Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Violette Farm, Saint-Beauzire, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 46483
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46483.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Violette Farm, Saint-Beauzire, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°17'39"N
Longitude: 3°17'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.294166666667,3.2916666666667

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amorphous	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Millerite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Serpentine
Spinel	Talc

Antigorite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Dolomite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Millerite ()*	Opal ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Talc ()*	Violarite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: As C Ca Co Cr Fe H Mg Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Co Cr Fe H Mg Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Millerite None Pyrite Quartz Serpentine
Spinel Talc

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	249
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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