| Classification |
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| Species: | Almandine |
| Formula: | Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3 |
| Comments: | A lot of almandine garnets in micaschists. |
| Colour: | red-brown |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Abundance at site: | Very common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Almandine data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Pointe du Payré, Jard-sur-Mer, Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 928874 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:928874:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 361cf987-d11a-42c2-8278-6c87a33d58c4 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Almandine |
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| 68.0km (42.2 miles) | ⓘPied Pain quarry, Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France |
| 68.9km (42.8 miles) | ⓘLa Compointrie, Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France |
| 87.1km (54.1 miles) | ⓘMiséri (Miséry) quarry, Chantenay, Nantes, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France |
| 90.2km (56.1 miles) | ⓘBarbin quarry, Nantes, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France |
| 91.8km (57.0 miles) | ⓘLe Pont du Cens, Nantes, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France |
| 91.9km (57.1 miles) | ⓘPetit-Port, Nantes, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France |
| 92.3km (57.4 miles) | ⓘChamp de Manoeuvres quarry, Petit-Port, Nantes, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France |
| 93.3km (58.0 miles) | ⓘGesvres river, La Jonelière, Nantes, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France |
| 93.9km (58.3 miles) | ⓘLe Haut-Cormier, Orvault, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France |
| 94.6km (58.8 miles) | ⓘLa Grée, Orvault, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France |
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Pointe du Payré, Jard-sur-Mer, Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France