Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Espaly-Saint-Marcel, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 155559
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155559.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Espaly-Saint-Marcel, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Croix-de-la-Paille
Mont Denise
Riou Des Brus Alluvials
Riou Pezzouliou Alluvials

Latitude: 45°2'47"N
Longitude: 3°51'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.046388888889,3.8586111111111

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	Aragonite	Beryl	Calcite	Copper	Corundum	Cristobalite	Feldspar	Milarite	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pseudobrookite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine-augite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chayesite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Diopside ()*	Fayalite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Mullite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Quartz ()*
Roedderite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*
Titanite ()*	Tridymite ()*	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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O P Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Beryl Calcite Copper Corundum Cristobalite Feldspar Milarite None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pseudobrookite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Titanite Tridymite Zircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	51083	286
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	51083	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	3	51083,51084,51085	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	51083,51084,51085	27770
Chayesite ()*	Milarite	KMg₄Fe³⁺[Si₁₂O₃₀]	1	51083	5
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	51083	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	4	51082,51083,51084,51085	1797
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	51083	453
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	51083	4135
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	51083	371
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	51083,51085	1188
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	51085	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	51083,51085	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	51084	367
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	51083,51084,51085	14899
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	51083	78
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	51083	884
Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Milarite	KMg₂Al₃(Al₂Si₁₀)O₃₀	1	51083	42
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	1	51083	164
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	51083,51084,51085	61156
Roedderite ()*	Milarite	KNaMg₂(Mg₃Si₁₂)O₃₀	1	51083	30
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	51083,51085	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	51083	598
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	51083,51084	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	51085	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	51083,51085	4899
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	51083	458
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	4	51082,51083,51084,51085	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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