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Fluorite from
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Colour:White or honey-yellow
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Baryte3 photos of Fluorite associated with Baryte at this locality.
Quartz2 photos of Fluorite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Pyromorphite1 photo of Fluorite associated with Pyromorphite at this locality.
Manganese Oxides1 photo of Fluorite associated with Manganese Oxides at this locality.
Pyrite1 photo of Fluorite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Photo GalleryView Gallery (7 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:25104
Long-form Identifier:1:3:25104:8
GUID (UUID V4):392b6add-63d1-496d-8063-1498dc753d68
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
20.2km (12.6 miles) Le Boucheron, Davignac, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
24.7km (15.3 miles) Pont des Bouyges quarry, Moustier-Ventadour, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
27.1km (16.8 miles) Le Beix Mine, Saint-Germain-près-Herment, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
28.0km (17.4 miles) Rozet, Briffons, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
30.7km (19.1 miles) Charlannes, La Bourboule, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
34.0km (21.1 miles) Bisage, Puy-Saint-Gulmier, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
35.6km (22.1 miles) Le Four, Puy-Saint-Gulmier, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
46.0km (28.6 miles) Roure, Saint-Pierre-le-Chastel, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
46.7km (29.0 miles) Rosiers Mine (Le Rozier Mine; Le Rosier Mine), Saint-Pierre-le-Chastel, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
49.4km (30.7 miles) Cornet, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
net Figure 2. Fluorite, 12.3 cm across, Bisage, Puy Saint Gulmier, Puy de Dome, France. Scott Werschky...Figure 1. Cerussite, 12.6 cm high, Mayres, Ardeche, France. Giles Emringer specimen. Jeffrey A. Scovil, a...Moore specimen. Figure 4. Fluorite with stilbite, 11.9 cm high, Malmberget mine, Gallivare, Lappland, Sweden...Figure 5. Pyromorphite, 4 cm high, Les Farges mine, Ussel, Correze, France. Frank Sousa specimen. Volume 90...Arizona] at 22:28 17 December 2014 Figure 7. Fluorite, 7.1 cm across, Halsbrücke, Freiberg district
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in order to earn a living, Figure 12 (above). Fluorite with barite, 4.5 cm high, from La Cabaña, Berbes...Pyromorphite, 5 cm wide, from Mine des Farges, Ussel, Corrèze, France; mined ca. 1972. Jeff Scovil photo...Cassiterite on quartz, 6.1 cm high, La Parrilla mine, Almoharín, Cáceres, Spain; mined ca. 1986. Jeff...the more significant ones). Figure 16 (above). Fluorite and quartz, crystal 1.7 cm, from Sant Marçal,...Pyromorphite, 8 cm, from Geoda Realces, San Andrés mine, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba, Spain;
Journal (issue)
Articles Famous mineral localities: the Les Farges mine ................................ 261 by A....602-299-5274 COVER: GROSSULAR from the Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec. The crystal measures 1 cm. Specimen...about this locality see the article on the Jeffrey mine in vol. 10 (1979), no. 2, p. 69-80. n o te s fr...newly mined tourmaline specimens from the Himalaya mine. Eidahl had been an employee of Pala In­ ternational...mineralogy. An article by Jones on the famous Old Yuma mine near Tucson is scheduled for publication in the
Report (issue)
veins. Association: Stibnite, sphalerite, barite, fluorite, siderite, quartz (Baia Sprie, Romania); cassiterite...zinkenite, tetrahedrite, pyrite, alunite, quartz (Itos mine, Bolivia); pyrargyrite, stephanite, sphalerite,...From the Les Farges mine, near Ussel, Corrèze; and at Bournac, Montagne Noire, Finistère, France. In the...Morey district, Nye Co., Nevada; in the Thompson mine, Darwin district, Inyo Co., California; and at Bear...Oruro; at the Tatasi mine, and Cerro Rico, Potosı́. In Australia, from the Meerschaum mine, north of Omeo,
Report (issue)
veins. Association: Stibnite, sphalerite, barite, fluorite, siderite, quartz (Baia Sprie, Romania); cassiterite...zinkenite, tetrahedrite, pyrite, alunite, quartz (Itos mine, Bolivia); pyrargyrite, stephanite, sphalerite,...From the Les Farges mine, near Ussel, Corrèze; and at Bournac, Montagne Noire, Finistère, France. In the...Morey district, Nye Co., Nevada; in the Thompson mine, Darwin district, Inyo Co., California; and at Bear...Oruro; at the Tatasi mine, and Cerro Rico, Potosı́. In Australia, from the Meerschaum mine, north of Omeo,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Nebraska, Lincoln] at 23:16 02 June 2016 Bunker Hill Mine, Coeur d’Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho...regular basis. Important discoveries in Idaho, Spain, France, and, most recently, China occurred during the...pyromorphite occurred at the Lubec lead mine, the Gouldsboro mine, and with wulfenite at the upper Colton...Maine (King and Foord 1994). Recently the old lead mine at Loudville, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, once...Connecticut. It is reported from the Sparta copper mine south of Ossining, Westchester County, New York
Catalog/List
DECEMBER/JANUARY 1995 1. ALSTONITE. Brownley Hill Mine, Alston, Cumberland. About 30 greyish-white pyramidal...matrix. 60x35x30mm. £58. 2. APATITE. Panasqueria Mine, Portugal. Nice lustrous double sided group of pale...£40. 9. BINDHEIMITE AND CERUSSITE. Trevinnick Mine, St Kew, Cornwall. A good solid mass of yellow bindheimite... CARBJNATE-FLUORAPATITE "FRANCOLITE". Gunnislake Clitters Mine, Chilsworthy, Cornwall. A 40x30mm area of granite...specimen. 60x40x20mm. £12. CASSITERITE. Turnavore Mine, St Agnes, Cornwall. Rich specimen showing a 60x30mm
Journal (issue)
row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department...Gail & Jim Spann collection; Tom Spann photo. Fluorite with quartz, 11 cm, from Fujian Province, China...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...collection; Jordan Root photo. Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan...Spodumene (variety kunzite), 9 cm, from the Urucum mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu FLUORITE Part 2 Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China T he first...South American fluorite localities (Pohwat 2013). In this installment I look at fluorite specimens from...reiterating what I wrote in the first installment, fluorite is a mineral deserving of a separate book, so...tour. Europe England has long been known for its fluorite specimens, in particular those from the north...1874, p. 77), Bryce M. Wright Jr. said of English fluorite, “It is perhaps the most beautiful of all English
Report (issue)
Joe Budd photo. Calcite, 5.5 cm, from the Conco mine, North Aurora, Kane County, Illinois. Hummingbird...lustrous, limpid gray-green calcite from the Conco mine, North Aurora, Kane County, Illinois, which are...a big pocket system in the underground limestone mine 20 miles west of downtown Chicago. The forms of...$250. Kunzite spodumene, 5 cm, from the Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Trinity...being extracted from the pegmatite at the Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California—and
Book
François Farges À la découverte minéraux pierres précieuses des et des COLLECTION L’AMATEUR DE...Découvrir les minéraux et les gemmes 6 Qu’est-ce qu’un minéral ?…………………………… 6 Comment identifier les minéraux...minéraux ?… …………… 17 Les gemmes… ……………………………………… 43 Les collections de minéraux et de gemmes… …… 55 Comment...forment les minéraux ?… ………… 61 Clé d’identification… ……………………………… 67 Reconnaître les minéraux et les gemmes...des pierres précieuses 28 L’Habit (ou l’aspect) Les minéraux montrent des morphologies variables suivant
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at 07:53 01 January 2015 Bournonite Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China T here are certain...clearly the most prolific being the Yaogangxian mine, Hunan Province. (Additional locality information...from such disparate localities as the Black Hawk mine, Blue Hill, Maine; New York City, New York; an unspecified...King. It has also been reported from the Albion mine in the Little Cottonwood district, Salt Lake County...Wrightson district, Santa Cruz County; and the Boggs mine in the Big Bug district, Yavapai County, where it
Book (volume)
us to love minerals in the first place. Now a Fluorite is as valued as a Silver, Quartz is no longer...t ,Connor ,Shana MINERAL INDEX Adamite Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, 51 Aegirine Mt Malosa, Zomba Dist...West, Gobbobisberg Mtns., Namibia, 31, 57 Margareta Mine, Amatitlan, Guerrero, Mexico, 20 Apatite (with Tourmaline)...Areas, Pakistan, 15 Golconda Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 32 Panasqueira Mine, Beira Baixa, Portugal, 5,...Valley, Pakistan, 22 Azurite (on Malachite) Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico, 64 Babingtonite Hongxi, Meigu,
Journal (issue)
Front cover: Sulfur on Aragonite, 25 cm Cozzodisi mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Adalberto...collections. Particular reference is made to Cap Blanc (France), at a settlement dating back 17,000 years; Magdalensburg...research with quantitative aspects, culminating in France with the crystallographic works of Rome de l'Isle...place in the Sardinian mines and the Traversella mine (Piedmont). The second edition of the Catalogue...chalcopyrite and various rare sulfosalts from the Bottino mine in Tuscany. MINERAL COLLECTING FROM THE POST-WAR
Journal (issue)
with Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...New Marcus Origlieri Ronald J. Peilar Tony Potucek Les & Paula Presmyk Alex Schauss Jeff Scovil Dave Shannon...explore literally thousands of mineral occurrences, mine dumps and abandoned mines in the public domain administered...Heintzelman (1805-1880) shipped ore specimens from his mine to be exhibited at the Cincinnati Merchant's Exchange...later when Edwin Over paid a visit to the Red Cloud mine and made one of history's most spectacular wulfenite
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)
Book (volume)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, 14 Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, 19 (Cuproadamite) Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb...Jalgaon, N. Maharashtra, India, 44 Aquamarine Pioniera Mine, Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 15 Shigar...Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 48, 55 Beryl (see also Aquamarine, Morganite, Emerald) Calcite 884 Mine, near...Xuebaoding Mine, Pingwu Co., Sichuan Prov., China, 24 Cerussite, (on Malachite) Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia...Namibia, 29 Chalcocite 1010 Level, Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk Co., Wisconsin, 5 Copper Lake Superior
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...Russia. GM KFU#6001. 9 e x ce.Aet, Eee't 17. Fluorite (with old labels). 7 x 5 cm. Schwarzwald, Germany...of this collection were from Transbaikalia), and mine surveyor Yakovlev from the Southern Urals. By the
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VENTE EN GROS et à la PIÈCE EXPÉDITIONS SOIGNÉES FRANCE et ÉTRANGER . MACHINES LAPIDAIRES 120 Rue de Courcell~s.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Les publications du 26• Congrès géologique, C. Lorenz..... .. .. . . . ... .. . 48 Il est rappelé oue les opinions scIen11 l1oues émises n'engagent oue la...collec1,onneur 1980 Reproduct,on interdite 3 TOUS LES MINÉRAUX Collections systématiques PR ÉHISTOI RE...Responsable de l'Organisation: • R. RODEL, 259 bis, Les Erables / Plateau 69009 LYON TARIF GROSSISTE SUR
Catalog/List
quartz. 65x25, (5. APATITE. Sm1th Vein,Carrock Mine,Caldbeck Fells,Cumbria½ Three ~oall,near gc~ quolity...50x40, [7. base. 22. (L.Ox25) w1th a crystol Mine,Anglcse~,North and !ound A rich and heavy ~pecimen... 4 7. BAYLDO~ITE/DUFTITE,STOLZITE. Brandy Gill Mine,Caldbeck Fells, ca~briJ. Vcry rich speciocn to explore... 95x55x]O, [16. so. lang in B!SMUTH. Carrock Mine,Caldbeck Fells,Cu ■ bria. S ■ all,brightlr ,ilvery...white B) 35x45xl5, (J. 57. CALCITE. Beckeruiet Mine,near Wa!cs. Quartz. R1?d1!i~!1 adJ~.,nci11~ SQx
Journal (issue)
Special issue on the minerals of Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham...(2000) Famous mineral localities: Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England 20:7-37 Bevins, R... D. (1999) Famous mineral localities: Ting Tang mine, Gwennap, Cornwall 19:18-23 CLARK, A.M. (1998) Earth's...P. (1995) Crystallized Enargite from the Gregory mine, Ashover, Derbyshire 15:28-29 DAY, B. (1998) Collecting...from Boulby mine, Cleveland 14:4-8 __& McCALLUM, D. (1993) Millerite from Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead
Journal (issue)
Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...Alaska, ca. 1906. She organized her own company to mine the garnets, and may have distributed thousands...that men would be hired as laborers to work the mine and help develop it, but that no men would be involved...September–October, 2019 7 HISTORY had declined and the mine was sold. Today it is formally owned by “the children...time collection,” he said, “collected by a former mine superintendent over a period of many years. Nearly
Journal (issue)
St. Andreasberg, Harz• Pyromorphit-Neufund von Ussel in Frankreich • Pseudomorphosen von Dalnegorsk •...findet man ab Seite 30, den PyromorphitNeufund von Ussel ab Seite 25 beschrieben . 1N HALT Neu: Schäppchenjagd...Andreasberg_im Harz _ine unerwartete Entdeckung bei Ussel, Correzet Frankreich ergbaugeschichte, Geologie_und...aus Siegerland + Peru Dubois, Christophe Rosa Fluorite, Rauchquarz/Mt. Blanc, Systematik Eckelkamp, Antonius...Hans-Helmut Kolumbianische Smaragde direkt a.d. Mine Maginot, Franz Alpine Mineralien, Sammlerstücke
Book
SMLS Chair 2022 Botallackite (Xtals 3mm) Bunmahon Mine, Copper Coast, Eire. Photo:John Hall CONTENTS...to descend the hydraulic shaft in the Smallcleugh Mine and we bought an inflatable dinghy so we could land...had found. Photo 3. Chalcanthite (7cm). Nangiles mine, Cornwall. Whilst at school in Cornwall I was fortunate...fortunate to have a trip down th e Nangiles mine, when the initial exploration for Wheal Jane was being...being carried out. I recall that the air in the mine was rather acrid, due to the oxidation of the abundant
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma
 
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