Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Petits Caous Quarry, Saint Raphael, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France

mindat Locality ID: 187560
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187560.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Petits Caous Quarry, Saint Raphael, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°25'50"N
Longitude: 6°49'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.430555555556,6.825

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.

Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Titanite	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*	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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Titanite Zircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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