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Kerdévot, Ergué-Gabéric, Quimper, Finistère, Brittany, Francei
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Kerdévot | - not defined - |
| Ergué-Gabéric | Commune |
| Quimper | Arrondissement |
| Finistère | Department |
| Brittany | Region |
| France | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
48° 0' 21'' North , 3° 58' 48'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Ergué-Gabéric | 7,326 (2016) | 3.3km |
| Saint-Yvi | 2,774 (2016) | 5.6km |
| Landudal | 739 (2016) | 6.3km |
| Elliant | 2,929 (2016) | 6.9km |
| Langolen | 725 (2016) | 8.4km |
"(Coming from Quimper). From the latter city take the D15 to Coray and turn right at the 'Croix-Saint-André' ['railway crossing'?]. Antimony and quartz near an oratory at the locality. Close by, at the place called Mez-an-Lez, arsenopyrite, quartz, and stibnite in the waste material of geological searches. It is also possible to find specimens of native silver there." [Belot, 1978]
Near Kerdevot chapel, 4 kilometers East of Ergué-Gabéric.
Quartz vein in granite worked for antimony between 1913 and 1916, and between 1924 and 1928.
"Reopened in 1974. Ore reserves were estimated to be 3,000 metric tons (2-10% antimony)." (Lukas, 1978)
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Native Antimony Formula: Sb |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: |
| ⓘ Senarmontite Formula: Sb2O3 |
| ⓘ Stibiconite Formula: Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH) |
| ⓘ Stibnite Formula: Sb2S3 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Antimony | 1.CA.05 | Sb |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Senarmontite | 4.CB.50 | Sb2O3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Stibiconite | 4.DH.20 | Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Stibiconite | Sb3+Sb25+O6(OH) |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Senarmontite | Sb2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Stibiconite | Sb3+Sb25+O6(OH) |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | ⓘ Native Antimony | Sb |
| Sb | ⓘ Senarmontite | Sb2O3 |
| Sb | ⓘ Stibiconite | Sb3+Sb25+O6(OH) |
| Sb | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
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Kerdévot, Ergué-Gabéric, Quimper, Finistère, Brittany, France