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Le-Saut-du-Loup, Champagnat-le-Jeune, Jumeaux, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France

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Abandoned quarry, exploring serpentinized peridotites and listvenites within pyritized biotite-cordierite anatexites.
Located halfway between Le-Saut-du-Loup and Auzat-sur-Allier.



References:
- Bull. Minéral. 110 (1987) 359-371.





Mineral List:
  		•  Albite
    var: Oligoclase
    (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Description: In anatexites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Ankerite
    Ca(Fe
    2+
     
    		 ,Mg,Mn
    2+
     
    		)(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Description: In listvenites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Anthophyllite
    ☐[Mg
     
    2
    		][Mg
     
    5
    		][(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Description: In reactional aureole around peridotites at the contact with anatexites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Antigorite
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		]
    Description: In peridotites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
    Description: In quartz veinlets within listvenites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Awaruite
    Ni
     
    3
    		Fe
    Description: In peridotites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Biotite
    Description: In anatexites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Description: In listvenites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  'Chlorite Group'
    Description: In anatexites : Replaces biotite.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Chrysotile
    Mg
     
    3
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Clinochlore
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    5
    		Al[(OH)
     
    8
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Description: In reactional aureole around peridotites at the contact with anatexites. In serpentinite rims around peridotites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Clinochlore
    var: Chromian Clinochlore
    Mg
     
    5
    		(Al,Cr)
     
    2
    		Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    8
    Description: In listvenites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Clinochlore
    var: Pennine
    Description: In serpentinite rims around peridotites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Cordierite
    (Mg,Fe)
     
    2
    		Al
     
    4
    		Si
     
    5
    		O
     
    18
    Description: In anatexites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Description: In listvenites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Enstatite
    Mg
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Description: In peridotites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Forsterite
    Mg
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Description: In peridotites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Heazlewoodite
    Ni
     
    3
    		S
     
    2
    Description: In peridotites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Description: Replaces magnetite in listvenites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Hercynite
    var: Picotite
    (Fe,Mg)(Al,Cr)
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Description: In peridotites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Kulkeite
    Mg
     
    8
    		Al(AlSi
     
    7
    		)O
     
    20
    		(OH)
     
    10
    Description: In serpentinite rims around peridotites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Lizardite
    Mg
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		]
    Description: In serpentinite rims around peridotites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Magnesiohornblende
    ☐[Ca
     
    2
    		][Mg
     
    4
    		Al][(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    7
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Description: Replaces pargasitic hornblende in serpentinite rims around peridotites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Magnesite
    var: Ferroan Magnesite
    (Mg,Fe)CO
     
    3
    Description: In listvenites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Description: In peridotites. Rims spinel in serpentinite rims around peridotites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Marcasite
    FeS
     
    2
    Description: In quartz veinlets within listvenites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Microcline
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Description: In anatexites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Millerite
    NiS
    Description: In peridotites. In quartz veinlets within listvenites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Muscovite
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Description: In anatexites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Muscovite
    var: Fuchsite
    K(Al,Cr)
     
    3
    		Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    Description: In listvenites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Pargasite
    [Na][Ca
     
    2
    		][Mg
     
    4
    		Al][(OH)
     
    2
    		|Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Description: Pargasitic hornblende in peridotites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Phlogopite
    KMg
     
    3
    		[(OH,F)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Description: In reactional aureole around peridotites at the contact with anatexites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Description: In anatexites. In quartz veinlets within listvenites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Pyrite
    var: Bravoite
    (Fe,Ni)S
     
    2
    Description: In serpentinite rims around peridotites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Description: In serpentinite rims around peridotites. In quartz veinlets within listvenites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Description: In anatexites. Veinlets within listvenites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  'Sagenite'
    Description: In altered biotites, in anatexites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  'Serpentine Group
    var: Bastite'
    Description: In serpentinite rims around peridotites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Spinel
    MgAl
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Description: In peridotites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Talc
    Mg
     
    3
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    Description: In reactional aureole around peridotites at the contact with anatexites. In listvenites, with calcite.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]
  		•  Tremolite
    ☐[Ca
     
    2
    		][Mg
     
    5
    		][(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Description: Replaces pargasitic hornblende in serpentinite rims around peridotites. In listvenites.
    Reference: [Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 359-371.]


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