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Gypsum from
Lucéram, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France


Locality type:Commune
Classification
Species:Gypsum
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Talmessite2 photos of Gypsum associated with Talmessite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gypsum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lucéram, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:207353
Long-form Identifier:1:3:207353:8
GUID (UUID V4):bb92336c-dba2-4fab-bd7f-24c68e6d8261
Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum
23.7km (14.7 miles) Vallauria Mine, Tende, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
32.7km (20.3 miles) Tende Pass, Tende, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
35.7km (22.2 miles) Punta Chistafort, Entracque, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
40.7km (25.3 miles) Lausetto Mine, San Lorenzo, Valdieri, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
42.4km (26.4 miles) Maissa Mine, Valdieri, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
43.3km (26.9 miles) Saint-Pierre-de-Péone, Péone, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
45.4km (28.2 miles) Rio Re Bianco, Pornassino, Ormea, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
45.9km (28.5 miles) Pont des Roberts, Guillaumes, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
51.1km (31.7 miles) Raganeous Cave, Saint-Benoît, Castellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
55.4km (34.4 miles) Maurevieille Mine, Mandelieu-la-Napoule, Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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stalactiforme et rubanée sont en Oural et au Katanga. En France, hormis la célèbre mine de Chessy (localité-type...Vosges, en Auvergne, Var, Loire, Tarn, Savoie, Alpes-Maritimes, Corse, des Pyrénées, etc. 6à7 Couleur, transparence...(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)
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fluorite Rutile “sixling” Cassiterite twin 28. Gypsum fishtail twin 29a. Normal and elongated dodecahedron...collection in shallow drawers or on shelves in a nice *The Dana numbers will be found in the classic mineralogy...chemical precipitates, formed, like rock salt and gypsum, by the direct evaporation of cutoff estuaries...sulfides. In caves we get calcite stalactites and gypsum rosettes. Even in fossils we may find quartz or...about 250 and The Mohs Hardness Scale Teale 2 Gypsum 3 Calcite (rhomb face) 4 Fluorite 5 Apatite 6
Book (edition)
Eric Asselborn, M.D.: Montrevel-en-Bresse, Ain, France. F. John Barlow: Appleton, Wisconsin. Peter Bayliss:...Hungary. Fabien Cesbron: B. R. G. M., Orleans, France. Graham Chinner: Dept. of Earth Sciences, Cambridge...Massachusetts. Gilbert Gauthier: Maisons Laffitte, Paris, France. Legrand A. Gould: Pebble Beach, California. George...Reference Mineral Description and Feel 1 Tale 2 3 Gypsum Calcite 4 5 6 Fluorite Apatite Orthoclase a...fingers Scratched easily with the fingernail, as gypsum Just scratched by a copper coin, but not normally
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Mohs’ scale reads as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 Talc Gypsum Calcite Fluorite Apatite 6 7 8 9 10 Orthoclase...(1) to hardest (10). The scale is: (1) talc, (2) gypsum, (3) calcite, (4) fluorite, (5) apatite, (6) orthoclase...Greece. Other occurrences are found in Chile, Italy, France, Germany, Turkey, and Algeria. SELECTED REFERENCES:...Associated with gypsum, anhydrite, hexahydrite, loweite, quartz, and pyrite in the gypsum deposit of Schildmauer...‘‘gummite’’ at Margnac, in the Massif Central, France. SELECTED REFERENCE: Cesbron, F., et al., Min.
 
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