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Locality Name:
Belvédère, Saint-Martin-Vésubie, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France


mindat Locality ID: 50083
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50083.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Belvédère, Saint-Martin-Vésubie, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Cabane Du Nautes
Camdoulent
Capelet Mt.
Fous Pass
La Font

Latitude: 44°4'25"N
Longitude: 7°24'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.073611111111,7.4052777777778

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Ti U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H O Si U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAmphiboleAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
DigeniteFluoriteLepidocrociteMalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteStanniteTitaniteZircon

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anatase  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Coffinite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cuprosklodowskite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Duftite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Idaite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Uranophane-β  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21567593419
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21567582162
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2356748,56753,567575509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)256751,5675711547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2156757172
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4256751,567605516
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)256754,567574979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1567525707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2656748,56751,56752,56754,56757,5676027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O356757,56758,567603531
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O0566
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS656748,56751,56752,56754,56757,567604165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1567512970
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O256751,5675358
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S256757,567601027
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)156757220
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21567559617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS256754,5675724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)356748,56757,567607437
Graphite  (*)NoneC1567602812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315674814640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1567571689
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4156760142
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)156760581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2756748,56749,56752,56753,56754,56757,5676012537
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O256751,56753144
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO2156757158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2556748,56752,56754,56757,5676039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81567579056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21056748,56751,56752,56753,56754,56755,56756,56757,56758,5676061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2356748,56757,567605614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1567546417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS256748,5675721482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1567584899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1567561059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21567592562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2256751,567522718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O356751,56752,56753890
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1567575251



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