Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cape Sizun, Finistère, Brittany, France

mindat Locality ID: 155569
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155569.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cape Sizun, Finistère, Brittany, France": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Audierne
Beuzec-Cap-Sizun
Cléden-Cap-Sizun
Plogoff
Primelin

Latitude: 48°2'29"N
Longitude: 4°37'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.041388888889,-4.6169444444444

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.

Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Berthierite	Bournonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Zinkenite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Berthierite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Fülöppite ()*	Galena ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Plagionite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Semseyite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Zinkenite ()*	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 As Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Berthierite Bournonite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Zinkenite Zircon

33 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)	2	52655,52660	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	2	52655,52660	1310
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	2	52661,52665	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	7	52647,52650,52651,52653,52659,52661,52665	9052
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	3	52646,52648,52663	343
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	52659	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	2	52656,52659	1089
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	52656,52659,52665,52666	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	52655	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	52666	9617
Fülöppite ()*	None	Pb₃Sb₈S₁₅	1	52661	55
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	52651,52656,52659,52661,52666	24243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	52655	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	52661	784
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	52655	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5	52646,52648,52661,52665,52666	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	52655,52658,52660	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	52655,52660,52661	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	52655	2349
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇	1	52661	100
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	52646,52648,52659,52661,52665,52666	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	52646,52648,52661,52666	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	52646,52648,52650,52655,52659,52660,52661,52663,52665,52666	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	52660	5614
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	2	52659,52661	165
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	52655,52660	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	52651,52656,52659,52661,52665,52666	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	52655	978
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	4	52650,52661,52665,52666	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	52656	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	52655,52660	4899
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	1	52661	228
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	52655	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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