Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 146757
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146757.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Brignais
Chazelles-sur-Lyon
Communay
Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or
First District
Limonest
Mornant
Saint-Laurent-de-Chamousset
Saint-Laurent-de-Mure
Yzeron

Latitude: 45°42'37"N
Longitude: 4°45'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.710277777778,4.7536111111111

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.

Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Dumortierite	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Manganite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*

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 B Be C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Dumortierite Feldspar Garnet Mica
None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Rutile

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	51950,51952,51954,51959	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	51952	2353
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	51952	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	51957	27770
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2	51954,51959	1008
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	51961	9895
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	1	51963	231
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	51950	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	51957	7437
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	51961	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	51964	14640
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	51964	770
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	51950,51952,51959	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	51954,51959,51965	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	51954	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	51952,51954,51959,51963,51965	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	51954,51965	1516

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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