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Locality Name:
Orgueil, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie, France


mindat Locality ID: 106456
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106456.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orgueil, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Orgueil Meteorite (Montauban Meteorite; Orguell Meteorite)

Latitude: 43°52'59"N
Longitude: 1°22'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.883055555556,1.3827777777778

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 C Ca Ce Cr Cu Fe H Hg Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBlöditeCalciteChloriteClayCorundumCubaniteDiamondEpsomite
HexahydriteMagnetoplumbiteNickelineNolaniteNoneOlivinePentlanditePyroxeneSerpentineSmectite-vermiculite
SpinelSulphurWurtzite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Blödite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chamosite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Corundum  (*)Cubanite  (*)Diamond  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Ferrihydrite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Hibonite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kosmochlor  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Saponite  (*)Spinel  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4156256708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1562563250
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O156256130
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15625627770
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8156256577
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41562563902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1562562600
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31562561797
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3156256802
Diamond  (*)DiamondC156256697
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21562569895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6156256944
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O156256484
Ferrihydrite  (*)NolaniteFe3+10O14(OH)215625686
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1562561188
Graphite  (*)NoneC1562562812
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O156256251
Hibonite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteCaAl12O1915625680
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH156256367
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31562565433
Kosmochlor  (*)PyroxeneNaCr3+Si2O615625613
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O4156256311
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1562561487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415625614899
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1562561508
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81562561512
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81562569056
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O156256301
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41562561934
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1562562045
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1562561044



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