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Locality Name:
Ambon, Morbihan, Brittany, France

mindat Locality ID: 191223
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191223.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ambon, Morbihan, Brittany, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bétahon Beach Alluvials (Cromenac'h East)
Cromenac'h Beach Alluvials (Cromenac'h West)

Latitude: 47°31'29"N
Longitude: 2°31'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.524722222222,-2.5244444444444

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.

Alunite	Andalusite	Baryte	Brookite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Monazite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite	Titanite	Topaz	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brookite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chromite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Corundum ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*
Gorceixite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*
Staurolite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 Au Ba Ca Ce Cr F Fe H Mg O P S Si Sn Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Baryte Brookite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Monazite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Rutile Spinel Staurolite Titanite Topaz Zircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	53190,53191	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	2	53190,53191	1310
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	53190,53191	11547
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	2	53190,53191	700
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	53190,53191	5171
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	53190,53191	3902
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	53191	1025
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	53190,53191	1797
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	53190,53191	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	53191	30554
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	53191	121
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	53190,53191	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	53190,53191	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	53191	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	53191	14899
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	2	53190,53191	945
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	53190,53191	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	53190,53191	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	53190,53191	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	53190,53191	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	2	53190,53191	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	53190,53191	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2	53190,53191	1476
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	53190	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	53190,53191	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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