Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Auzon, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 193660
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193660.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Auzon, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Auzon Vein
Azérat
Champagnac-le-Vieux

Latitude: 45°20'46"N
Longitude: 3°27'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.346111111111,3.4502777777778

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Corrensite	Corundum	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc

Ankerite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Awaruite ()*
Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Gedrite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*
Kulkeite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siegenite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*
Tremolite ()*	Vermiculite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Auricupride Calcite Chlorite Clay Corrensite Corundum Malachite
Marcasite Mica Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Stibnite Talc

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	50869	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	50869	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	50869,50870	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	50867,50869	9052
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	1	50869	166
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	50869	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	50870	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	50870	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	50869	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	50870	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	50869	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	50869	1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	50869	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	50869	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	50869,50870	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	50869,50870	1188
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	50869	178
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	50869	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	50869	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	2	50869,50870	407
Kulkeite ()*	Corrensite Clay	Na_0.3Mg₈Al(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₁₀	1	50869	7
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	50869	359
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	50869	238
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	50869	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	50869,50870	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	50869	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	50869	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	50869	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	50869	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	50870	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	50870	767
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	50869	313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	50870	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	50869	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	50869	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	50869,50870	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	50867,50868,50869,50870	61156
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	1	50870	249
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	50869	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	50869	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	50869,50870	2562
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	50869	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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