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La Floquerie quarry, Pannecé, Châteaubriant-Ancenis, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France

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La Floquerie quarry, Pannecé, Châteaubriant-Ancenis, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France

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La Floquerie quarry, Pannecé, Châteaubriant-Ancenis, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France

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La Floquerie quarry, Pannecé, Châteaubriant-Ancenis, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France

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La Floquerie quarry, Pannecé, Châteaubriant-Ancenis, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France

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La Floquerie quarry, Pannecé, Châteaubriant-Ancenis, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France

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La Floquerie quarry, Pannecé, Châteaubriant-Ancenis, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France

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La Floquerie quarry, Pannecé, Châteaubriant-Ancenis, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France

Classification
Locality type:	Quarry
Species:	Wavellite
Formula:	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃ · 5H₂O
Habit:	Fibro-radiated
Colour:	Colorless / Grey / Yellow / Green
Quality for species:	Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:	Common
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Variscite	8
Crandallite	5
Minyulite	1
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Wavellite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view La Floquerie quarry, Pannecé, Châteaubriant-Ancenis, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
Photo Gallery	View Gallery (29 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	130606
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:130606:4
GUID (UUID V4):	0
References
*Lukas, Yann (1978) Roches et minéraux de Bretagne. Ouest France. p.1-33.p.20 Lheur, C. (1993) Les minéralisations de l'ancienne carrière de La Floquerie près de Pannecé (Loire-Atlantique). Le Cahier des Micromonteurs, 4, 14-21.* *Giovannoli, Raymond, Chapelle-Berthot, Roselyne (2023) Les phosphates de la carrière de La Floquerie, Pannecé, Loire-Atlantique. Le Règne Minéral, 29 (170) Les Éditions du Piat. 7-23*

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Wavellite from La Floquerie quarry, Pannecé, Châteaubriant-Ancenis, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France

Wavellite from
La Floquerie quarry, Pannecé, Châteaubriant-Ancenis, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France