Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Arignac, Ariège, Occitanie, France

mindat Locality ID: 158641
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158641.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arignac, Ariège, Occitanie, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gypsum Quarry

Latitude: 42°52'11"N
Longitude: 1°35'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.869722222222,1.5966666666667

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Brucite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Feldspar	Gypsum	Humite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Titanite	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Brucite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Dravite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 B C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F H Mg Na O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Brucite Calcite Chlorite Clay Feldspar Gypsum Humite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Titanite Tourmaline

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	54979	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	54979	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	54979	3250
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	0		462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	54979	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	54979	1252
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	54979	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	0		236
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	54979	648
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	54979	6890
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	54979	223
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	54979	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	54979	39462
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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