The Mérétrice mine, New-Caledonia

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The former lead-zinc-silver mine at Mérétrice was a small operation that was active intermittently between 1884 and 1930 in the far north of New Caledonia. This SEDEX-type massive sulphide deposit is located in the metamorphic terrain of the Diahot Basin. It includes an iron cap that provided a relatively varied mineralogy for New Caledonia, with species such as anglesite and cerussite becoming classics and other rarer minerals described here for the first time.

Cédrick Gineste

Cédrick Gineste has 35 years of experience in field mineralogy. An exploration geologist since 1997, his field missions have taken him to more than twenty countries across five continents. He has a naturalistic approach to mineralogy and collects deposits and their parageneses rather than minerals.

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The Mérétrice mine, New-Caledonia

The former lead-zinc-silver mine at Mérétrice was a small operation that was active intermittently between 1884 and 1930 in the far north of New Caledonia.