Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France

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Département de la Loire - 42

French department (formerly called "Forez") located east of the "Massif Central", between Auvergne and the Rhône Valley. The Loire River traverses the department from south to north in a graben called "Plaine du Forez" (Forez plain) between two horsts: "Monts du Forez" (Forez Mountains) to the west and "Monts du Beaujolais-Lyonnais" (Beaujolais-Lyonnais Hills) to the east. In the south, "Monts du Pilat" (Pilat Mountains) overhang the Gier Valley that runs through the coal basin of Saint-Etienne.

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Acanthite Actinolite Albite var: Andesine var: Oligoclase 'Albite-Anorthite Series' Almandine 'Almandine-Spessartine Series' Amphibole Supergroup Anatase Andalusite 'Andradite-Grossular Series' Anglesite Anhydrite Ankerite Anorthite Antlerite 'Apatite' Aragonite Arsenic Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Augite 'Augite-Bronzite' Autunite Azurite Baryte Becquerelite Berthierite Beryl β-Uranophane Billietite 'Biotite' Bismuth Bismuthinite Bornite Boulangerite Bournonite Brochantite Calcite var: Manganoan Calcite Caledonite Cassiterite Cerussite 'Chabazite' Chabazite-Na Chalcocite Chalcopyrite Chenite

'Chlorite Group' Chrysocolla Claudetite 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' 'Coal var: Anthracite' Coffinite Connellite Copiapite Copper Cordierite Coronadite Corundum var: Sapphire Covellite Cuprite Devilline var: Zincian Devilline Dewindtite Diaboleite Diopside Dolomite Dyscrasite Elyite Epidote 'Erionite' Ettringite 'Feldspar Group' Fluorapatite Fluorite Forsterite var: Peridot Fougèrite Galena 'Garnet' Gismondine-Ca Goethite Gold 'Gummite' Gypsum Haüyne Hematite 'Herschelite' 'Hornblende' Hydrocerussite Ianthinite Illite var: Leverrierite Ilmenite Johannite Kasolite Kermesite

'K Feldspar' 'var: Adularia' Kyanite Lanarkite Langite Lead Leadhillite 'Leucoxene' 'Limonite' Linarite Litharge Magnetite Malachite Marcasite Massicot Mazzite-Mg (TL) Melanterite 'Melilite' 'Mica Group' Microcline Mimetite Mogánite Molybdenite 'Monazite' Montmorillonite Muscovite var: Sericite Natrolite Nepheline Nontronite Offretite (TL) 'Olivine' Opal Orpiment Orthoclase Parsonsite Perovskite Pharmacosiderite 'Phillipsite' Phosphuranylite 'Pinite' Plumbojarosite Portlandite Pseudoboleite Pyrite Pyrolusite Pyromorphite 'Pyroxene Group' Pyrrhotite

Quartz var: Agate var: Amethyst var: Chalcedony var: Smoky Quartz Realgar 'Roméite Group var: Stibiconite' Rutile Salammoniac Schoepite Schorl Schulenbergite Serpierite Siderite Sillimanite Silver Spangolite Spertiniite Spessartine Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stibnite Stolzite Sulphur Susannite Tellurite Tennantite Tetrahedrite 'Thomsonite' Titanite Torbernite 'Tourmaline' Tyuyamunite 'UM1970-19-S:As' 'Unnamed (Pb-Cu Oxide)' Uraninite var: Pitchblende Uranophane Uranopilite Valentinite Vanadinite Vandendriesscheite Vivianite Whewellite Wyartite Zircon

214 entries listed. 149 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

France Rhône-Alpes Loire Böen Marcilly-le-Châtel Marcoux Montaubourg Pierroux Bourg-Argental Colombier Mizerieux Mine Saint-Julien-Molin-Molette La Pause Mine Revoin Mine Feurs Chambeon Salvizinet Firminy RD500 pocket (Bois d'Etat vein) La Grand-Croix Chagnon pegmatite Doizieux Chavanol Mine La Rullière La Peronnière Mine La Terrasse-sur-Dorlay Charbonnière Grand Filon Valfleury Les Echeries La Pacaudière Le Crozet Les Rats Mine Les Rats Mine (slag dumps) Saint-Martin-d'Estréaux Châteaumorand and RN7 slope Montbrison "Imbert" pegmatite Ecotay-l'Olme Sainte-Agathe pegmatite Essertines-en-Châtelneuf "Gonnard" pegmatite Lezigneux Valensanges Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville Montclaret quarry Verrières-en-Forez Phialay Vizézy brook alluvials Néronde Sainte-Colombe-sur-Gand Montcellier Violay A89 highway tunnel (La Verrière vein) Pélussin La Magdelaine Véranne Roche Anglane Rive-de-Gier Genilac Mont du Feu Saint-Joseph Bissieux Mine Tartaras Gier river alluvials Saint-Chamond L'Hermitage Saint-Etienne Couriot Mine La Ricamarie Crassier Saint-Pierre La Tour-en-Jarez

France Rhône-Alpes Loire Saint-Etienne La Tour-en-Jarez Onzon river alluvials Peymartin Le Treuil Mine Saint-Priest-en-Jarez Le Crêt Saint-Galmier Bellegarde-en-Forez Pierres Blanches Ruffy quarry Saint-Héand Le Sauzet Montmollot Saint-Genest-Malifaux Le Bessat Pouyardière farm Saint-Georges-en-Couzan Chalmazel Font Noire pegmatites Châtelneuf Mont Semiol (Mont Semiouse; Mont Simiouse) Jeansagnière La Chaize pegmatite Proé Saint-Germain-Laval Grezolles Font Ferrière Mine Marcilleux Mine Saint-Martin-la-Sauveté Corent Mine Grezolette Mine Saint-Thurin Le Mas Mine Saint-Haon-le-Châtel Ambierle Hauteville Remonteneau Renaison Les Cartonnes quarry Renaison brook alluvials Saint-Just-en-Chevalet Arpheuille Champoly Fialin quarry Le Poyet Mine Contenson Juré Durelle Mine Saint-Priest-la-Prugne Les Bois-Noirs Mining Claim La Chabanette Lagadaillère Mine (BN10) Le Fraty (BN1) Le Limouzat Mine (incl. Le Limouzat Quarry; BN3; BN5; BN6) Saint-Romain-d'Urfé La Bombarde Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert Bonson brook alluvials Périgneux Suc de la Violette quarries RD498 deviation (La Verrerie vein) Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay Neaux Givre Neaux quarry Rocheline Regny Gueydon Mine Le Billard Verpierre

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