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Hematite from
Chamonix, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


Locality type:Vein
Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Fluorite2 photos of Hematite associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Smoky Quartz1 photo of Hematite associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chamonix, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:431993
Long-form Identifier:1:3:431993:1
GUID (UUID V4):f2eab705-b8d3-4609-b78d-7ad9ee7030c6
Localities for Hematite in this Region
Catchment basin of Argentière, Chamonix, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Pointe Isabelle Nord, Chamonix, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Talèfre Glacier, Chamonix, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Nearest other occurrences of Hematite
8.6km (5.3 miles) Talèfre Glacier, Chamonix, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
9.1km (5.7 miles) Catchment basin of Argentière, Chamonix, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
11.7km (7.2 miles) Pointe Isabelle Nord, Chamonix, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
11.7km (7.3 miles) Tré les Eaux, Vallorcine, Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
12.8km (8.0 miles) Brenva Glacier, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy
13.2km (8.2 miles) Triolet Glacier, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy
13.5km (8.4 miles) Aiguille de l'A Neuve, La Fouly, Ferret Valley, Orsières, Entremont, Valais, Switzerland
14.9km (9.3 miles) Petit Mont Blanc, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy
17.7km (11.0 miles) Estellette Glacier, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy
18.2km (11.3 miles) Tête Noire, Trient, Martigny, Valais, Switzerland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SCHWAB 36, rue Charles Sanglier F-45000 Orleans France C hamonix, a town of ten thousand residents,...Alps. Figure 1 (top). Argentiere Basin, M o d Blanc massif. Many minera1 specimens are recovered every...cm, La Barre mine, near Pantgibaud, Puy-de-DBme, France. Jean-Franqois Astier specimen. 34 ROCKS 81MINERALS...them is the Mont Blanc massif. TWOcenturies ago, the first tourists who ventured to Chamonix described...ascent of Mont Blanc, no one but these crisfulliers accepted. . . . Jacques Balmat, who conquered Mont Blanc
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alabama 36849-5305 Fluorite on Quartz CHAMONIX, HAUTE-SAVOIE, FRANCE This exquisite fluorite on quartz...an ice-filled pocket found in the Mont Blanc area, Chamonix, France, about 1990. It was originally acquired...magnificent pink fluorite (see fig.) from the Mont Blanc region of France has been chosen as this issue’s Connoisseur’s...brookite, adularia, sphene, epidote, fluorite, hematite, and essentially incomparable quartz crystals...restricted to the Swiss Alps but are well represented in France, Italy, Germany, and Austria. Niedermayr (1986)
Journal (issue)
Minéralogie du Trias évaporitique et métamorphique de Savoie Les nodules de pvrite de Porsguen (Finistère) ...IDSTORIQUES DU TRIAS ÉVAPORITIQUE PENNIQUE DE SAVOIE Roger DE ASCENÇÂO GUEDES e LE COIN DU PROSPECI'EUR...de l'abonnement annuel: 6 numéros + 1 hors série France : Individuel : 50 € - Association et soutien :...Condorcet (Drôme) L'andradite de Bessans (Savoie) Microminéralogie en Savoie Emro CALENDRIER DES BOURSES Vu...véritables monographies, reconnues de tous : Mont-Blanc, La Lauzière, Trimouns et bien entendu Chessy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Dome, France. Scott Werschky specimen. Figure 1. Cerussite, 12.6 cm high, Mayres, Ardeche, France. Giles...Pyromorphite, 4 cm high, Les Farges mine, Ussel, Correze, France. Frank Sousa specimen. Volume 90, January/February...and Dona Leicht specimen. Figure 10. Quartz on hematite, 11.1 cm across, Florence mine, Egremont, Cumbria...and quartz, 11.3 cm across, Le Burg mine, Tarn, France. Scott Rudolph specimen. Figure 11. Malachite-coated...21.3 cm across, SaintPierre-de-Message, Isere, France. Scott Rudolph specimen. Figure 14. Anatase on
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimen, Rainer Bode photo. NovembedDecember: Hematite, Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin. F. John...Symposium Adamite, Colorado, 357 Adularia, Chamonix, France, 36 Air Tool Preparation of Fossils, R. Ratkevich...14-32 Alpine minerals, Ashcroft collection, 39-42; Chamonix, 34-38; Markus Uebelhart (Swiss artist), 52-53;...Anhydrite, Texas, 288 Apatite, Bolivia, 413; Chamonix, France, 36 Apophyllite, New Jersey, 324; Washington...Colorado, 357 Austinite, Colorado, 357 Azurite, Chamonix, France, 36; Colorado, 357; New Jersey, 324; Tyrol
Journal (issue)
ex Jack Halpern; Tom Spann photo. Figure 40. Hematite with uvite and magnesite, 11.2 cm, from the Brumado...volume 54, January–February, 2023 Figure 45. Hematite in quartz (polished), 5.9 cm, from an unknown...Valzergues, Villefranchede-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie, France. Will Johnson collection, ex Gilles Emringer; Tom...22 cm, from Mont Blanc, Chamonix, Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, AuvergneRhône-Alpes, France. I have been...years, to have held in my hands some of the finest Chamonix fluorites, and yet I’ve always declined buying
Journal (issue)
à Louis Durand (1919-1994) un minéralogiste de Haute-Loire Pakistan: sur la route de l'aigue-marine ... Roedderite (x 36) Carrière du mont Denise, Espaly-Saint-Marcel, Haute-Loire Coll. : G. Pourtier Photo...SIGNEZ IA PÉTITION e 1 MINÉRAWGIE DES VOLCANS DU MONT DENISE (IIA.UIB-LoIRE) Roger DE ASCENÇÀO GUEDES...de l'abonnement annuel: 6 numéros+ l hors série France : Individuel : 50 € - Association et soutien :...pour cette science qui est véritablement née en France au tout début du 19'm• siècle (Cf. article de F
Journal (issue)
Fluorite, 14 cm, from Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Jeff Scovil photo. 52 Supplement...Aveyron, France. Jeff Scovil photo. Fluorite and smoky quartz, 6 cm, from Mont Blanc, Chamonix, Rhône-Alpes...Rhône-Alpes, France. Jeff Scovil photo. 54 Supplement to The Mineralogical Record, November–December, 2020 ... Azurite, 13 cm, from Chessy-les-Mines, Rhône-Alpes, France. Jeff Scovil photo. 62 Supplement to The...Record, November–December, 2020 Jelani Daniel Hematite-included quartz, 11.2 cm, from the Orange River
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
octahedra from Chamonix, Haut-Savoie Department, France, are an example. The Mont BlancChamonix area has fluorite...points out, that many specimens of fluorite labeled Chamonix may come from localities such as Pointe Kurz,...octahedral fluorite, 4.6 cm high, from Chamonix, Haut-Savoie Department, France. Stonetrust specimen, Jeff Scovil...octahedra associated with ferberite, molybdenite, hematite, and quartz. Fluorite cubes have been found in...orange, orange-red, and red, which is attributed to hematite inclusions. Other localities that have produced
Report (issue)
Acquisitions.” There is, for example, a 6.5-cm hematite after ilvaite specimen from Dalnegorsk, Primorsky...decorated with sparkling coatings of “specular” hematite, and have little white calcite crystals hanging... ============================================================ Hematite pseudomorph after Ilvaite, 6.5 cm, from Dalnegorsk...small-cabinet-size specimens from a “recent find” of quartz and hematite from the Huanggang polymetallic deposit, Hexigten...inclusions—foggy clouds—of hematite, and resting on them are black hematite “roses,” quite sharp and (unlike
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University] at 09:03 02 January 2015 Figure 7 (left). Hematite, field of view 6.4 cm, Eisenkaute mine, Marienberg...(left). Fluorite, 6.8 cm high, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute Loire, France; The Arkenstone specimen....University] at 09:03 02 January 2015 Figure 19. Hematite and andradite, 12.7 cm wide, N’Chwaning II mine...the world that produces prismatic crystals of hematite, and this is perhaps the finest matrix group I
Journal (issue)
Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia...Schwab Orléans, France Associate Photographers Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Dan Behnke Northbrook...Alpine specimens, in particular those from Savoy (France) and Switzerland, is unavoidable because of the...colorless to dark smoky brown gwindels from Mont Blanc, France and the central Swiss Alps have always been...call gwindels elicoidali (Macchieraldo, 2005). In France, the terms for “open,” comb-shaped gwindels are
Report (chapter)
fluid – rock reaction in low-grade shear zones (Mont Blanc Massif) and constraints on timing of deformation...CNRS, IRD, 28 Av. Valrose, BP 2135, 06103 Nice, France (e-mail: yrolland@unice.fr) 2 PGP, University... BP53, Université J. Fourier, 38041 Grenoble, France 4 Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, and...rocks under low-grade metamorphic conditions. The Mont Blanc shear zones range from 1 mm to 50 m in width...assemblages and geographic distribution within the Mont Blanc Massif, three main metamorphic zones are distinguished
Book (volume)
! -• ’ I M- TÎM. MINERALOGIE DE LA FRANCE MACON PROTAT FRERES, IMPRIMEURS y/> LACROIX...Muséum d’histoire naturelle MINÉRALOGIE DE LA FRANCE ET DE SES COLONIES DESCRIPTION PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIQUE...Juillet 1901 A. LACROIX. MINÉRALOGIE DE LA FRANCE OXYDES ET HYDROXYDES OXYDES EAU H^O L’eau se...— Minth'oloqie. — Uî. l MINÉRALOGIE UE LA FRANCE 2 Cassure conclioïdale. Dureté. Fragile 1,...analogue de glace fibreuse observé par lui en 17(14, au Mont-Dore (J. P. XXIII. 62.1783). Tout le monde connaît
Book (volume)
Minerva Mine #1, Hardin Co., Illinois, 23 Mont-Blanc, Chamonix, France, 11 Galena Gonderbach Mine, North Rhine-Westphalia...Gwindel) Cavradi, St. Gotthard, Switzerland, 27 (with Hematite inclusions) Tamilnadu, India, 43 Realgar (with...Taquaral, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 45 Rutile (with Hematite) Bahia, Brazil, 19 Scheelite Xuebaoding Mine,
Book
Abrahams/National Geographic) The Summit of Mont Blanc and the Janssen Observatory (S. G. Wehrli/National... FOREWORD eginning with the first ascent of Mont Blanc by Balmat and Paccard in 1786, continuing with...clouds at sunrise, the perspective in of Mont condi- Blanc in the north, along the Aréte de Bionassay... forward, abstracting the with a immense, France, and 50 degrees on the Italian side; the ridge...cessful period traverse of time of Mont climbing; Blanc my (at reasoning 4,807 m, or 15
Journal (issue)
during development of the Barber's Hili salt dome at Mont Belview, Chambers County, on the Texas Gulf coast...crystal, 1.1 cm, from the Barbers Hili salt dome, Mont Belvieu. Middle row: Gadolinite-(Y), 8 cm, from...University of Delaware collections; Joe Budd photo. Hematite crystal, 3.2 cm, on albite, from the Enosburg... Fluorite, 8 cm, from Point Kurz, Mt. Blanc, Chamonix, France. Joe Budd photo. 66 Supplement to The...7 cm, from the Le Beix mine, Puy-de-Döme, Auvergne, France. Joe Budd photo. Fluorite with glass corner
Journal (issue)
18, rue de Vaganay F-69850 - St-MARTIN-en-HAUT FRANCE (A l'ouestde Lyon) Telephone: (33) 04 78 19 11...Prix de /'abonnement : 6 numeros + 1 hors serie France : 300• - Soutien 400• - Etranger 400• Vente au...stand du Regne Mineral lors des bourses, tant en France, qu'en Europe ou aux Etats-Unis, comme a Tucson...Seule Helene Barge, representant la DRAC de Rhone-Alpes, sut apporter des elements senses de reponses. Selon...Guiomar, representante de la Reserve Geologique de Haute-Provence, ont nuance une position que l'on croyait
Journal (issue)
Collector's Tale Fluorite on smoky quartz. Mont Blanc, France. Pink fluorite is one of the most prized...plann ed. 1 The Ste-Marie- aux-Mines show (Alsace, France) this year lacked the excitement of last year,...Bijoux-cailloux-fous! originally mounted in Strasbourg, France where it was received with great acclaim, becoming...ever mounted in that city. From there it toured France, attracting large crowds wherever it was shown...strip - an art form. taken far more seriously in France than in Great Britain. His strips, drawn under
Journal (issue)
Mineral show is dedicated to Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (France). Eric Heinen De Carlo and Joerg Liebe share their...Joaquim Callen (Spain) and Louis-Dominique Bayle (France). The final part of the issue is a review of Erzgebirge...Dmitriy V. Rundqvist Victor T. Trofimov Lydie Touret (France) John S. White (USA) Managing Editor Ludmila...Siberia (Shafranovsky, 1962). The tourmaline and hematite seem to be from the Urals, and the cassiterite...secretion (Figure 68) from the surrounding of Lyon in France and an aggregate of rhodonite crystals (Figure
Report (issue)
Under the Sun BY GUIOMAR & MIGUEL CALVO 43 48 France BY CHRISTOPHE LUCAS Lower Left: Completely immersed...familiar with the magnificent pink octahedra from Mont-Blanc (page 43) and elsewhere. These pinks and reds...world-class specimens of calcite, barite, and botryoidal hematite. The Florence and Ullcoats mines also produced...been known to produce fluorite specimens. 42 France Fluorite has been found in France's capital city...mountains (Mont-Blanc), and in its historical heart (Auvergne). Fluorite has been mined in France for commercial
Journal (issue)
collections. Particular reference is made to Cap Blanc (France), at a settlement dating back 17,000 years;...research with quantitative aspects, culminating in France with the crystallographic works of Rome de l'Isle...Worthy of mention among these classics are the hematite, pyrite, ilvaite and other minerals of the Elba...siderite, from St. Pons, Barcellonette, Ubaye, France. Roberto Appiani photo. Supplement to The Mineralogical...found a small quartz crystal in the moraine of a Mont Blanc glacier. The university studies in chernical
Book
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...meme dans les pays anglo-saxons ou socialistes. En France, grace a de rares bonnes volontes, quelques collections
Book (volume)
n.Quar r i es ,EdenMi l l s , Or l eansCo. ,Ver mont 2”t al l x13/ 4”wi de 13 Chal copyr i t ewi t...Quartz) North Face of Les Droites, Mont Blanc Massif, Near Chamonix, France, 66 Galena Gibraltar Mine, Naica...Quarries, Eden Mills, Orleans Co., Vermont, 13 Hematite (on Quartz) Cavradi Gorge, St. Gotthard Region...(Burma), 59 Serandite (with Analcime) Demix Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, 9 Siderite (with
Journal (issue)
Wilmington 2(1):37; 2(2):57-70 France: Mt Blanc, Chamonix 1(2):30W Saint Pons, Haute Provence 1(2):31W India:...South Australia 2(2):62 Chalcostibite Samt Pons, Haute Provence, France1(2):31W Chalcosiderite: Mt Oxide...NiChwaning II Mine, Kalahari, South Africa 2(2):79W Hematite Iron Monarch, South Australia 2(1):21-23f Magnet...Zincite 2(1):28f Zinkenite Saint Pons, Haute Provence, France 1(2):31W Zircon Daylesford, Victoria 1(2):14
 
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