Description
Very rare set of poorly formed scheelite crystals associated with quartz from Montredon-Labessonié in the Tarn department.
The density of the sample is unmistakable (very heavy).
These minerals probably come from the Frégère mine, strito sensus, or from the outcrop of one of its veins, as at Roquemaure, just a few hundred meters away.
The deposit consists of 33 parallel veins, ranging in size from 0.05 to 1.40 meters, over a strike length of more than 400 meters, and was discovered in 1952. A mine exploited this small deposit to some extent from 1953 to 1960, processing 80,000 tonnes of alluvial rock.
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