Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bétahon Beach Alluvials (Cromenac'h East), Ambon, Morbihan, Brittany, France

mindat Locality ID: 64432
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64432.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bétahon Beach Alluvials (Cromenac'h East), Ambon, Morbihan, Brittany, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°31'34"N
Longitude: 2°31'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.526111111111,-2.5183333333333

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	Baryte	Brookite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite	Titanite	Topaz	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brookite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chromite ()*	Corundum ()*	Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*
Staurolite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 Ba Ca Ce Cr F Fe H Mg O P S Si Sn Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca Ce Cr F Fe H Mg O P S Si Sn Ti Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Baryte Brookite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Rutile Spinel Staurolite Titanite Topaz Zircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1310
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	700
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1797
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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