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Locality Name:
Alban, Tarn, Occitanie, France


mindat Locality ID: 188123
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188123.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alban, Tarn, Occitanie, France": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Paulinet
Rayssac

Latitude: 43°49'22"N
Longitude: 2°25'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.822777777778,2.4263888888889

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteBaryteBismutiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteConnellite
CopperCovelliteCyanotrichiteDiasporeFluoriteLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural group
PharmacosideritePyriteQuartzSphaleriteStibnite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Delafossite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Langite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Parnauite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21561765509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)256174,5617611547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31561761935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)156174716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41561765516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61561741633
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O15617688
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O156174925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S256174,561765707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O156174194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2256174,5617627198
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O156174295
Copper  (*)CopperCu256173,561763846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1561744165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O256174,561762970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2156176144
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2156176246
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2256174,561769617
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3156176504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)256174,561767437
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O256174,56176593
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)156174581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2256174,5617612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2256174,561765674
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)156174492
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O156174105
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O156174428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2256174,5617639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2256174,5617661156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1561741153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)256174,561766417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15617621482



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