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Birrity Quarry, Arbouet-Sussaute, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France
Fluorite
Birrity Quarry, Arbouet-Sussaute, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France
Photo: Jacques Malassé
Birrity Quarry, Arbouet-Sussaute, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France
Photo: Jacques Malassé
Quarry named "Carrière Birrity", still in operation.
Fluorite and calcite crystals are in clay-filled cracks and dissolution vugs of Albian limestones (Mississippi Valley Type deposit). This deposit has some similarities with those of Asturias in Spain.
Mineral List
| Aragonite Calcite | Fluorite Gypsum | Hemimorphite |
5 entries listed. 5 valid minerals.
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References
Cussey, R. (1999). "Le gîte de fluorite d'Arbouet, Pyrénées-Atlantique, France." Le Règne Minéral(29),pp:36-45.
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