Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Pointe Du Raz, Plogoff, Cape Sizun, Finistère, Brittany, France

mindat Locality ID: 300095
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-300095.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pointe Du Raz, Plogoff, Cape Sizun, Finistère, Brittany, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bestrée
Lescoff

Latitude: 48°2'14"N
Longitude: 4°42'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.037222222222,-4.7102777777778

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.

Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Titanite	Zinkenite

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Fülöppite ()*
Galena ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Plagionite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Semseyite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Titanite ()*
Zinkenite ()*

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 As Ca Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca K Na O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Clay Feldspar Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite Titanite Zinkenite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	0		1310
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1	52661	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	52661	9052
Fülöppite ()*	None	Pb₃Sb₈S₁₅	1	52661	55
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	52661	24243
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	52661	784
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	52661	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	52661	17380
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇	1	52661	100
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	52661	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	52661	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	52661	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	1	52661	165
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	52661	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	52661	3418
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	1	52661	228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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