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Locality Name:
Traignac Brook Serpentinite Outcrops, Saint-Cirgues, Lavoûte-Chilhac, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 52346
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52346.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Traignac Brook Serpentinite Outcrops, Saint-Cirgues, Lavoûte-Chilhac, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparMicaMillerite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelTalc

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Corundum  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gedrite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Margarite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO501310
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40708
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40951
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O301797
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O60944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)20178
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40359
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)20168
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO501516
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O0652
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025


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