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Sphalerite from
La Lande quarry, Plumelin, Pontivy, Morbihan, Brittany, France


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Habit:Grain
Colour:Brown
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Gypsum1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Gypsum at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view La Lande quarry, Plumelin, Pontivy, Morbihan, Brittany, France
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:204141
Long-form Identifier:1:3:204141:4
GUID (UUID V4):d5ef0323-6fd4-446b-9a4e-be192ee90d1b
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
8.4km (5.2 miles) Lead mine, Saint-Maudé, Baud, Pontivy, Morbihan, Brittany, France
25.0km (15.5 miles) Quistiav (Quistiave), Guern, Pontivy, Morbihan, Brittany, France
25.5km (15.9 miles) Kerroc'h, Guern, Pontivy, Morbihan, Brittany, France
25.9km (16.1 miles) Mané er Val, Guern, Pontivy, Morbihan, Brittany, France
26.4km (16.4 miles) Mané Tanguy, Guern, Pontivy, Morbihan, Brittany, France
27.0km (16.8 miles) Locrio, Guern, Pontivy, Morbihan, Brittany, France
27.1km (16.9 miles) Coët Stival, Pontivy, Pontivy, Morbihan, Brittany, France
30.9km (19.2 miles) La Villeder, Le Roc Saint-André, Pontivy, Morbihan, Brittany, France
39.2km (24.3 miles) Vouedec (Ouadec), Berné, Pontivy, Morbihan, Brittany, France
39.7km (24.7 miles) Le Stang quarry, Guilligomarc'h, Quimper, Finistère, Brittany, France
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
Geology in France and Related Areas (1994) J. D. Keppie (Ed.) Pre-Mesozoic Geology in France and Related...Cataloging-in-Publication Data. Pre-Mesozoic geology in France and related areas / J. D. Keppie (ed.). p.cm.Developed...2. Geology, Stratigraphic-Paleozoic. 3. Geology-France.!. Keppie, J. Duncan. II. IGCP Project 233-Terranes...comprehensive account of the PreMesozoic Geology of France (Armorican and Central Massifs) and related areas...the international copference held in Montpellier, France, in August, 1988, where a vast amount of new information
Book (volume)
Emberger and the following national chapters: France and Luxembourg by J. Bouladon Spain by F. Vazquez...Romania and Yugoslavia; and Southwest Europe embraces France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. Each volume has an...of large sedimentary basins Conclusions 30 31 France and Luxembourg by J. Bouladon Introduction 37... Gold . Lead and zinc Cartagena district Linares-La Carolina-Santa Elena district. Cantabria district...Morille-Martinamor El Cubito El Trasqui16n. Santa Maria . La Parrilla • Sierra de Cartagena Bismuth C6rdoba district
Journal (issue)
chondrite. 2 70 grams 16.5 grams 7.00 1.65 La Lande. De Baca County, New Mexico. Spherical crystalline... 4. 07 (Several authorities believe that the La Lande and the Melrose Individuals were from the same...18.40 URANIUM AND THORIUM MINERALS Atomic power la here to stay. The principle source min­ erals for...were obtained from the fabu­ lous E ldorado Mine, • La Blne Point, Great Bear Lake, N. W. T . , with one...x 2", $. 50; 2 x 3", $1. 00; 3 X 4", $2. 50 Sphalerite. S. W. A. (Fl. bright golden apricot - L. W.
Book (edition)
Starrett (1956) Botanical prospecting for uranium on La Ventana Mesa, Sandoval County, New Mexico. .,3d ed...University, contributed suggestions as to style To France V. and mechanics of Part I. and his assistant... ra, one of Onate's officers, in his Historia de la Nueva Mexico, published in 1610. This epic poem is...Con presta diligencia, y buen cuidado, En brebe dio la buelta, y dixo dellas, Que eran tan caudalosas y...this period (Ayer, 1916,p.218). 8. Traslado de la information del descubrimiento de las salinas de
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
stony meteorites: chalcopyrrhotite, railerlite,sphalerite,chalcopyrite,pyrite, and bravoitc.Entirely new...Labyrinth AppleyBridge 'AppleyBridge'(wrong La Lande Long;Island labeling) The followingopaqueand...troilite containing lamellas of daubrdelite, sphalerite, and the new mineral mentioned above. The gold...reflectivity is considerablylower than that of sphalerite,espeand for daubr•elite,cially in oil immersion...polishedsections, especiallyin oil im- that of sphalerite; on the averageit may be a melon. Its reflectivityis
Catalog/List
2", $5.00;2 X 311 , $7.50, $10.00 AMBL YGONITE (France) White lo lavender cleavages, some with wavelllte...00; 1 X 2", $,50; 2 X 2", $1.00 AUTUNITE (N.H., France, N.C., Utah) Yellow scales on rock (fluorescent)...$7 . 5 0 (New Solllh Wales) Xllne with galena, sphalerite, 4-3/4 x 5-3/4 " , $5. 00 (Ontario) Excellent...Rich xline veins ln quartz 3 x 3-1/2" $10. 00 (France) XUne In quartz 2 x 2-1/2, $2. 00; 3 X 4", $4 ...able bubble, 2-1/2 x 3-1/2", $10. 00 Chalcedony (F la . ) Attractive geodes lined with 13 Geodes (Calif
Catalog/List
GREE NOC KITE (N. M.) Cadmium-yellow films on sphalerite l X 2", $1.00; 2 X 2 11 , $2.00;2 X 3", $3.00;...xls in lava 2 x 3" , $ 1. 00; :1 x ·1", $2. 5 0; la rge x ls in lu ff l x 2", S l . 50; 2 x 2", $2. 00;...3 X 3- 1/ 2", $3. 00 ( Nova Sc olla ) G rou p of la rge xis 2- 1 /2 x 3 - 1/ 2", S3. 0 0 LEUCO PI IANJTE...0 ; 3 X ·l" $·1 . 0 0 (Ontar io) Gray polishe d s la b w it h b lue s oda lite 5 X 7- 1/ 2", $6. QQ LEUCO...00; 3 X 3 " , $10.QQ LO E LL !NG IT E ( C ar intl,la) X ltne In slde rlte, polished 1- 7/8 X 3 ", $3.
Book (edition)
ultraviolet light; however, the beryl from Weeks Quarry, East Wake field, N. H., sometimes fluoresces a...ultraviolet light is variable. Specimens from Lyons, France, fluoresce blue with short waves; the material...short waves. COOKEITE. The mineral from Tam- minens quarry. Greenwood, Maine, re sponds to long waves with...Tabory, Russia Hugoton, Kansas Tyron, Nebraska La Lande, New Mexico Washougal, Washington MEYERHOFFERITE...dish to bluish, with no response to short waves. SPHALERITE. Fluorescent, phos phorescent and triboluminescent
Book
Peninsula (Fig. 1). Other exposures include the Sierra de la Demanda, Iberian Ranges, Basque Massifs, the axial...References Calderon S (1985) Ensayo orogenico sobre la Meseta Central de Espana. Anal Soc Esp Hist Nat 15...del NEE de "Ossa Morena" Planteamiento y estado de la cuestion, unidades, bases para su correlacion y esquema...JM, Ribeiro A, Conde LN (1972) Mapa Tectonico de la Peninsula Iberica y Baleares. Inst Geol Min Esp Lotze...Macpherson J (1988) Del canicter de las dislocaciones de la Peninsula Iberica. Anal Soc Esp Hist Nat 17: 331-367
Book
the valuable material had already been taken. A quarry is a mine from which building stone, such as granite...color as their chemical composition changes. When sphalerite is pure zinc sulfide, it is white, but when a...iron increases. Sphalerite can contain about 18 per cent iron and still remain sphalerite. Minor amounts...difficult to consider apart from each other in sphalerite; this most important of all zinc minerals is...one of the most important building stones. The quarry at Bedford, Indiana, yields an attractive fossilbearing
Book
the valuable material has already been taken. A quarry is a mine from which building stone, such as granite...colour as their chemical composition changes. When sphalerite is pure zinc sulphide, it is white, but when...iron increases. Sphalerite can contain about 18 per cent iron and still remain sphalerite. Minor amounts...difficult to consider apart from each other in sphalerite; this most important of all zinc minerals is...blue-grey Carboniferous Limestone. FIG. 12-Suck Thumb Quarry, Isle of Portland, Dorset. Note the thickness of
Book (edition)
3200-3100 A. l�.. dependi11� upo,1 t l1e spe­ .. �la�ses are 111a11ufacture...t�·pe� hreaka�e. S111all St'ctio11s t°'f iilter �la�s of ·'re...ultraviolet light ; however, the beryl from Weeks Quarry, East Wake­ field, N. H., sometimes fluoresces...milky in su11light. In a ,,acuum, ex­ from Lyo11s, France, fluoresce blue with posed to a higl1 tension current...of minute size. The external layer is made up of a la)'er of brow11 conchoilin, an organic substance of
Book
Orgeuil, France, carbonaceous chondrite tYPe 1 (British Museum (Natural History)) The Aubres, France, enstatite...achondrite (K. C. Hughes for author) The Juvinas, France, eucrite (British Museum (Natural History)) The...Particularly pleasing is the custom reported from medieval France, of chaining meteorites up-either to prevent them...An even earlier writer, de la Lande, reported on a fall at Bresse, in France, and, centuries earlier, the...lucid account of the fall of a stone at Luce, in France, by Father Bachelay, even though supported by the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
J&R&DIINE, Mme. E., ORCEL, MM. J., and SAI~R~A, A. La meteorite de Dosso {R~publique du Niger), 28: 1119-l...Mangareva, cobalt in, 28: 23 Mauritius, Ile de France, cobalt in, 88: 23 Michigan, Isle Royale, cobalt...22: 26 Oregon, Hood R., cobalt in, 22: 26 Oregon, La Fleur, cobalt in, 22: 26 Oregon, Mecca, cobalt in...composition, 27: 146-170 fluorine in, 26: 1220 France, Andlau, sulphur content, 21: 45 gallium in, 29:...101 in shales, 23: 101 in soevites, 23: 101 in sphalerite, 26: 352 in syenites, 23: 101 in W-l, 22: 87
Report (volume)
Institution of Oceanography Submarine Geology Report. La Jolla, Calif. Calif. Univ. Seismog. Sta. BulL-California...Geological Societies Annual Meeting. New Orleans, La. Hoppe1·-The Hopper. Norman, Okla. Idaho Bur. l\lines... F. Una teoria sobre la profundidad limite de los filones metalfferos segun la roca en que se encuentren:...Estudio fisico qufmico y electr6nmicrosc6pico de la fraccion an·illa de dos micrones de algunos suelos...relaciones con el Indio. 15 p., illus., La Habana, Imprenta La Milagrosa, 1951; letter from W. D. Matthew
Book
Meen (1957) 610 Sangster (1957) Montagne Noire, France Mount Doreen, Central Australia Murgab, Tadjikstan...America 32 5 9 59 105 Great Britain and Ireland France, Belgium, Holland Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland...classifications were developed in Europe, one by Meunier in France and the other by Rose in Germany. Meunier’s classification...Chalcopyrrhot it e Yalleriite Chalcopyrite Pyrite Sphalerite *Lawrencite Magnesite Caleite Dolomite Ilmenite...serpentine. Sphalerite: In view of the low abundance of zinc in meteorites, sphalerite can only be present
Report (volume)
, M. Jr., 1. 1800 ALASKA [A LASKA Continued A LA SKA Continued Economic geology Continued Economic...H., 1, 4. Wrangell district: Bressler, Reid Inlet-La mplugh Glacier area: C. T., 1. Rossman, D. L., 2...Cretaceous-Quaternary: Coonrad, W. L. 1807 ALASKA LA SKA Continued ALASKA Continued Paleontology Continued...F. M., Jr., £ Lineation, relation to oriented Una la ska Island, pillow lavas, lakes: Rosenfeld, G. A...M., 9. lation: Condon, W. H., 4. 1812 ALASKA A LA SKA Continued ALASKA Continued Physiographic geologyi^Continued
Book
Bloomsbury Way London W.C. 1 Editorial office for France Gordon & Breach 7-9 rue Emile Dubois Paris 14°...are now available (cf. Mazor et al., 1969). Fig. la shows He} = He* — Heé in all types, C1-C4. The data...Mbniniuls Ay ) at ons) wt dese’ nlobigaly br a LA\e Pe i MID aR, vinvnek ef stugdie stieliag ...sulfur-bearing minerals were observed; pyrite (FeS,), sphalerite (ZnS), cubanite (CuFe,S3), chalcopyrite (CuFeS...météorites par dilution isotopique, et la détermination de leur 4ge par la méthode K/A.” Helv. Chim. Acta 44
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pktrographiques et Gkochimiques, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 15 rue Notre Dame des Pauvres...Pauvres, BP20, 54501 Vandoeuvre-lesNancy, France (aleon@crpg.cnrs-nancy.fr),'Centre de Spectrodtrie Nucl6aiaire...91405 Orsay, France, )Museum National &Histoire Naturelle, 61 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France. Although...CAMECA IMS 1270 ion microprobe installed in Nancy, France, in a scanning imaging mode. Detailed principles...I60-rich carrier in recently Research Institute, La Jolla CA 92037,USA, 3Present address: Laboratory
Report (volume)
Academia de Ciencias MSdicas, Fisicas y Naturales de la Habana Anales. Havana. Acad. Nac. Cienc. Mem. Rev...Quebec. Cahiers G^ol. Cahiers G6ologiques. Seyssel, France. Calif. Acad. Sci. Occasional Paper; Proc. California...Institution of Oceanography Submarine Geology Report La Jolla, Calif. 10 SERIALS Calif. U,niv. Water Res...Chronica Botanica. New York. Chronique Mines Coloniales La Chronique des Mines Coloniales. Paris. Ciencia. Mexico...Seismology, S6rie A, Travaux Scientifiques. Toulouse, France. Internat Geology Rev. International Geology Review
Book
CI Aub ca.97 b ~0.03 <2' <2' lAB iron met. lA, IB Olivine ca.40 c 1-7 Ureilites Ure Olivine...the monotonic decrease in ionic radius from 1.14 A (La) to 0.85 A (Lu). The normal rare-earth oxidation...Rare-Earth Elements 81 20 Juvinos o ~IO ~ose 80 La Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Dy Er Yb Lu Fig. VII-2....al., 1963). We see that Ba and Ce (and presumably La) are concentrated in the plagioclase, and the other...Refractory elements Ratio Al Ca Sc Ti Sr Y Zr Nb Ru Ba La Eu Yb Hf Ta 21 17 24 21 15 21 23 22 12 20 26 23
Book
CI Aub ca.97 b ~0.03 <2' <2' lAB iron met. lA, IB Olivine ca.40 c 1-7 Ureilites Ure Olivine...the monotonic decrease in ionic radius from 1.14 A (La) to 0.85 A (Lu). The normal rare-earth oxidation...Rare-Earth Elements 81 20 Juvinos o ~IO ~ose 80 La Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Dy Er Yb Lu Fig. VII-2....al., 1963). We see that Ba and Ce (and presumably La) are concentrated in the plagioclase, and the other...Refractory elements Ratio Al Ca Sc Ti Sr Y Zr Nb Ru Ba La Eu Yb Hf Ta 21 17 24 21 15 21 23 22 12 20 26 23
Report (volume)
Kujumzelis, T. G., Physik. 2. 39, 665 (1Yd8). La Lande, W. A., Jr., DAS 1026285 (March 2, 1958); see...reason for specific enrichment of gallium in sphalerite minerals (99). Gallium sulfide has three crystal...de la, “Etudes Bur le Gallium,” Lausanne, Swita. Imprimeur Vaudoise, 1955. 23. Bretbque, P. de la, Bull...Bull. Soc. Chim. France, p. 48 (1961). 24. Brewer, F. M., Chadwick, J. R., and Garton, G., J. Inorg. &...2. Physik. 108, 326 (1938). 114. Haissinsky, M., “La chimie nuclBaire et ses applications,” Chapter XVII
Journal (volume)
Near W. Editorial Undesirable Citizens J- A. La Grave United States, Production of Preeious Metals...The Allie Brown, which is owned by $500,000. .a France Co., is a lead producer, and one of the few was...encountered several company also made good profits on La Bella lease of timbered. It is expected that bedrock...treating the dry ores of Republic, the principal camp. La During 1906 the Pearl Con. Co. deepened its main...for 81,500,000 gold), for smelters at San Bias, La Bufa Mining Mazatlan, Co., and Guadalajara. $30
 
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