France
Europe, 551,695 km²
Capital: Paris
5 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.
  • Chessy-les-Mines Rhône endemic
    Chessylite (Azurite), named after this locality, Malachite, Cuprite
  • Cap Garonne Var endemic
    Chalcosiderite, Liroconite, unique phosphate assemblage
  • Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans Isère
    Alpine Quartz, Anatase, Brookite, Adularia, exceptional Alpine clefts
  • Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Alsace
    Silver, Cobalt arsenides, Fluorite, world's largest mineral show held here
  • Le Beix Puy-de-Dôme
    Mimetite, Pyromorphite, Vanadinite
  • Trimouns Ariège
    Talc, Dolomite, Chlorite, largest talc quarry in Europe
  • Bournac Aveyron
    Pyromorphite, Wulfenite on Limonite
Notable locality    Endemic or exclusive world-class locality
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Honey yellow radiating calcite aggregate from France with a mirror reflection.
Calcite
Brown scalenohedral calcite crystal cluster from Mexico with mirror reflection.
Calcite
Light blue cubic fluorite cluster on matrix with mirror reflection.
Fluorite
Translucent yellow fluorite crystal with a dark internal phantom zone, France.
Fluorite (“phantom” crystals)
Rhombohedral greenish brown siderite crystal aggregate showing complete vertical reflection.
Siderite