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Locality Name:
Carantec, Finistère, Brittany, France

mindat Locality ID: 155583
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155583.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carantec, Finistère, Brittany, France": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Callot Island
Clouët Beach Alluvials
Grève Blanche Beach Alluvials
Ile Verte
Kélenn Beach Alluvials
Kerprigent
Louët Island
Pen Al Lann
Ricard Island
Roc'h C'hlaz
Roc'h Gored

Latitude: 48°40'26"N
Longitude: 3°54'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.673888888889,-3.9072222222222

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	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stibnite	Titanite	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Titanite ()*	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 Bi Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Fluorite None Not in a structural group
Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scheelite Spinel Staurolite Stibnite Titanite Zircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	7	52669,52670,52671,52672,52673,52675,52677	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	9	52669,52670,52671,52672,52673,52674,52675,52680,52681	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	52679	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	52679	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	52679	1935
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	7	52669,52670,52671,52672,52673,52675,52679	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	52679	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	5	52669,52670,52671,52673,52675	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	52668	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	7	52669,52670,52671,52672,52673,52675,52677	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	52683	9617
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	7	52669,52670,52671,52672,52673,52675,52677	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	6	52669,52670,52671,52673,52675,52677	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	7	52669,52670,52671,52672,52673,52675,52677	14899
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	52679,52683	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	8	52669,52670,52671,52672,52673,52675,52677,52679	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	7	52668,52669,52671,52672,52673,52675,52679	4894
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	6	52669,52670,52671,52673,52674,52675	1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	7	52669,52670,52671,52672,52673,52675,52677	978
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	52668	3418
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	52669,52671,52673	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	7	52669,52670,52671,52672,52673,52675,52677	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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