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Puy de Menoyre, Menet, Riom-ès-Montagnes, Cantal, Auvergne, France
Latitude: 45°18'18"N
Longitude: 2°34'26"E
Longitude: 2°34'26"E
The Puy de Menoyre is a small (about 800 m diameter, 911 m a.s.l.) trachytic dome located west of the village of Menet. A series of abandoned quarries are still accessible on the North and West flank of the dome.
Fractures of the trachyte are sometime covered by fumarolitic deposition products, including andradite and hematite.
The trachyte is host to a large collection of magmatic enclaves, with compositions ranging from diorites to syenites, as well as pieces of underlying anatectic gneisses.
Mineral List
23 entries listed. 19 valid minerals.
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References
- Brousse R, Varet J (1966) Les trachytes du Mont-Dore et du Cantal septentrional et leurs enclaves. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 8: 246-262.
- Varet J (1970) The origin of fumarolitic andradite at Menoyre, France and Fant'Ale, Ethiopia. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 27: 321-332.
- 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.
- Troy G (2003) Un gisement auvergnat de microminéraux: le Puy de Menoyre (Cantal). Le Cahier des Micromonteurs 80: 8-12.
- 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.
- Giuliani G, Lasnier B, Ohnenstetter D, Fallick AE, Pegere G (2010) Les gisements de corindon de France. Le Règne Minéral 93: 5-23.
- Gaillou E, Devouard B, Vielzeuf D, Boivin P, Rochault J, Valley J, Harris C (2010) Le Mont Coupet, Menet et Le Sioulot : trois gisements de saphirs du Massif central. Le Règne Minéral 93: 28-36.
- Varet J (1970) The origin of fumarolitic andradite at Menoyre, France and Fant'Ale, Ethiopia. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 27: 321-332.
- 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.
- Troy G (2003) Un gisement auvergnat de microminéraux: le Puy de Menoyre (Cantal). Le Cahier des Micromonteurs 80: 8-12.
- 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.
- Giuliani G, Lasnier B, Ohnenstetter D, Fallick AE, Pegere G (2010) Les gisements de corindon de France. Le Règne Minéral 93: 5-23.
- Gaillou E, Devouard B, Vielzeuf D, Boivin P, Rochault J, Valley J, Harris C (2010) Le Mont Coupet, Menet et Le Sioulot : trois gisements de saphirs du Massif central. Le Règne Minéral 93: 28-36.
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