Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, Pays De La Loire, France

mindat Locality ID: 155645
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155645.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, Pays De La Loire, France": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
L'Etang
La Rougeole Beach Alluvials
Le Petit Gavy Beach Alluvials
Penhouët Dock
Porcé
Saint-Marc-sur-Mer
Ville-ès-Martin

Latitude: 47°14'57"N
Longitude: 2°15'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.249166666667,-2.2505555555556

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	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet
Halotrichite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite
Spinel	Staurolite	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Alunogen ()*	Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Halotrichite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*	Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	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 Au Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sn Ti W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenopyrite Baryte Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet
Halotrichite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scheelite
Spinel Staurolite Titanite Vesuvianite Zircon

30 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	56522,56527	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	56529	2353
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	1	56526	272
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	3	56524,56528,56530	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	4	56523,56524,56528,56530	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	56528	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	56523	11547
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	3	56523,56524,56530	5171
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	4	56523,56524,56528,56530	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	56522,56529	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	56522,56523,56530	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	56530	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	56529	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	56522	1544
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	56526	409
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4	56523,56524,56528,56530	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	4	56523,56524,56528,56530	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	56523,56524,56528,56530	14899
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	56529	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	56523,56528	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	56522,56529	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	56525,56528	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4	56523,56524,56528,56530	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	56523	4894
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	5	56523,56524,56527,56528,56530	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	56523,56524	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	4	56523,56524,56528,56530	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	5	56522,56523,56524,56528,56530	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	56522	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	4	56523,56524,56528,56530	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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