Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mont-Dore, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 191215
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191215.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mont-Dore, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Le Capucin
Puy De La Tache
Puy De Sancy
Rabouty Quarry
Ravin De La Craie
Ravin Des Chèvres (Rivaux Grands)
Ravin Des Egravats
Val Blanc River Alluvials

Latitude: 45°33'54"N
Longitude: 2°49'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.565,2.8177777777778

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	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pseudobrookite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Spinel	Sulphur
Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Augite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*
Enstatite ()*	Fluoro-edenite ()*	Fluorophlogopite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sulphur ()*
Titanite ()*	Tridymite ()*	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 Ca F 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 Corundum Feldspar Mica None Pseudobrookite Pyrite Pyroxene Spinel Sulphur
Titanite Tridymite Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	51734,51735,51736	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	51731,51733	966
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	51732,51736	2060
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	51729	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	51730,51734	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	5	51729,51730,51734,51735,51736	944
Fluoro-edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂F₂	2	51734,51735	27
Fluorophlogopite ()*	Mica	KMg₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀F₂	2	51734,51735	47
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	51729,51730,51736	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	51729,51734,51735	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	51730,51734,51736	14899
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	1	51734	164
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	51733	39462
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	5	51730,51731,51732,51733,51736	598
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	51733	2045
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	51730,51736	4899
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	3	51729,51731,51734	458
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	4	51729,51730,51734,51735	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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