Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Brétignolles-sur-Mer, Vendée, Pays De La Loire, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 296
Youngest recorded age at locality: 296

mindat Locality ID: 133660
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133660.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brétignolles-sur-Mer, Vendée, Pays De La Loire, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Les Taillées Beach Alluvials
Rocher Sainte-Véronique Beach Alluvials

Latitude: 46°38'24"N
Longitude: 1°53'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.64,-1.8941666666667

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	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite	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 Ca Fe H Mg O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Corundum None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Staurolite Zircon

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Forsterite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Staurolite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	296	296	2	56618,56619	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	296	296	1	56619	4135
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	296	296	1	56619	1188
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	296	296	1	56619	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	296	296	1	56619	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	296	296	1	56619	14899
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	296	296	1	56619	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	296	296	1	56619	5614
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	296	296	1	56619	978
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	296	296	1	56619	5251

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Giersdorf_00000951	296	296	296	U-Pb			uraninite	P-1		Yes	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	23933	Vendée, Pays De La Loire, France	Vendee	Eikenberg et al. (1993)	10.1016/0016-7037(93)90040-4	GCA57_1053	Pb207/Pb206 Isotope age for Uraninite Sample
	Giersdorf_00000952	296	296	296	U-Pb	formation age	high	uraninite	P-1		Yes	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	23933	Vendée, Pays De La Loire, France	Vendee	Eikenberg et al. (1993)	10.1016/0016-7037(93)90040-4	GCA57_1053	Age given as the Formation Age of the locality

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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