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Murol, Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France

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(Murol, Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France)


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Mineral List:
  		•  Andradite
    Ca
     
    3
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: [P & E Médard collection]
  		•  'Apatite'
    Reference: [collected by François périnet]
  		•  Augite
    (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		,Al,Fe
    3+
     
    		,Ti)[(Si,Al)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [collected by François périnet]
  		•  Corundum
    var: Sapphire
    Al
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [collected by François périnet]
    Site Photo
    Frédet brook alluvials, Boissières, Murol, Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France
    © François Périnet
  		•  Diopside
    CaMg[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Description: Green pyroxenes from xenoliths confirmed as Ca-rich clinopyroxene (diopside). Etienne Medard
    Reference: [Pegere G. (2005) Qu'il vous soit désormais conté la sahlite de Murol (Puy-de-Dôme). Le Cahier des Micromonteurs 87: 8-10]
    Site Photo
    Groire, Murol, Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France
    © P L e Roch
  		•  'Diopside-Hedenbergite Series'
    Reference: [collected by François périnet]
  		•  Enstatite
    Mg
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [P & E Médard collection]
    Site Photo
    Groire, Murol, Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France
    © Chollet Pascal
  		•  'Enstatite-Ferrosilite Series'
    Reference: [collected by François périnet]
  		•  Fluoro-edenite
    Na[Ca
     
    2
    		][Mg
     
    5
    		][(F,OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    7
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Reference: [Médard P. et al. (2009) La pseudobrookite du Puy de Tunisset (Puy-de-Dôme). Le Cahier des Micromonteurs 105: 3-11]
  		•  Fluorophlogopite
    KMg
     
    3
    		[(F,OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Habit: Pseudo hexagonal cristals.
    Colour: honey
    Reference: [P & E Médard collection]
    Site Photo
    Groire, Murol, Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France
    © Chollet Pascal
  		•  '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]
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [Pegere G. (2005) Qu'il vous soit désormais conté la sahlite de Murol (Puy-de-Dôme). Le Cahier des Micromonteurs 87: 8-10]
    Site Photo
    Groire, Murol, Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France
    © Chollet Pascal
  		•  'Hornblende'
    Reference: [collected by François périnet]
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Pegere G. (2005) Qu'il vous soit désormais conté la sahlite de Murol (Puy-de-Dôme). Le Cahier des Micromonteurs 87: 8-10]
    Site Photo
    Groire, Murol, Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France
    © Chollet Pascal
  		•  'Olivine'
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [collected by François périnet]
  		•  Phlogopite
    KMg
     
    3
    		[(OH,F)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Description: Analyses showed Fluorophlogopite
    Reference: [Queneau Patrice collection]
  		•  Pseudobrookite
    Fe
     
    2
    		TiO
     
    5
    Reference: [Queneau Patrice collection]
    Site Photo
    Groire, Murol, Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France
    © Chollet Pascal
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [collected by François périnet]
  		•  Rhönite
    Ca
     
    2
    		(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		,Fe
    3+
     
    		,Ti)
     
    6
    		[O
     
    2
    		|(Si,Al)
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]
    Reference: [Queneau Patrice collection]
    Site Photo
    Groire, Murol, Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France
    © P.Queneau
  		•  Sanidine
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [Pegere G. (2005) Qu'il vous soit désormais conté la sahlite de Murol (Puy-de-Dôme). Le Cahier des Micromonteurs 87: 8-10]
  		•  Sillimanite
    Al
     
    2
    		[O|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [collected by François périnet]
  		•  Titanite
    CaTi[O|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [collected by François périnet]
  		•  Zircon
    Zr[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [collected by François périnet]
    Site Photo
    Frédet brook alluvials, Boissières, Murol, Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France
    © François Périnet


    23 entries listed. 15 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.

    Localities in this Region:
    France
     
    • Auvergne
      • Puy-de-Dôme
        • Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise
          • Murol
            • Boissières

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