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| Species: | Brochantite |
| Formula: | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 |
| Comments: | XRD analysis by Halil Sarp |
| Habit: | platy xls |
| Colour: | pale green |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | XRD |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Malachite | ⓘ5 photos of Brochantite associated with Malachite at this locality. |
| Allophane | ⓘ4 photos of Brochantite associated with Allophane at this locality. |
| Felsőbányaite | ⓘ4 photos of Brochantite associated with Felsőbányaite at this locality. |
| Carbonatecyanotrichite | ⓘ2 photos of Brochantite associated with Carbonatecyanotrichite at this locality. |
| Aragonite | ⓘ1 photo of Brochantite associated with Aragonite at this locality. |
| Alunite Supergroup | 1 photo of Brochantite associated with Alunite Supergroup at this locality. |
| Baryte | ⓘ1 photo of Brochantite associated with Baryte at this locality. |
| Langite | ⓘ1 photo of Brochantite associated with Langite at this locality. |
| Cyanotrichite | ⓘ1 photo of Brochantite associated with Cyanotrichite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Brochantite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Valcroze, Alzon, Le Vigan, Gard, Occitanie, France |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (15 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 225027 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:225027:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | ad127e94-ff93-4797-9818-940dfe992995 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Brochantite |
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| 5.1km (3.2 miles) | ⓘArrigas mines, Arrigas, Le Vigan, Gard, Occitanie, France |
| 16.7km (10.4 miles) | ⓘLes Vieux Travaux mine, Montdardier, Le Vigan, Gard, Occitanie, France |
| 28.3km (17.6 miles) | ⓘUsclas-du-Bosc quarry (Loiras quarry; Pioch Camp quarry), Usclas-du-Bosc, Lodève, Hérault, Occitanie, France |
| 31.2km (19.4 miles) | ⓘVillecun, Olmet-et-Villecun, Lodève, Hérault, Occitanie, France |
| 42.1km (26.2 miles) | ⓘCroix-de-Pallières, Saint-Félix-de-Pallières, Le Vigan, Gard, Occitanie, France |
| 44.8km (27.8 miles) | ⓘLe Mazega, Saint-Rome-de-Tarn, Millau, Aveyron, Occitanie, France |
| 51.6km (32.1 miles) | ⓘLe Buisson Mine, Montmirat, Saint-Étienne-du-Valdonnez, Mende, Lozère, Occitanie, France |
| 54.9km (34.1 miles) | ⓘVialas smelter slag locality, Vialas, Florac, Lozère, Occitanie, France |
| 58.4km (36.3 miles) | ⓘMas Dieu, Laval-Pradel, Alès, Gard, Occitanie, France |
| 72.0km (44.7 miles) | ⓘSainte-Lucie Mine, Saint-Léger-de-Peyre, Mende, Lozère, Occitanie, France |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Report (issue) | | Kazakhstan); volborthite, tangeite, malachite, brochantite, langite (Menzies Bay, Canada). Distribution:...In France, from the Cap Garonne mine, near le Pradet, Var, and in the Valcroze mine, Alzon, Gard. On |  | | Journal (issue) | | la récolte sur le terrain , y consacrant une grande parti e de ses loisirs, il trie le matéri el sou s...échantillons qui lui posent un problème de di agnose. Le scientifique complète alors les analyses dans son...veaux minéraux. Ce fut notamment le cas pour le gîte de Cap Garonne dans le Var et pour les gisements uranifères...cipé à étoffer l ' inventaire minéra logique de la France. Quelques unes de ces espèces nouvelles sont illustrées...introduction , regrette le manque d ' intérêt pour la minéralogie descriptive en France et j e ne le conso lerai |  | | Book (volume) | | Muséum d’histoire naturelle MINERALOGIE DE LA FRANCE ET DE SES COLONIES DESCRIPTION PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIQUE...Biébérite Boothite Botryogène Braunite.... Brochantite Géleslite Chalcanthite Chromite Chromopicolile...317 352 73 243 5 282 267 MINÉRALOGIE DE LA FRANCE -MACON PR O T AT FRERES, IMPRIMEURS I M-...par des a été longtemps auxquelles volcanisme, le Mission que officielle, Martinique, pendant l’éruption...modifier ont dû a mon rejetés plan. Les dans le mon livre par des préférable me Mang anates |  | | Book | | elaborate cigarette cases were being made in Russia, France and England. Russian cases of that period exhibited...Kongsberg, Norway; Sainte-Marie-auxMines, Alsace, France; Schemnitz, Czech Republic. Africa: Tsumeb, Namibia...Chile. Europe: Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Alsace, France; Wolfsburg and Sankt Andreasberg, Lower Saxony...USA: Mt. Augusta, Colorado. Europe: Moliéres, Gard, France; Bottino Bournonite, Herodsfoot Mine, Liskeard...and Westerwald, Germany; Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, France; Trep¢a, Kosovo. Australia: Broken Hill |  | Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York. | Book (volume) | | Girgenti, Racalmuto, Castrogiovanni, and elsewhere. In France large bodies occur in the neighborhood of Dax,...only minor quantities, at numerous localities in France, Spain, Italy, and England. Found in large amounts...Kotschkar, Orenburg. From Huelgoet, Finistere, France. Found abundantly at Chanarcillo, Chile (megabromite...Dresden; in the neighborhood of Saint-Etienne, Loire, France; at Newcastle, Northumberland, England, and at...Hiendelaencina and Navacerrada, Spain; at Montmins, Allier, France. With A notable locality at malachite at Katanga |
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Valcroze, Alzon, Le Vigan, Gard, Occitanie, France