France
Europe — 551,695 km²
Capital: Paris
2 specimens in collection
Notable mining localities
Principal mineralogical sites associated with collector specimens. Yellow dot indicates an endemic species — found exclusively or in world-class quality at this locality.
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Chessy-les-Mines Rhône endemicChessylite (Azurite) — named after this locality, Malachite, Cuprite
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Cap Garonne Var endemicChalcosiderite, Liroconite, unique phosphate assemblage
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Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans IsèreAlpine Quartz, Anatase, Brookite, Adularia — exceptional Alpine clefts
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Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines AlsaceSilver, Cobalt arsenides, Fluorite — world's largest mineral show held here
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Le Beix Puy-de-DômeMimetite, Pyromorphite, Vanadinite
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Trimouns AriègeTalc, Dolomite, Chlorite — largest talc quarry in Europe
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Bournac AveyronPyromorphite, Wulfenite on Limonite
Notable locality
Endemic or exclusive world-class locality
