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Locality Name:
Abbaretz, Loire-Atlantique, Pays De La Loire, France


mindat Locality ID: 56854
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56854.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Abbaretz, Loire-Atlantique, Pays De La Loire, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
La Chénaie
Le Bois Vert Mine

Latitude: 47°32'40"N
Longitude: 1°32'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.544444444444,-1.5397222222222
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 As B Be Cu Fe H K La Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu Fe H La O P Pb S Si Sn Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteBerylBrookiteClayCopperKaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteMonazite
NoneQuartzRocksaltRutileTourmalineZircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Beryl  (*)Brookite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Copper  (*)
Galena  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(La)  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Plumbogummite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Varlamoffite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1562679052
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181562674286
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO20700
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2256266,562675171
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41562675591
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21562675800
Monazite-(La)  (*)MonaziteLa(PO4)038
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2256266,5626717380
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60170
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2256266,5626761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21562675614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1562672705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1562671153
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2056
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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