Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Loire River Alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre-Val De Loire, France

mindat Locality ID: 106752
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106752.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Loire River Alluvials, Gien, Loiret, Centre-Val De Loire, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°41'47"N
Longitude: 2°35'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.696388888889,2.5902777777778

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Baryte	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite
Garnet	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel
Staurolite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*
Clinoenstatite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*
Titanite ()*	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 Au B Ba Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au B Ba Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Baryte Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Fluorite
Garnet Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel
Staurolite Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

33 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
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1310
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	94
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	271
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	407
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	313
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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