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Fluorite from
Fontsante Mine, Tanneron, Draguignan, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Comments:Very good crystals with several habits in all the mine
Colour:green, white, purple, yellow, colorless, rarely blue
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Significance:Significant commercial deposit of this mineral.
Abundance at site:Extremely common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz36 photos of Fluorite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Baryte25 photos of Fluorite associated with Baryte at this locality.
Sellaite6 photos of Fluorite associated with Sellaite at this locality.
Chalcopyrite5 photos of Fluorite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Pyrite4 photos of Fluorite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Manganese-bearing Calcite4 photos of Fluorite associated with Manganese-bearing Calcite at this locality.
Marcasite2 photos of Fluorite associated with Marcasite at this locality.
Calcite2 photos of Fluorite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Aragonite2 photos of Fluorite associated with Aragonite at this locality.
Dolomite2 photos of Fluorite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fontsante Mine, Tanneron, Draguignan, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Photo GalleryView Gallery (104 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:165512
Long-form Identifier:1:3:165512:4
GUID (UUID V4):23480834-3cc0-4bbc-b686-41a53b9e9811
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
2.8km (1.7 miles) Les Trois Vallons mine, Les Adrets-de-l'Estérel, Draguignan, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
3.5km (2.2 miles) Maraval mine, Les Adrets-de-l'Estérel, Draguignan, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
4.0km (2.5 miles) Saint Jean - La Berle Mine, Fréjus, Draguignan, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
4.4km (2.8 miles) Rhyolite outcrop, La Charbonniere Lake, Fréjus, Draguignan, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
5.5km (3.4 miles) Les Trois Termes Mine, Fréjus, Draguignan, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
5.9km (3.7 miles) L'Avellan mine, Fréjus, Draguignan, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
6.8km (4.2 miles) Maurevieille Mine, Mandelieu-la-Napoule, Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
7.3km (4.6 miles) Le Charbonnier Mine, Fréjus, Draguignan, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
7.9km (4.9 miles) R. N. 7 outcrop, Fréjus, Draguignan, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
8.8km (5.5 miles) Le Baladou outcrop, Agay, Saint-Raphaël, Draguignan, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
F-38031 Grenoble (France) de Recherches GLologiques et Mini&es, F-45060 Orlkans Cedex (France) (Accept4 pour...(Fig. 1) et sur les gisements 21F de Fontsante (Tanneron, France S.E.), a F-Ba d’oberwolfach (ForBt Noire...Burt (Tarn, M.C.F. sud-ouest) F Fontsante (Sud-est de la France) F Bk?zeches (M.C.F. sud-ouest) ...n.m. 796 G3 68 61 i Mas-Dieu (Sud-est de la France ) z002&0, 799 100 95 Ba IK 100 100 1848/l...Zn IK 50 Lodeve (Sud de la France) Les Malines (Sud-est de la France) In. (5%) 100 80 5 Zn Ch
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Des commerçants des régions Rhône-Alpes et Auvergne, perpétuent aux quatre coins du monde cette tradition...Prix de L'abonnement: 6 numéros + 1 hors série France : 300F- Soutien 4QQF - Etranger 400F Vente au numéro...DE 1A MINE DE MAINE LA BARYTINE DANS LES ALPES par Laurent GAUTRON LA BARYTINE MIEL DE IA CôTE D'ABOT...BARITE EN CONl'.BXŒ SÉDIMENTAIRE DANS L'Esr DE IA FRANCE LA BARITE DU COL DE l'RmES par Alain MARTAUD ...couvrant tous les grands modes d'occurrence connu s en France. On sera peut-être surpri s, au premier abord,
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rubanée sont en Oural et au Katanga. En France, hormis la célèbre mine de Chessy (localité-type de la « chessylite...gisements dans les Vosges, en Auvergne, Var, Loire, Tarn, Savoie, Alpes-Maritimes, Corse, des Pyrénées, etc...(Vietnam) Goethite (Le Kaymar, Aveyron) Barytine (Côte d’Abot, Puy de Dôme) Ou dérivant du nom d’une personnalité...sont aussi appelées « semi-précieuses », sauf en France où cette désignation est interdite depuis 2002...manufacture chinoise Perle des joyaux de la Couronne de France Intaille romaine en ambre baltique Ambre (Belgique)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Allobroges 73000 Chambery, Savoie France alain.martaud@wanadoo.fr Figure 1. Fluorite, 1.7 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm, on quartz...University, San Marcos] at 07:49 21 June 2016 Fluorite from France All photos by Louis-Dominique Bayle F...spectacular large clusters of blue cubes from the Beix mine raised its status to almost that of a myth—a myth...soon realized that beautiful blue crystals of fluorite were relatively common at many French mines, whereas...Massif Central (in south-central France), the Vosges (in eastern France, near its border with Germany)
Journal (issue)
Binntal, un été 2003 Gîtes minéraux n°94: Les Bouis (Var) Janvier Février 2005 Minéralogie du Trias évaporitique...de l'abonnement annuel: 6 numéros + 1 hors série France : Individuel : 50 € - Association et soutien :...Daniel GOL FICHE N° 94 DE Gîrns MINÉRAUX LES BOUIS (VAR) Daniel GOL LES TRIBULATIONS DE TROIS MINÉRALOGISfES...1) - 35 place de l 'Europe, 73200 Albertville, France (2) - Musée Géologique et Institut de Minéralogie...mineralogist Lilian Robert Schaub in a remote old mine, located in the gypsums, including schist lenses
Journal (issue)
SOUVENIRS DE C HAJLLAC Pyromorphi te - 10 x 5,5 cm • Mine du Rossignol, Chaillac, Indre - Coll . : P. Têté...2 x 2,1 cm, 2,1 x2, l x 2,3 cm 2,6x l ,7x 1,4 cm Mine du Ross ignol, Chai llac, lndre Coll. : E. Asselbom...BAILLARGEAT CHAJLLAC, UN GEYSER À BARYTINE ET FLUORITE DE 203 MA Eric MARCOUX 0 et Stanislas SIZARET...Prix de l'abonnement : 6 numéros + 1 hors série France indi viduel : 50 € - Association et soutien : 65...dernière page de couverture : Chevallement de la mine du Rossignol, Chaill ac (Indre) Photo : c. LHEUR
Journal (issue)
notamment le cas pour le gîte de Cap Garonne dans le Var et pour les gisements uranifères du Lodévoi s (Hérault)...cipé à étoffer l ' inventaire minéra logique de la France. Quelques unes de ces espèces nouvelles sont illustrées...d ' intérêt pour la minéralogie descriptive en France et j e ne le conso lerai sans doute pas en signalant...espèces minérales, ouvent les mêmes (quart z, fluorite, pyromorphite, wulfénite, tourm alines, ... )...crominéraux frança is. LA MICROMINERALOGIE EN FRANCE L a Fra nce est un pays part iculi èrement riche
Book (volume)
Emberger and the following national chapters: France and Luxembourg by J. Bouladon Spain by F. Vazquez...calcite, mica, feldspar, asbestos, talc, barite, fluorite, celesrine, gypsum, anhydrite, magnesite, bromine...Romania and Yugoslavia; and Southwest Europe embraces France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. Each volume has an...Deposits in basement. Deposits in the Lias Baryte Fluorite Copper • Molybdenum Mercury . • Uranium. • Rutile...and silver cevennes Rouergue Auvergne Vosges. Fluorite . Baryte Uranium. • • Molybdenum • • Diatomite
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associated with, but much rarer, than fluorite (CaF2). The Clara mine near Oberwolfach (Schwarzwald, Germany)...The favored formation of sellaite compared to fluorite requires the initial Ca/Mg-ratio of the mineralizing...pre-altered rocks (i.e., gneiss around the Clara mine altered during prior hydrothermal events) show significantly...structure of the sellaite-bearing portion of the Clara fluorite vein, the fluid is shielded from sedimentary formation...that consume fluids, favor sellaite, and later fluorite precipitation. The rarity of this combination
Report (issue)
Soft Myrrhine The Barber Cup Carved of banded fluorite, the Barber Cup is thought to be one of only a...British Museum in London houses two extraordinary fluorite vessels: the Barber and Crawford cups. The Crawford...must have been carved from a soft stone such as fluorite. In probably the most famous example of the Roman...today as fluorite. While modem collectors continue to have a strong predilection for fluorite, they will... Contents 4 Fluorite: from Ancient Treasures to Modern Labs and Collections 72 13 Fluorite Luminescence
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Salt miners at work in the Diirrnberg-Hallein mine (1756) (see also comment on copyright page) Mineral...work in the Durrnberg-Hallein mine (1756). Oil painting in the ancient mine office at Hallein Salzburg....Werkstiitter (1708-1772) on the occasion of a visit to the mine by the Prince Bishop Sigmund III. of Salzburg on...At the top of the painting and on the steps are mine surveyors and a miner at work. Note the romantic...very small and, apart from the Berchtesgaden salt mine, very poor in deposits accessible to larger excursion
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SGN/GCH, B.R.G.M., B.P. 6009, 45060 Orleans Cedex 2, France Received: December 19, 1989/Accepted: October 25...Chalcopyrite Galena Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Barite Fluorite Phengite Illite Kaolinite Smectite H20-CO 2...min6ralisations uraniferes ~i La Besse, filons de Fontsante dans le Var (Bonhomme et al. 1987), pr6concentrations...eaux hyperthermales de Chaudes-Aigues, Cantal, France. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris, s~rie D, 280:1849-1852...Massif central). Symposium Gold in Europe, Toulouse, France. Abstracts Bouchot, V., Gros, Y., Bonnemaison M
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sur le gite plumbocuprifere de la Garonne dans le Var et un petit ouvrage aussi rare que classique sur...parai'tre). a I NVENTAIRE MINERALOGIQUE DE LA FRANCE. Collection publiee par R. PIERROT et collaborateurs...Geologique National (B.R.G.M.) Representant de la France a la Commission des nouveaux mineraux et noms de...2-225-48829-0 ISBN, BRG M : 2-7159-00007 lmprime en France. PREFACE Parmi les Sciences de la Nature la Mineralogie...promoteur de l'I nventaire mineralogique de la France, publication qui connazt actuellement un grand
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