Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Montferrer, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France

mindat Locality ID: 259742
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259742.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montferrer, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Can Pei (Can Pey; Can Peil)

Latitude: 42°27'22"N
Longitude: 2°35'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.456111111111,2.5988888888889

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Corundum	Covellite	Gypsum	Linarite	Malachite	Mixite	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Adamite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Austinite ()*	Azurite ()*
Beudantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Conichalcite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Graphite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Palygorskite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Sauconite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Zálesíite ()*

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 C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Fe S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Corundum Covellite Gypsum Linarite Malachite Mixite None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Wurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	56038	254
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	56038	919
Austinite ()*	Adelite	CaZn(AsO₄)(OH)	1	56038	71
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	56038	5509
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	56038	413
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	56038	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	56038	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	56038	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	56038	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	56038	363
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	56038	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	56038	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	56038	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	56038	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	56038	2812
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	56038	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	56038	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	56038	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	56038	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	56038	1066
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	56038	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	56038	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	56038	1107
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	56038	306
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	56038	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	56038	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	56038	454
Sauconite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Zn₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	56038	56
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	56038	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	56038	21482
Zálesíite ()*	Mixite	CaCu₆(AsO₄)₂(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	56038	84

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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