Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Saint-Quay-Portrieux, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France

mindat Locality ID: 260350
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260350.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saint-Quay-Portrieux, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Casino Beach Alluvials
Fonteny Beach Alluvials
Gabbro-diorite Intrusion
Ile De La Comtesse Beach Alluvials

Latitude: 48°39'25"N
Longitude: 2°50'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.656944444444,-2.8338888888889

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.

Amphibole	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rutile
Scheelite	Spinel	Staurolite	Titanite	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Augite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ca Fe H Mg O S Si Ti W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Rutile
Scheelite Spinel Staurolite Titanite Zircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	52580	2162
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	52579	2060
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	52579	327
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	52577,52578,52580	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	52580	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	52580	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	52577,52578,52580	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	52577,52578,52580	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	52580	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	52577,52578,52580	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	52578	4894
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	52580	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	52580	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	52577,52578,52580	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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