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Saint-Pons, Ubaye valley, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Two mineralized outcrops, NNE of Saint-Pons village:
- On left bank of Saint-Pon torrent, on west side of La Farière crest
- On east side of La Farière crest, in La Valette torrent ravine

Siderite lenses interstratified in Callovian-Oxfordian calcareous clays of the "Black Earth" formation.
Centimetric chalcostibite crystals in siderite vugs.
Numerous acicular crystals of dadsonite in black calcite.



References:
- Cervelle, B. D. , Cesbron, F. , Sichère, M. C. and Dietrich, J. E. (1979): La chalcostibite et dadsonite de Saint-Pons, Alpes de Haute Provence, France. Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 601-605.
- Fourcault J-M. (1989): Un gisement riche en sulfosels dans les Alpes de Haute Provence, Le Cahier des Micromonteurs, n°4, 13-19
- Fourcault, J. M. (1993): The alpine sulfosalt occurence at Saint Pons, Haute-Provence (France). Mineralogical Record, 24(1), 41-44.
- Fourcault, J.M. (1997): Saint Pons, un gisement exceptionnel de sulfosels de Pb-Cu (Alpes de Haute Provence). Le Règne Minéral (15), 7-20.
- Fourcault, J. M. and Martaud, A. (1999): Zinkénite, Boulangérite et Dadsonite de Saint-Pons. Le Règne Minéral (29), 34-35.
- Fourcault, J.M. (2001): Célestite et calcite: Nouvelles découvertes à Saint-Pons, Barcelonnette (Alpes de Haute-Provence). Le Règne Minéral(40), 13-16.






Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
  • Arsenopyrite2.EB.20
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    Co
     
    0.10
    )AsS
  • Boulangerite2.HC.15
    Pb
     
    5
    Sb
     
    4
    S
     
    11
  • Bournonite2.GA.50
    PbCuSbS
     
    3
  • Chalcostibite2.HA.05
    CuSbS
     
    2
  • Dadsonite2.HC.30
    Pb
     
    23
    Sb
     
    25
    S
     
    60
    Cl
  • Plagionite2.HC.10b
    Pb
     
    5
    Sb
     
    8
    S
     
    17
  • Semseyite2.HC.10d
    Pb
     
    9
    Sb
     
    8
    S
     
    21
  • Sphalerite2.CB.05a
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    )S
  • Tetrahedrite2.GB.05
    (Cu,Fe,Ag,Zn)
     
    12
    Sb
     
    4
    S
     
    13
  • Zinkenite2.JB.35a
    Pb
     
    9
    Sb
     
    22
    S
     
    42
    Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
  • Goethite4.FD.10
    α-Fe
    3+
     
    O(OH)
  • Quartz4.DA.05
    SiO
     
    2
  • Stibiconite ?4.DH.20
    Sb
    3+
     
    Sb
    5+
    2
    O
     
    6
    (OH)
    Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
  • Ankerite5.AB.10
    Ca(Fe
    2+
     
    ,Mg,Mn
    2+
     
    )(CO
     
    3
    )
     
    2
  • Aragonite5.AB.15
    CaCO
     
    3
  • Calcite5.AB.05
    CaCO
     
    3
  • Cerussite5.AB.15
    PbCO
     
    3
  • Siderite5.AB.05
    FeCO
     
    3
    Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
  • Celestine7.AD.35
    SrSO
     
    4
    Group 9 - Silicates
  • Kaolinite9.ED.05
    Al
     
    2
    Si
     
    2
    O
     
    5
    (OH)
     
    4
    Unclassified Minerals
  • Limonite-
    FeO(OH)·nH
     
    2
    O


    21 entries listed. 20 valid minerals.

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