Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mont Denise, Espaly-Saint-Marcel, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 20463
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20463.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mont Denise, Espaly-Saint-Marcel, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°3'20"N
Longitude: 3°51'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.055555555556,3.8533333333333

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.

Aragonite	Beryl	Calcite	Corundum	Cristobalite	Feldspar	Milarite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Pseudobrookite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine-augite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chayesite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Diopside ()*	Fayalite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mullite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Quartz ()*	Roedderite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sanidine ()*	Sillimanite ()*	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 C Ca Fe K Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe K Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Beryl Calcite Corundum Cristobalite Feldspar Milarite None Not in a structural group Olivine
Pseudobrookite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Titanite Tridymite Zircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	286
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chayesite ()*	Milarite	KMg₄Fe³⁺[Si₁₂O₃₀]	5
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1797
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	453
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	371
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	78
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Milarite	KMg₂Al₃(Al₂Si₁₀)O₃₀	42
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	164
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Roedderite ()*	Milarite	KNaMg₂(Mg₃Si₁₂)O₃₀	30
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	598
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	458
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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