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Calcite from
Montboissier quarry, Brousse, Ambert, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Montboissier quarry, Brousse, Ambert, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:970607
Long-form Identifier:1:3:970607:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
7.5km (4.7 miles) Busséol quarry (Bussiole quarry; Pic de la Garde quarry), Saint-Jean-des-Ollières, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
14.2km (8.8 miles) Pégut (Champs des mines), La Chapelle-sur-Usson, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
15.5km (9.6 miles) Prudeux, Saint-Babel, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
19.2km (11.9 miles) Boulade stream alluvial deposits, Issoire, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
19.8km (12.3 miles) Marcillat stream alluvial deposits, Billom, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
21.6km (13.4 miles) Limagne Basin, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
21.7km (13.5 miles) Old Quarry, Saint-Maurice, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
23.5km (14.6 miles) Roca-Neyra, Perrier, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
26.8km (16.7 miles) Puy de Marmant, Veyre-Monton, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
27.1km (16.8 miles) Puy du Mur Quarry, Mur-sur-Allier, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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