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Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France

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(Alluvions de la Loire, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France)

alluvials



References:
PERINET F. (2008), A propos de cristaux de clinohypersthène - Le Cahier des Micromonteurs n° 99, pp. 21-26.
PERINET F. (2009) – Les pseudo-cubes d’hématite et d’ilménite – Le Cahier des Micromonteurs, n° 104, pp. 65-71.





Map Reference: 47°41'47"N , 2°35'25"E

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Mineral List:
  		•  Anatase
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  Andalusite
    Al
     
    2
    		[O|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  'Apatite'
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  Augite
    (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		,Al,Fe
    3+
     
    		,Ti)[(Si,Al)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  Biotite
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  Clinoenstatite
    Mg
     
    2
    		[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Description: analysed Emmanuel Fritsch - CNRS, Nantes, France
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  Corundum
    var: Sapphire
    Al
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [collected by Francois Perinet ]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  'Diopside-Hedenbergite Series'
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  'Enstatite-Ferrosilite Series'
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  Epidote
    {Ca
     
    2
    		}{Al
     
    2
    		Fe
    3+
     
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
  		•  'Feldspar Group'
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
  		•  Ferrohornblende
    ☐[Ca
     
    2
    		][Fe
    2+
    4
    		Al][(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    7
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Reference: [collected by François périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  'Garnet Group'
    X
     
    3
    		Z
     
    2
    		(TO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		 (X = Ca, Fe, etc·, Z = Al, Cr, etc·, T = Si, As, V)
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  Glauconite
    K
     
    0.08
    		R
    1
    1.33
    		 R
    2
    0.67
    		 [][Al
     
    0.13
    		Si
     
    3.87
    		O
     
    10
    		](OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [Collected by François Périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  Gold
    Au
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  Ilmenite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		TiO
     
    3
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
  		•  Kyanite
    Al
     
    2
    		[O|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  Leucoxene
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  Limonite
    FeO(OH)·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  'Monazite'
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  Muscovite
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  'Olivine'
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  Rutile
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  Sillimanite
    Al
     
    2
    		[O|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  Spinel
    MgAl
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Personnal discovery François Périnet]
  		•  Staurolite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mg,Zn)
     
    1.5-2
    		Al
     
    9
    		[O
     
    6
    		|(OH,O)
     
    2
    		|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  Titanite
    CaTi[O|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  'Tourmaline'
    AD
     
    3
    		G
     
    6
    		(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		[T
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]Y
     
    3
    		Z
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  Xenotime-(Y)
    YPO
     
    4
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  Zircon
    Zr[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [collected by François Périnet]
    Site Photo
    Loire River alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre, France
    © François Périnet


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