Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 18950
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18950.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 278
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 181

Number of Child Localities: 30
Child Localities:
Allanche
Aurillac
Beaulieu
Cantal Mts
Carlat
Champs-sur-Tarentaine-Marchal
Chaudes-Aigues
Espezolles
Ferrières-Saint-Mary
Fridefont
Joursac
La Chapelle-Laurent
Lanobre
Laroquebrou
Leyvaux
Massiac
Mauriac
Menet
Molèdes
Molompize
Montsalvy
Murat
Neussargues
Pierrefort
Pleaux
Riom-ès-Montagnes
Saint-Flour
Saint-Poncy
Talizat
Valette

Latitude: 45°10'52"N
Longitude: 2°43'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.181111111111,2.7261111111111

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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe Ge H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti U V W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteArgyroditeArsenicArsenopyriteAutunite
BaryteBerthieriteBerylBismutiteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChabaziteChalcanthite
ChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCristobaliteCubaniteDiaspore
FeldsparFluoriteFritzscheiteGarnetGypsumHalotrichiteKieseriteLöllingiteLepidocrociteMalachite
MarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMolybdeniteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePharmacosiderite
PolybasitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSodaliteSphalerite
SpinelStanniteStarkeyiteStauroliteStibniteSulphurTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmaline
TridymiteTungstiteVivianiteWurtziteZinkeniteZircon

135 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)
Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Anorthite  (*)Antimony  (*)Aragonite  (*)Argyrodite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Augite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berthierite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coffinite  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dypingite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Francevillite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Fülöppite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Haüyne  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hocartite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Kaersutite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Maldonite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nesquehonite  (*)Nosean  (*)Offretite  (*)
Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Plagionite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Semseyite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Sodalite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Stannite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Tungstite  (*)
Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranocircite-II  (*)Valentinite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Witherite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zincite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1506582793
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61507881022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6150695286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1506968803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3250692,506962353
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1507211627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2250537,505392162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3250695,506961534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1506012734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21050545,50621,50639,50640,50641,50642,50643,50644,50645,506583092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)250694,507671036
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb950609,50664,50665,50667,50673,50681,50782,50784,50787363
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)550566,50574,50720,50734,507443250
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS6250621,5065862
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS7150516,50517,50519,50523,50528,50531,50535,50537,50577,50588,50594,50595,50601,50603,50609,50613,50621,50622,50623,50625,50626,50628,50629,50631,50635,50637,50638,50639,50640,50641,50642,50643,50645,50647,50648,50649,50650,50655,50656,50658,50674,50675,50678,50680,50681,50688,50689,50699,50700,50702,50703,50704,50705,50706,50707,50708,50709,50710,50713,50731,50739,50740,50750,50770,50771,50772,50775,50777,50780,50781,507879052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61150512,50514,50521,50532,50539,50540,50557,50691,50696,50697,507652060
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O2450570,50581,50582,50584,50585,50586,50587,50591,50592,50593,50596,50600,50679,50682,50739,50745,50747,50748,50752,50753,50755,50756,50757,507581272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21506505509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1650519,50526,50540,50545,50613,50617,50651,50652,50658,50659,50665,50680,50681,50740,50768,5078211547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S41950605,50625,50626,50627,50629,50660,50664,50665,50666,50667,50672,50673,50680,50681,50699,50776,50778,50783,50787343
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1550531,50639,50641,50642,50643,50644,50645,50647,50648,50649,50702,50704,50705,50707,507131966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31350531,50637,50639,50641,50642,50643,50645,50647,50648,50649,50704,50707,507131935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)150649716
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11150523843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3450650,50688,50689,507871089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6250619,506501633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2650545,50550,50566,50574,50621,50639,50640,50641,50642,50643,50644,50645,50647,50648,50649,50660,50662,50664,50665,50666,50667,50717,50720,50734,50744,5078727770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS6250621,5065891
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2850517,50528,50658,50704,50705,50707,50741,507715171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)250601,506194979
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O150714310
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O150527925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1507135707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23850519,50523,50526,50531,50547,50576,50598,50601,50611,50613,50619,50621,50622,50625,50639,50647,50648,50649,50650,50655,50656,50658,50667,50689,50699,50700,50703,50704,50705,50706,50707,50708,50709,50713,50740,50771,50775,5078727198
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O250584,50586566
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181507271008
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16150526227
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31350514,50521,50537,50539,50540,50557,50569,50572,50692,50695,50696,50697,507651797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1550519,50531,50613,50623,50650,50655,50700,50702,50704,50705,50706,50707,50713,50771,507874165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2150550453
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16150727599
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3550648,50655,50704,50707,50713802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O250650,507712970
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S8150658126
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6250521,506964135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2250545,506589895
Dypingite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O15056450
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6150696944
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)1650531,50638,50640,50641,50642,50643,50644,50647,50648,50649,50704,50705,50707,50713,50741,50771551
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1505121188
Francevillite  (*)FritzscheiteBa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5H2O15068243
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12650519,50621,50655,50658,50689,50740663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS3450519,50655,50658,50689105
Fülöppite  (*)NonePb3Sb8S1515078755
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1950516,50517,50519,50526,50595,50598,50611,50613,50617,50619,50621,50622,50655,50656,50658,50688,50689,50736,5074024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1150523,50531,50621,50622,50652,50686,50701,50706,50712,50713,507277437
Gold  (*)CopperAu3050515,50517,50521,50528,50531,50535,50537,50539,50540,50548,50594,50601,50621,50637,50638,50641,50642,50643,50644,50645,50647,50648,50649,50710,50713,50731,50740,50770,50771,5078730554
Graphite  (*)NoneC650699,50700,50704,50707,50775,507872812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1506586890
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)350552,50694,50788158
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31050521,50537,50539,50540,50545,50557,50692,50696,50697,5070114640
Hocartite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteAg2FeSnS415065831
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16150526243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3350537,50539,507675433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14650613,50623,50658,50680,50681,50777784
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2150696179
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS2550605,50609,50674,50675,50787230
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4350537,50539,505401507
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)150621581
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4150576249
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs21150531,50640,50641,50642,50643,50645,50647,50648,50649,50704,50707762
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)150655451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4950521,50537,50539,50540,50545,50557,50696,50697,5070414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2350576,50650,5070912537
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi250641,5064688
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23750519,50526,50531,50547,50577,50601,50605,50609,50613,50622,50623,50625,50626,50648,50649,50650,50655,50656,50658,50680,50681,50699,50700,50703,50704,50705,50706,50707,50713,50740,50750,50769,50772,50773,50775,50776,507875674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O150735915
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2150658300
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2850531,50637,50643,50647,50648,50649,50706,507135800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215060917380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O250574,507211236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)150694884
Nesquehonite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·3H2O350559,50562,5056480
Nosean  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa8(Si6Al6)O24(SO4)·H2O350552,50694,5078875
Offretite  (*)Not in a structural groupKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36·15H2O150720146
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O450546,50696,50744,507482994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)250571,506942349
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O350523,50712,50713428
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O150560265
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S17150623100
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]350519,50621,50658716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3750519,50650,50655,50656,50658,50688,506891425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26750519,50521,50523,50531,50537,50548,50577,50584,50595,50601,50605,50606,50609,50611,50613,50619,50621,50622,50623,50625,50626,50631,50635,50637,50638,50640,50642,50645,50647,50648,50650,50652,50655,50656,50658,50662,50665,50667,50673,50674,50675,50676,50686,50699,50700,50701,50703,50704,50705,50706,50707,50712,50713,50735,50736,50740,50750,50769,50770,50771,50772,50773,50775,50776,50777,50783,5078739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21505263106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1506191725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82450523,50531,50547,50577,50601,50621,50622,50639,50648,50649,50650,50655,50656,50658,50700,50703,50704,50705,50706,50707,50713,50773,50775,507769056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211950516,50517,50519,50523,50526,50528,50531,50535,50537,50539,50540,50547,50550,50569,50570,50576,50577,50587,50588,50593,50594,50595,50601,50605,50606,50609,50613,50615,50619,50621,50622,50623,50625,50626,50627,50628,50629,50631,50633,50634,50635,50636,50637,50638,50639,50640,50641,50642,50643,50644,50645,50647,50648,50649,50650,50652,50655,50656,50658,50661,50662,50663,50664,50665,50666,50669,50670,50672,50673,50674,50675,50680,50681,50683,50686,50688,50689,50699,50700,50701,50702,50703,50705,50706,50707,50708,50709,50710,50712,50713,50724,50731,50736,50739,50740,50742,50748,50750,50760,50761,50763,50765,50769,50770,50771,50772,50773,50774,50775,50776,50777,50778,50779,50780,50781,50782,50783,50784,5078761156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O150735293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21550523,50531,50537,50539,50540,50557,50577,50601,50623,50688,50689,50697,50765,50769,507725614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)350543,50544,50696598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1050640,50643,50648,50649,50700,50704,50706,50707,50713,507714894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)750531,50535,50701,50707,50713,50765,507712705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O450527,50704,50707,507131153
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21150613165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2350531,50550,50602,50621,50623,50639,50640,50641,50642,50643,50644,50645,50647,50648,50649,50652,50660,50662,50664,50665,50666,50667,507346417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5550537,50539,50540,50557,506961516
Silver  (*)CopperAg250621,506585186
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl150694444
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31506961214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3150519,50531,50598,50611,50613,50621,50622,50625,50648,50649,50650,50655,50656,50658,50666,50667,50672,50673,50675,50680,50681,50689,50704,50706,50707,50713,50736,50740,50775,50776,5078721482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4850514,50521,50537,50539,50549,50694,50696,507651934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4750655,50658,50703,50704,50705,50707,50775668
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)350537,50539,50540978
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)250659,50671446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S34850605,50606,50609,50615,50623,50625,50626,50627,50629,50631,50633,50634,50635,50636,50650,50652,50661,50662,50663,50664,50665,50666,50667,50669,50670,50672,50673,50674,50675,50676,50680,50683,50699,50708,50724,50760,50761,50773,50774,50776,50777,50779,50780,50781,50782,50783,50784,507873418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS550659,50665,50667,50674,507872045
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O250686,50735139
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3150646276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13650647,50648,50649,50700,50704,507071803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1150531,50639,50641,50642,50643,50644,50645,50647,50648,50649,50713510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13850531,50613,50650,50656,50688,50699,50775,507775317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1350514,50521,50537,50539,50540,50543,50544,50557,50694,50695,50696,50697,507654899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O950570,50580,50584,50586,50589,50591,50599,50749,507511059
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2350545,50550,50696458
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O150643118
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O150682628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2250570,505842718
Uranocircite-II  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O15059189
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3550615,50673,50674,50763,50784369
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O150685636
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)150617251
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41506191655
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO15065098
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42150787228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1150514,50521,50537,50539,50540,50557,50692,50694,50696,50697,507655251



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