Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Talèfre Glacier, Mont Blanc Massif (Monte Bianco Massif), Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 190088
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190088.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Talèfre Glacier, Mont Blanc Massif (Monte Bianco Massif), Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Aiguille De Pierre Joseph
Aiguille De Talèfre

Latitude: 45°54'2"N
Longitude: 6°59'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.900555555556,6.9988888888889

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.

Brookite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Titanite

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 F Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brookite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Titanite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	51326	2162
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	0		700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	51326	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	51326,51327	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	51326	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	51327	6417
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	51327	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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