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Locality Name:
Plouarzel, Finistère, Brittany, France


mindat Locality ID: 188351
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188351.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plouarzel, Finistère, Brittany, France": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Corsen Point
Keranguéné
Kerloas
Kernéac'h
Kerouidic
Porscuidic Beach Alluvials
Ruscumunoc
Toul An Dour

Latitude: 48°25'27"N
Longitude: 4°47'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.424166666667,-4.7894444444444
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 Bi Ca Cu Fe H K Ni O S Si Sn Ti W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Cu Fe H K O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteBrookiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCovelliteEpidote
MicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileScheeliteSpinelStaurolite
TetrahedriteZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Brookite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2352942,52944,529462162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51529441310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS452937,52940,52943,529449052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1529371966
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2152944700
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2552938,52940,52942,52944,529465171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215293727198
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31529441797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1529374165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)352942,52944,529468173
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3352942,52944,529465433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4352942,52944,529461507
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)152937451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4352942,52944,5294614899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2352937,52942,5294439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81529379056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2352937,52938,5294061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2352942,52944,529465614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)452938,52939,52944,529464894
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5352942,52944,529461516
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)352942,52944,52946978
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)352942,52944,529465251


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