Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Charbonnières-les-Varennes, Châtelguyon, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 131297
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131297.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Charbonnières-les-Varennes, Châtelguyon, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dourioux
Puy Gonnard

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz

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 Ca Cu Fe H Mg O P Si Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Corundum Diaspore Feldspar None Olivine Pyroxene Quartz

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Goethite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Laihunite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Quartz ()*	Torbernite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	51631	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	51631	2060
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	51631	94
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	51631	1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	51630	7437
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	51631	5433
Laihunite ()*	None	(Fe³⁺,Fe²⁺, )₂(SiO₄)	1	51631	15
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	51631	303
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	51630	61156
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	51630	1059

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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