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Locality Name:
French Polynesia, France

mindat Locality ID: 187376
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187376.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "French Polynesia, France": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Austral Islands
Marquesas Islands
Society Islands
Tuamotu-Gambier (Tuamotu And Gambier Islands)
Wallis And Futuna

Latitude: 18°38'47"S
Longitude: 149°9'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.646388888889,-149.16333333333

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	Analcime	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Ettringite
Feldspar	Garnet	Gismondine	Gypsum	Gyrolite	Marcasite	Natrolite	None	Olivine	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*
Anorthite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*
Edenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fayalite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gismondine ()*
Goethite ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Gyrolite ()*	Haüyne ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Leucite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Pyrite ()*
Rutile ()*	Saponite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Spinel ()*
Thaumasite ()*	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 C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Ettringite
Feldspar Garnet Gismondine Gypsum Gyrolite Marcasite Natrolite None Olivine Pyrite
Pyroxene Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Spinel Titanite Tridymite Zircon

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	53710	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	2	53686,53687	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	53686,53710	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	4	53686,53687,53699,53708	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2	53686,53687	1534
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2	53686,53699	1036
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	53710	295
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	3	53686,53697,53699	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	53686,53699,53708,53710	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	53686	4135
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	53686	160
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	53699	8173
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	53710	371
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	53686,53697	1188
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	1	53699	128
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	53710	7437
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	53701	167
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	53708	6890
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	1	53708	142
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	1	53694	158
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	53686	741
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	53686,53697	5433
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	1	53686	179
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	1	53697	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	53686,53694,53697,53710	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	53710	5674
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	53699	425
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	2	53699,53701	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	2	53686,53687	884
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	53710	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	53710	5614
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	53699	301
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	53699,53710	6417
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	2	53686,53687	444
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	53697	1934
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	1	53708	183
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	53686	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	53686,53710	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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