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Locality Name:
Les Grands Sables, Primiture, Groix Island, Morbihan, Brittany, France


mindat Locality ID: 294862
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-294862.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Les Grands Sables, Primiture, Groix Island, Morbihan, Brittany, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Les Grands Sables Beach Alluvials

Latitude: 47°38'16"N
Longitude: 3°25'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.637777777778,-3.4216666666667

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 Ca Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteChloritoidClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparGarnetNoneNot in a structural group
OlivinePyriteRutileSpinelStauroliteTitaniteZircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)
Corundum  (*)Epidote  (*)Forsterite  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Spinel  (*)Staurolite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21532642162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51532641310
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2153264376
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31532641797
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1532648173
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1532641188
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2153264286
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315326414640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31532645433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41532641507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415326414899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215326439462
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21532645614
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51532641516
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41532641934
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)153264978
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1532644899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1532645251



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