curienite
Deerite
Descloizite
Devilline
var: Zincian Devilline
Dewindtite
Diaboleite
Diadochite
Diaspore
Dickite
Digenite
Diopside
Dolomite
var: Ferroan Dolomite
Dravite
Duftite
var: Calcio-duftite
Dumortierite (TL)
Dyscrasite
Elyite
Enstatite
Epidote (TL)
Epsomite
'Erionite'
Erythrite
Ettringite
'Feldspar Group'
Ferro-Actinolite
Fluorapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Forsterite
var: Peridot
Fougèrite
Friedrichite
Gahnite
Galena
var: Argentiferous Galena
'Garnet'
Gismondine-Ca
Glaucocerinite
Glauconite
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Goslarite
Goudeyite
Graphite
Greenockite
Grossular
'Gummite'
Gypsum
var: Selenite
Halite
'Halloysite'
Haüyne
Hematite
var: Iron Rose
var: Specularite
Hemimorphite
'Herschelite'
Heulandite-Ca
'Hornblende'
Hydrocerussite
Hydroxylapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite

Hydrozincite
Ianthinite
'Iddingsite'
Illite
var: Leverrierite

Ilmenite
Iron
Jamesonite
Jarosite
Johannite
Jurbanite
Kainosite-(Y)
Kaolinite
Kasolite
Kermesite
'K Feldspar'
'var: Adularia'
Kyanite
Lanarkite
Langite
Lead
Leadhillite
Lepidocrocite
'Leucoxene'
Libethenite
'Limonite'
Linarite
Litharge
Löllingite
Mackinawite
Magnesiocarpholite (TL)
Magnesite
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Malachite
Manganite
Marcasite
Massicot
Mazzite-Mg (TL)
Melanterite
var: Cuprian Melanterite
'Melilite'
Meneghinite
Mercury
Merrillite
Metazeunerite
'Mica Group'
Microcline
Mimetite
var: Campylite
'Mimetite-M'
'Mimetite-Pyromorphite Series'
Minium
Mogánite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Montmorillonite
Mordenite
Moschellandsbergite
Muscovite
var: Sericite
Natrolite
Nepheline
Nesquehonite
Nickeline
Nontronite
Nosean
Nováčekite-I
Nuffieldite
Offretite (TL)
Oldhamite
'Oligoclase-Andesine'
Olivenite
'Olivine'
Opal
Orpiment
Orthoclase
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Orthoserpierite (TL)
Oxyplumboroméite
Paragonite
Paralaurionite
'Parisite'
Parnauite
Parsonsite
Pearceite
Perovskite
Pharmacosiderite
Phenakite
'Phillipsite'
Phosphohedyphane
Phosphuranylite
Pigeonite
'Pinite'
Plagionite
Plancheite
Plattnerite
Plumbogummite
Plumbojarosite
Polybasite
Portlandite
Posnjakite
Prehnite
Proustite
Pseudoboleite
Pseudomalachite
'Psilomelane'
'Pumpellyite'
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
var: Nussièrite
'Pyromorphite Subgroup'
Pyrophyllite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Agate
var: Amethyst
var: Chalcedony
var: Ferruginous Quartz
var: Gwindel
var: Jasper
var: Rock Crystal
var: Sceptre Quartz
Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz

Realgar
Rectorite
Rhönite
Richetite
'Roméite Group
var: Stibiconite'

Rosasite
Roscoelite
Rutile
Safflorite
'Sagenite'
Salammoniac
Sanidine
Saponite
Sauconite
Schachnerite
Scheelite
Schoepite
Schorl
Schreibersite
Schulenbergite
Scolecite
Scorodite
Scotlandite
Segnitite
Sellaite (TL)
Semseyite
Senaite
Sepiolite
'Serpentine Group'
Serpierite
Siderite
Sillimanite
Silver
var: Amalgam
Skutterudite
'Smectite Group'
Smithsonite
var: Cuprian Smithsonite
Sodalite
Spangolite
Spertiniite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spinel
Stannite
Staurolite
Stellerite
Stephanite
Stibarsen
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Stilbite-Ca
Stolzite
Strashimirite
Strontianite
Strontiodresserite
Sulphur
Susannite
'Synchysite'
Synchysite-(Ce)
'Synchysite Group'
Szomolnokite
Talc
Tellurite
Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tenorite
Tetrahedrite
'Thomsonite'
Thomsonite-Ca
Thorite
var: Uranothorite
Titanite
Torbernite
'Tourmaline'
Tridymite
Troilite
Tschermigite
Tučekite
Tunisite
Turquoise
Tyrolite
Tyuyamunite
Ullmannite
'UM1970-19-S:As'
'Unnamed (Pb-Cu Oxide)'
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Uranophane
Uranopilite
Valentinite (TL)
Valleriite
Vanadinite
Vandendriesscheite
Vesuvianite
Vivianite
'Wad'
Wallkilldellite-(Mn)
'Wellsite'
Whewellite
Wroewolfeite
Wulfenite
'Wurtzite-2H'
Wyartite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zálesíite
Zeunerite
Zincowoodwardite
Zircon


536 entries listed. 337 valid minerals. 12 type localities (valid minerals).

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References

Lebocey, J. & De Ascençao Guedes, R. (2011) - Rhône-Alpes, In zéolites de France, Le Règne Minéral hors-série 17, 69-92

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