La Mothe quarry, La Roche-Ballue, Bouguenais, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, Francei
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| La Mothe quarry | Quarry |
| La Roche-Ballue | - not defined - |
| Bouguenais | Commune |
| Nantes | Arrondissement |
| Loire-Atlantique | Department |
| Pays de la Loire | Region |
| France | Country |
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Type:
Mindat Locality ID:
63171
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:63171:5
GUID (UUID V4):
760d7c70-afb6-47e2-9fdf-3dba3f395a60
Quartz vein and very dense veinlets stockwerk in silicified leptynites, near leucogranites.
Three mineralization stages :
1) Pneumatolytic: Quartz and orthoclase
2) Hypothermal: Quartz, scheelite, arsenopyrite, pyrrhotite, molybdenite, gustavite, vikingite, heyrovskyite, eskimoite, gold, galena
3) Late stage, epithermal: pyrite, marcasite, chalcopyrite, cosalite, gustavite II, bismuth, tetrahedrite
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Acanthite Formula: Ag2S |
| ⓘ Anglesite Formula: PbSO4 |
| ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS |
| ⓘ Bismuth Formula: Bi |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Cosalite Formula: Pb2Bi2S5 |
| ⓘ Covellite Formula: CuS |
| ⓘ Digenite Formula: Cu9S5 |
| ⓘ Eskimoite Formula: Ag7Pb10Bi15S36 |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ Gold Formula: Au |
| ⓘ Gustavite Formula: AgPbBi3S6 |
| ⓘ Heyrovskýite Formula: Pb6Bi2S9 |
| ⓘ Lillianite Formula: Pb3-2xAgxBi2+xS6 |
| ⓘ Marcasite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Molybdenite Formula: MoS2 |
| ⓘ Orthoclase Formula: K(AlSi3O8) |
| ⓘ Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Scheelite Formula: Ca(WO4) |
| ⓘ Scorodite Formula: Fe3+AsO4 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
| ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
| ⓘ Vikingite Formula: Ag5Pb8Bi13S30 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| ⓘ | Bismuth | 1.CA.05 | Bi |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Digenite | 2.BA.10 | Cu9S5 |
| ⓘ | Acanthite | 2.BA.35 | Ag2S |
| ⓘ | Covellite | 2.CA.05a | CuS |
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Molybdenite | 2.EA.30 | MoS2 |
| ⓘ | Marcasite | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
| ⓘ | 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
| ⓘ | Cosalite | 2.JB.10 | Pb2Bi2S5 |
| ⓘ | Vikingite | 2.JB.40a | Ag5Pb8Bi13S30 |
| ⓘ | Lillianite | 2.JB.40a | Pb3-2xAgxBi2+xS6 |
| ⓘ | Gustavite | 2.JB.40a | AgPbBi3S6 |
| ⓘ | Eskimoite | 2.JB.40b | Ag7Pb10Bi15S36 |
| ⓘ | Heyrovskýite | 2.JB.40b | Pb6Bi2S9 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Anglesite | 7.AD.35 | PbSO4 |
| ⓘ | Scheelite | 7.GA.05 | Ca(WO4) |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Scorodite | 8.CD.10 | Fe3+AsO4 · 2H2O |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Orthoclase | 9.FA.30 | K(AlSi3O8) |
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