Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Saint-Aubin-des-Châteaux, Loire-Atlantique, Pays De La Loire, France

mindat Locality ID: 44739
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44739.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saint-Aubin-des-Châteaux, Loire-Atlantique, Pays De La Loire, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bois-de-la-Roche Quarry

Latitude: 47°42'54"N
Longitude: 1°29'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.715,-1.4880555555556

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Berthierine ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Evansite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Goyazite ()*
Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Lulzacite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pretulite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tobelite ()*	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 As Au C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg N Na O P Pb S Sb Sc Si Sr Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Apatite Arsenopyrite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper
Corundum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stilpnomelane Tetrahedrite Zircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	56500	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	56500	9052
Berthierine ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	1	56500	59
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	56500	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	56500	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	56500	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	56500	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	56500	577
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	56500	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	56500	9895
Evansite ()*	Amorphous	Al₃(PO₄)(OH)₆·8H₂O	1	56500	56
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	56500	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	56500	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	56500	30554
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	56500	173
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	56500	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	56500	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	56500	5433
Lulzacite ()*	None	Sr₂Fe²⁺₃Al₄(PO₄)₄(OH)₁₀	1	56500	1
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	56500	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	56500	5674
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	56500	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	56500	17380
Pretulite ()*	Zircon	Sc(PO₄)	1	56500	14
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	56500	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	56500	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	56500	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	56500	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	56500	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	56500	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	56500	456
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	56500	5317
Tobelite ()*	Mica	(NH₄)Al₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	56500	5
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	56500	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	56500	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R110147	Saint-Aubin-des-Châteaux, Loire-Atlantique, Pays De La Loire, France	https://rruff.info/R110147

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