Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Ossau Valley, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

mindat Locality ID: 191208
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191208.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ossau Valley, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Anglas
Gan
Lac D'Artouste

Latitude: 42°51'32"N
Longitude: 0°-19'-55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.858888888889,-0.33194444444444

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.

Calcite	Feldspar	Garnet	Harmotome	None	Sphalerite

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 Ba C Ca Fe H Mg Na O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Feldspar Garnet Harmotome None Sphalerite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Grossular ()*
Harmotome ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	54950	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	54953	2353
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	54952	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	54952	9895
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	54953	1544
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	54950	290
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	54950	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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