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Locality Name:
Laqueuille, Rochefort-Montagne, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 205164
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205164.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laqueuille, Rochefort-Montagne, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Fondain River Alluvials
Ricolas River Alluvials

Latitude: 45°38'47"N
Longitude: 2°44'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.646388888889,2.7461111111111

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 Ca Fe H K Mg O Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzRutile
SpinelTitaniteZircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Corundum  (*)Epidote  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6251821,518222060
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31518211797
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1518218173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3251821,5182214640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4251821,5182214899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215182117380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215182161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21518225614
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51518221516
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O251821,518224899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)251821,518225251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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