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Vialas smelter (slag locality), Vialas, Pont-de-Montvert, Lozère, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Cuprostibite
Vialas smelter, Vialas, Pont-de-Montvert, Lozère, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Photo: 2006 Chuck Adan
Fonderie de Vialas (déblai de scories)

This smelter (Le Bocard) was the former ore treatment plant for all veins around Vialas. Buildings are ruins but large dumps with some slags remain today.

References

- Lheur C. (1997), La mine de Vialas en Lozère, Ed. AFM, 170 p.
- Lheur, C. and Deliens, M. (1998). "Les minéraux des scories de Vialas, Lozère." Le Règne Minéral(21), 25-31.
- Lheur, C. and Deliens, M. (1999). "Les minéraux de scorie du gîte de Vialas (Lozère)." Le Cahier des Micromonteurs(1), 20-27.
- Poulain, P. (1998). "Vialas (Lozère)." International Association of Collectors of Slag Minerals, 8(4), 2-5.


Mineral List

Anglesite
Antimony
Aragonite
Beudantite
Caledonite
Cerussite
Chalcopyrite
Copper
Covellite
Cuprite
Cuprostibite
Elyite
Fayalite
Ferrihydrite
Freieslebenite
Gahnite
Galena
Gypsum
Harmotome
Hydrocerussite
Lanarkite
Langite
Lautenthalite
Lead
Leiteite
Linarite
Litharge
Magnetite
Malachite
Massicot
Nickeline
Plumbonacrite
Posnjakite
Rosasite
Schulenbergite
Serpierite
Sphalerite
Susannite
Tenorite
Wherryite
Wüstite


41 entries listed. 41 valid minerals.

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