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


mindat Locality ID: 191217
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191217.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Labessette, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Camp De Cesar
La Vialolle

Latitude: 45°29'35"N
Longitude: 2°33'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.493055555556,2.5572222222222

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumMarcasiteMeneghiniteMica
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel
TetrahedriteTitaniteZircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Corundum  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Meneghinite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)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 groupTiO21517092162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS251707,517089052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61517092060
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11151708843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31517081089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15170827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215170827198
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31517091797
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15170824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu251707,5170830554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315170914640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31517095433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14251707,51708784
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415170914899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21517085674
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24151708158
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215170817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2251707,5170839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81517089056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2351707,51708,5170961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21517095614
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51517091516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS251707,5170821482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41517091934
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131517085317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1517094899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1517095251



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