Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ploemeur, Morbihan, Brittany, France

mindat Locality ID: 193667
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193667.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ploemeur, Morbihan, Brittany, France": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Kergantic Kaolin Quarry (Arvor Kaolin Quarry)
Kerroc'h
Lann Vrian Kaolin Quarry
Le Courégant Beach Alluvials
Le Fort-Bloqué

Latitude: 47°43'11"N
Longitude: 3°28'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.719722222222,-3.4727777777778

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	Andalusite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Staurolite
Zircon

Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Corundum ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Staurolite ()*	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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Sn Ti W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Spinel Staurolite
Zircon

22 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	53391,53393	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	3	53388,53391,53393	1310
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	53393	5171
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	53393	376
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	3	53388,53391,53393	1797
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	53388,53391,53393	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	53386	24243
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	53393	286
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	53393	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	53388,53391,53393	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	53386,53390	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	3	53388,53391,53393	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	53388,53391,53393	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	53389	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	53389	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	53388,53391	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	53386,53389	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	53388,53391,53393	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	53393	4894
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	53388,53391	1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	3	53388,53391,53393	978
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	53388,53391,53393	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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