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Locality Name:
Can Pei (Can Pey; Can Peil), Montferrer, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France


mindat Locality ID: 144530
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144530.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Can Pei (Can Pey; Can Peil), Montferrer, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°27'23"N
Longitude: 2°35'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.456388888889,2.5988888888889
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 As C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundum
CovelliteGypsumLinariteMalachiteMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPalygorskitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteWurtzite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Austinite  (*)Azurite  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Sauconite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Zálesíite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)0254
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)071
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)60413
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)0363
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O0306
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)20454
Sauconite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O056
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O084


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