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Locality Name:
Pléneuf-Val-André, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France


mindat Locality ID: 155567
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155567.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pléneuf-Val-André, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dahouët Beach Alluvials
La Ville Berneuf Beach Alluvials
Le Port Morvan Beach Alluvials

Latitude: 48°35'11"N
Longitude: 2°33'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.586388888889,-2.5502777777778

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: Ag Al Au Ca Fe H O S Si Sn Ti W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRutileScheelite
SpinelStauroliteZircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Corundum  (*)Epidote  (*)
Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Staurolite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2352491,52492,524932162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51524911310
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2352491,52492,524935171
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3352491,52492,524931797
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)352491,52492,524938173
Gold  (*)CopperAu15249130554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3352491,52492,524935433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4252492,524931507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4352491,52492,5249314899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2352491,52492,5249339462
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2352491,52492,524935614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1524914894
Silver  (*)CopperAg1524915186
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)352491,52492,52493978
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)352491,52492,524935251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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